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Mount Asama spewed grey smoke into the air twice as it erupted for a second straight day.
One of Japan's largest and most active volcanoes, Mount Asama belched columns of smoke over 300 metres high in two small eruptions hours apart, the Meteorological Agency said.
The volcano also disgorged ash that fell on Karuizawa, a resort town about 10 kilometres away, during the second eruption. No accompanying earthquakes were detected, the agency said.
The 2,568-metre mountain is about 150 kilometres west of Tokyo. It is also about 48 kilometres south-east of Nagano, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Mount Asama spewed grey smoke into the air twice as it erupted for a second straight day.
One of Japan's largest and most active volcanoes, Mount Asama belched columns of smoke over 300 metres high in two small eruptions hours apart, the Meteorological Agency said.
The volcano also disgorged ash that fell on Karuizawa, a resort town about 10 kilometres away, during the second eruption. No accompanying earthquakes were detected, the agency said.
The 2,568-metre mountain is about 150 kilometres west of Tokyo. It is also about 48 kilometres south-east of Nagano, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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