Inoue Tankei
1888 (Meiji 21)
Donated by Tanba Tsuneo
Around 8:00 AM on July 15th, 1888, a massive shaking followed by an enormous roar announced that a Phreatic eruption had occurred in the environs around Mount Kobandai. A huge landslide tore down towards the foot of the mountain, burying five village hamlets and killing or wounding approximately five hundred people. It was a true catastrophe.
The environs of modern Urabandai, the area to the north of Mount Bandai, including the five colored ponds of Goshiki-numa and the lakes and tarns of the region, were created as a result of this eruption.