Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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y - n )ur next stop was the little city of Southern Kyushu. Kas;o- iia. We busied ourselves right away with trips on the ferry visit the active volcano Sakura Jinia. Once there across from city we learned that once the volcano had not been connected the mainland, hence the name SAKl ' RA — Cherry Blossom .lA— Island. i e found back on the other side of the Bay the people in the , were quite used to living with an active volcano. The volcano addition to providing an impressive landmark is surrounded by jsual lava soil which produces the largest radishes in the world. l e found in Kagoshima that there were few signs in English d we made much more use of our limited Japanese vocabularies, e students of the city were very anxious to speak English with and frequently we were escorted around their fair city by these ;er students.

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KOREA After tra elinc; northward for a day we entered Chin Hae, on the southeastern coast of Korea. This proved an excellent op- portunity to see yet another oriental culture. e visited the town in which the Republic of Koreas Naval . cadeniy is located and it citizens and Naval Officers and Midshipmen visited us. A demonstration of the amazing skill at Karate was given for us on the ship by a group of young enthusiasts. For those of us who had never seen Karate used before it was an amazing sight indeed — a two foot stack of ceramic tile shattered with the blow of one hand or heel.