Enkabeni yePacific Ring of Fire yase-Japan kukhona iMount Mihara, intaba-mlilo eqhumayo esezuze idumela le-macabre njengendawo edume kabi yokuzibulala yezwe. Njengoba sikhuphuka emanzini oLwandlekazi iPacific, lesi simangaliso semvelo esimangalisayo siye sabona ukuphela okudabukisayo kwezinkulungwane zabantu, sidonsela ukunaka esicini esingaxazululi sesakhiwo somphakathi waseJapane.
Konke kwaqala ngo-February 12, 1933, lapho intombazane yasesikoleni yaseJapane eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala okuthiwa uKiyoko Matsumoto izibulala ngokugxumela emgodini wentaba-mlilo oqhumayo weNtaba iMihara, esiqhingini sase-Izu Ōshima.
UKiyoko wayesethathekile ngomunye wabafundi akanye naye okuthiwa uMasako Tomita. Njengoba ubuhlobo bobulili obufanayo babubhekwa njengento engafanele emasikweni aseJapane ngaleso sikhathi, u-Kiyoko noMasako banquma ukuhamba ngentaba-mlilo ukuze uKiyoko aqedele ukuphila kwakhe lapho endaweni yokushisa yomgodi we-lava engu-1200 °C, akwenza ekugcineni.
Ngemuva kokushona kabuhlungu kukaKiyoko, lesi senzo saqala inkambiso exakile kubantu baseJapan abadabukile ngokomzwelo, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo, abantu abangama-944 okuhlanganisa namadoda angama-804 nabesifazane abayi-140 bagxumela emgodini obulalayo wentaba-mlilo eNtabeni iMihara ukuze bahlangabezane nokufa kwabo okunyantisayo. Phakathi neminyaka emibili eyalandela, kwabikwa abanye abantu abangu-350 abazibulalayo kule ndawo eshaqisayo yentaba-mlilo.
Izizathu ezenza iMount Mihara ibe nesithunzi esimnyama ziyinkimbinkimbi futhi zihlangene nokuguquguquka okuyingqayizivele kwamasiko nomphakathi wase-Japan. Ngokomlando, ukuzibulala kube nencazelo ehlukile e-Japan uma kuqhathaniswa namanye amazwe. Kuvame ukubonwa njengesenzo sokuhlonipha, ukuhlenga, noma ngisho nokubhikisha, okusekelwe emasikweni asendulo amakhodi okuhlonipha ama-Samurai kanye nomthelela weBuddhism.
Enkathini yangemva kweMpi Yezwe II, lapho iJapane iba nentuthuko esheshayo nezinguquko emphakathini, izinga lokuzibulala lakhula, ikakhulukazi entsheni. INtaba iMihara, nokukhanga kwayo okungaqondakali nobuhle obushaqisayo, yaba isibani esineshwa kulabo abafuna ukuzibulala. Imibiko yezindaba kanye nezindaba ezikhuluma ngomlomo zenze kwaba mnandi ukukhanga okuyingozi kwentaba-mlilo, kwadala ukuthakasela okukhanga abantu abaphazamisekile ezweni lonke.
Naphezu kwemizamo eminingi yeziphathimandla zaseJapane nezinhlangano zendawo zokunqanda ukuzibulala eNtabeni iMihara, ukuthambekela okudabukisayo kusaqhubeka. Izithiyo, amakhamera okuqapha, kanye nezingcingo zocingo eziphuthumayo sezibekiwe ukuze kunqandwe labo abacabanga ukuzilimaza, kodwa ukufinyeleleka kwentaba kanye nobunzima obungokwengqondo obuholela ekuzibulaleni kwenza kube inkinga eyinselele ukubhekana nayo ngokugcwele.
Inani eliphakeme kakhulu lokufa eNtabeni iMihara libangele izimpikiswano mayelana nokunakekelwa kwezempilo yengqondo, izingcindezi zomphakathi, kanye nesidingo sezinhlelo zokusekela ezizwelayo eJapan. Nakuba imizamo yokubhekana nalokhu kukhathazeka isaqhubeka, ifa elimnyama leNtaba iMihara njengophawu lokuphelelwa ithemba liyaqhubeka nokuhlupha isizwe sonke.
Namuhla, ngenxa yelukuluku elingenakuvinjwa lemvelo yomuntu, ezinye izivakashi zivame ukuya eNtabeni iMihara ukuze zibukele izigcawu ezidabukisayo zokufa nokugxuma okudabukisayo kwezisulu!
