Started with the Arcade Arc in North America and Canada, I realised soon that there were more volcanoes in the world. There are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes worldwide, aside from the continuous belts of volcanoes on the ocean floor at spreading centres like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. About 500 of those 1,350 volcanoes have erupted in historical time. Three quarters of the earth’s volcanoes are set along the Ring of Fire, a 40,000-kilometer horseshoe-shaped chain of volcanic activity. It stretches from New Zealand to Japan, through the Bering Sea, and along the west coast of the United States to the southern edge of South America. The Japanese archipelago, which is home to around 10% of the world’s active volcanoes, is located within the Ring of Fire. Japan lies in a zone where the earth’s crust is extremely unstable, since it is situated where four tectonic plates meet: the Pacific, Philippine, Eurasian, and North American plates. Japan’s volcanoes are largely formed along subduction zones where these plates dive underneath one another.
The majority of the Japan’s mountains formed as volcanoes. Many of them are now popular tourist attractions due to their stunning landscapes and natural hot springs—a welcome by-product of volcanic activity. Jigokudani, which literally means “hell valleys,” are areas with steam vents, hot streams, and sulphurous gases which are also caused by volcanic activity and are very popular tourist attractions.
There are four main types of volcanos: cinder cones, shield volcanoes, lava domes, and stratovolcanoes—the most common in Japan. Stratovolcanoes are conical in shape, and they are also called composite volcanoes because they are formed by layer upon layer of hardened lava and tephra (rock fragments ejected by a volcano during an eruption), as well as pumice and ash. These mountains have a much steeper profile than shield volcanoes, and usually have a crater at the peak. Some stratovolcanoes have collapsed summit craters, which are called calderas.
The most famous of all the volcanoes in Japan, Mount Fuji, is a stratovolcano. Mount Fuji is the highest volcano in Japan at 3,776 meters, and it last erupted in 1707. It has an incredibly symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped for nearly half the year. It is said that the first recorded ascent of Mount Fuji was in 663 by a monk. The summit was forbidden to women until 1860 as it was considered a sacred site, most of which were off limits to women until 1872.
The trip starts in the North at Rebun Island. You fly in a Diamond DA62, but with the Mission Changer of BuffyGC, you can change it in any plane you like. Refuel is only available on some airports along the flight path. So, keep an eye on your fuel gauge. The trip has a lot to see because of the beautiful Japanese landscape.
The trip is written in American English and with DeepL translated into: German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, Italian and Swedish.
The flight information is in the NavLog, GPS is available and loaded for those who want to use it. The explanation on the volcanoes and other sights is English spoken, before you reach the Point of Interest. The text is available in the Flight book.
After landing you have to park your plane and shut it down, else the leg will not end.
In the zip you find:
· The BushTrip, 1989 NM long in 20 legs
· The written flight plan from LittleNavmap
· A KML file to project the trip in Google Eart
· A Flight Book
· An Excel file with all translations
· A list of airports where you can refuel
· An overview of altitude according to LittleNavmap
· Setting_the_G1000_in_MSFS_Bush_Trips
As always, I have to thank BuffyGC for his BushTripInjector and Alexander Barthel for LittleNavmap. All information is found in Wikipedia and some other sources on the internet.
The next add-ons might enhance your experience.
Hatsukaichi, Itsukushima-jinja by amazigh
Hanamaki Airport (RJSI)(improved) by TOSHICHAN310
MATSUMOTO Airport RJAF by KAZE
RJFU NAGASAKI Airport Enhanced by karuchie
RJSA Aomori Airport Japan Enhanced by HIGHMEMFIX1
RJSC Yamagata Airport Japan Enhanced by HIGHMEMFIX1
RJNH - Hamamatsu Aero Base by CatAir_One
(RJCH) Hakodate Intl Airport by KAZE
(RJOA) Hiroshima Intl Airport by KAZE
RJFK - Kagoshima Airport by FLY 2 HIGH
All creators are thanked for sharing their mods.
Frontech 
Hello Frontech,
I am still enjoying your bush trip. A big thank you for this great gift!!!
As you can see from the pictures, I flew in real weather. It is still winter in the north of Japan and there is a strong wind blowing. The approach to the small grass runway was not immediately successful, as there is also poor visibility in some places. Once I overflew it because I saw it too late and the second time I didn't estimate the direction correctly. The third time it worked out. On some airfields there was a wind of 26 kts, which was not exactly from the front. I love such challenges.
There are two things I don't like quite as much:
1. Whenever I start from the main menu, the intro is repeated. That's a little annoying.
2. You did very good research and I like that this information can be heard little by little via TTS. Only unfortunately my English is not so good that I get everything. The PDF is helpful, just a bit cumbersome. I would find it better if this information could also be translated and read in the Navlog.
Greetings, Koschi
1 years ago
Hello Koschi,
I am pleased that you are enjoying the trip, and I am glad with your remarks.
First: The intro at the start of each leg annoys me too, more than I can tell. I have not found a way to prevent the Intro-TTS to play in starting legs when you pick up from the MAIN Menu. Flying more legs after one other does not play the intro in the leg after the starting leg. But I cannot ask from the users to fly the trip in one setting. :-)
Second: There are no free TTS engines around with acceptable pronounciation in the languages of the sim. I can do German and French, because I have an average knowledge of these. So, I can check if what is said makes any sense. There it stops, I won't be able to create localised TTS files for all languages, based upon the DeepL translation. Therefore I have to install all languages on my computer and create the sound files.
In addition to this. The NavLog would be a solution. You have the text in you own language available. But, just like me you like the information in little bits. I have chosen to place the TTS entries along the flight path. Triggered through a proximity trigger. Sadly that is in English because of the lack of TTS translation. If I want the translated text in the NavLog, I have to combine the texts of make more waypoints. Combining the text leads to a lot of text in waypoints. I give the user the DeepL translation in writing so, the have some check of what is said. I can provide a Fligh Book in each language, but that is increasing the file size immensly.
For now I don't have a better solution. But still thank for the remark. It gets me thinking and wondering how it should be done.
Greetings,
Frontech
1 years ago
Frontech
Koschi
Very well done and interesting tour of Japan, No problems doing it. Lot of very nice scenery. Didn't realize Japan was so mountainous. Liked the idea of the pictures inserted in the Navlog.
1 years ago
sparky147
Very nice tour . Wondering.. Are those pictures in the nav log real life or are they screenshots from MSFS. \
Btw .. Fyi . it is descend not descent
1 years ago
Hi Sparky147,
Thanks for your comments. I will watch my language. These slips/typos show that I am not a native English speaker.
The images are from MSFS with a high zoom level.
Regards,
Frontech
1 years ago
Frontech
sparky147