In Photos: Battered ski resort gondolas evidence of eruption's raw power

A fist-sized rock hurled from the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane is lodged into the side of a gondola with its window shattered at Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort, in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2018. (Mainichi)

A gondola with a shattered window and a covering of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane is seen at Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort, on Jan. 24, 2018. (Mainichi)

A gondola with a shattered window and a covering of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane is seen at Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort, on Jan. 24, 2018. (Mainichi)

Fist-sized volcanic debris and ash ejected from the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane cover the floor of a damaged gondola at Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort, in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2018. (Mainichi)