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Best practices
The basic idea
Volcanic eruptions have literally devastated large inhabited areas. During the 1914 eruption of Sakurajima in Kyushu, 687 houses in Kurokami were buried in hot ash. What remained of this shrine gate, previously five meters tall, was left as a reminder.
Kurokami maibutsu gate 　
(腹五社神社黒神埋没鳥居),
Sakurajima Island.
<image src="kk-torii.jpg" height="180" width="240">
<caption> Kurokami maibutsu gate
( <span xml:lang="ja"> 腹五社神社黒神埋没鳥居 </span> ), Sakurajima Island. </caption>
</image>
Other things: bidi markup, abbr, styling, etc.
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A much better approach is to use an element for the caption. You now have the possibility to apply metadata to the text, such as that shown above. You are also, by the way, able to apply abbreviation markup, additional styling, etc.
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