Toyako Visitor Center/Volcano Science Museum
The Volcano Science Museum contains displays of railroad tracks and the like, distorted by the crustal movement of the earth, as well as a theater that reproduces the eruption of 2000.
142-5 Toyakoonsen, Toyako, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Tel.: 0142-75-2555
Open 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Charge (Admission Free)
Closed 31th December to 3rd Janurary
Admission to the Volcano Science Museum only, adult 600yen, child 300yen)
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Masao Mimatsu Memorial Museum
A museum in memory of Masao Mimatsu, who measured and recorded the growth process of the Showa Shinzan lava dome.
184-12 Showashinzan, Sobetsu, Usu-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Tel.: 0142-75-2365
Open every day, Apr. to Oct. 8:00 – 17:00; Nov. to Mar. 9:00 – 16:00
Closed irregularly between Jan. and Mar.
Admission 300yen
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Usuzan Ropeway Kazan-mura (volcano village) Information Center/Disaster Prevention Summit Theater
At the ropeway’s base station there is a Volcano Village Information Center, while the summit station includes a disaster prevention theater.
184-5 Showashinzan, Sobetsu, Usu-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Tel.: 0142-75-2401
Open 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. (May differ according to the season)
Closed on maintenance and inspection days
Admission 300yen
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