Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano UNESCO Global Geopark

Understanding Geology

Words by Yumi Inoue
Phographs by Rumiko Ito
Translation by Xene Inc.

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)
Website

(Photo courtesy of the Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Global Geopark Promotion Council)

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
Website

(Photo courtesy of Wakasaresort Co.,Ltd.)

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
Website


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