Ashio Environment Study Center

I can learn.

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At the Ashio Environmental Learning Center, you can learn about Ashio 々, such as history. It's a small facility, but you may want to go there once!

Learn the history of Ashio Copper Mine

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Speaking of Ashio, it is a town where the Ashio Copper Mine poisoning incident was reported to be a negative heritage. Every year, there are many participants in tree planting activities. Please learn about the environment at this Ashio, which is said to be the origin of environmental problems. There are also Japanese antelope, deer, monkeys, and black bears! You can see Japanese antelope and deer!

to learn the ashio copper mine well

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I think you will be more likely to go sightseeing at Ashio Copper Mine, but I highly recommend you to stop by here. It will enlighten you as a story from now on, the pain that is inevitably associated with doing big things.

Beautiful waterfall

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In front of the learning center, there is a park and a waterfall, so I enjoyed eating lunch with the children. After that, I entered the learning center. The children seemed to be very interesting, probably because they climbed the surrounding mountains.

It's a paid but valuable facility.

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It is located in the copper hydrophilic park in the Matsuki district, upstream of the Watarase River that flows through Ashio Town. Materials and photos of the history of the Ashio Copper Mine, how the smoke damage of sulfur dioxide gas emitted with copper refining caused damage to the surrounding environment, and measures taken to restore the environment after the closing of the Copper Mine. We make full use of dioramas and so on to explain in an easy-to-understand manner. Admission is ２００ yen for adults, but can I make it free? Although it is small next to it, there is a cafe where you can have a light meal, ...