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Aso Volcano Museum, Aso

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The Aso Volcano Museum (阿蘇火山博物館, Aso-kazan Hakubutsukan) is a museum that explains volcanoes. It is near Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan.

The Museum is in Kusasenri, Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture.

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  • By kimitakas
    It is a museum about Volcanos, which is located in Kusasenri. On the day I visited, I couldn’t visit the top of Aso due to a fog, so I decided to go this museum instead. It is quite instructive. But.....  more »
  • By OleAlbaek
    The area around the vulcano is closed caused by the present outbrake looking very impressive from the museum. the museum itself needs to be reviewed, pretty dusty.  more »
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  • By Pooh - ja
    Didn't really get to visit the museum as we lost track of our time while walking around the grassland and taking pictures. Museum closes at 5pm i think cus we reached around that time n it was closed. But we enjoyed the grassland n the nearby cafe 😊 Reccomend Aso milk float from the cafe 👍
  • By Timotej Verbovšek
    Very informative, you learn a lot about the greatest caldera in the world.
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