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| Above, the Mt. Aso Museum lobby. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The volcano featured in the 1956 Toho feature, Rodan had caused the suspension of tourism to the crater area after an eruption three years ago.
It is now re-opened.
The Japan Times reported:
KUMAMOTO – Local authorities reopened a crater area of Mount Aso on Wednesday to tourists for the first time in over three years following diminished volcanic activity and the installation of safety measures.
The crater on the 1,592-meter active volcano had been one of the most popular tourist spots in Kumamoto Prefecture before it was closed to visitors in August 2014 after a small-scale eruption.
About 60 people from the local governments and sightseeing industry attended a ceremony in a park 1 kilometer from the crater to celebrate the reopening. They hope it will lead to the revitalization of the local economy, which is reeling from a series of huge earthquakes that hit the region in April 2016.
I visited Mt. Aso 11 years ago, but I didn't get to see too much as a blizzard hit the national park at the time.
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| Above, yours truly at the Mt. Aso ropeway station in 2007. |
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