Ashio Copper Mine

The Ashio Copper Mine was a copper mine located in the town of , in the northern of . It was the site of Japan's first major pollution disaster in the 1880s and the scene of the 1907 miners' riots.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Theme park
  • Description: former mine in Japan
  • Address: 足尾町通洞, 日光市, 栃木県 321-1514

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsūdō Station and Ashio Station.

Railway station
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the Watarase Keikoku Railway. is situated 430 metres north of Ashio Copper Mine.

Railway station
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the city of , , Japan, operated by the third-sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Ashio Copper Mine.

Dam
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is a gravity dam located in Tochigi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 272.2 km2. It impounds approximately 2 hectares of land when full and can store 195 thousand cubic meters of water. is situated 1½ km west of Ashio Copper Mine.

Ashio Copper Mine

Latitude
36.63315° or 36° 37′ 59″ north
Longitude
139.43964° or 139° 26′ 23″ east
Open location code
8Q8XJCMQ+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 389464223
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­theme_park
Wiki­data ID
Q2797958
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Ashio Copper Mine” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşio mis mədəni”
  • Catalan: “Mina de coure d’Ashio”
  • Chinese: “足尾銅山”
  • Chinese: “足尾铜山”
  • Dutch: “Vergiftigingsschandaal van de Ashio-kopermijn”
  • French: “mine de cuivre d’Ashio”
  • French: “Mine de cuivre d’Ashio”
  • German: “Ashio-Kupferbergwerk”
  • Japanese: “Ashio dōzan kankō”
  • Japanese: “あしお どうざん かんこう”
  • Japanese: “足尾銅山”
  • Persian: “معدن مس آشیو”
  • Spanish: “Mina de cobre de Ashio”
  • Ukrainian: “Копальня Асіо”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 銅ふれあい館 and 通洞坑　　国指定史跡.

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