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facility where visitors can learn more about the mountain at any time. In addition to permanent displays of volcano-related topics (lava, etc.), the facility also installed two cameras at the crater, allowing visitors to observe the current crater conditions in real time, and the sounds of the crater can also be heard at the same time, making for a more realistic and academic crater tour. In March 2004, the museum was transferred to private local company Aso
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