/// Asama Volcano Museum

Where:  Japan - Mt Asama

Source:  Edsel12 Flickr

What:  The Asama Volcano Museum was a mould-breaking facility opened in 1967, offering insight into the life-cycle of the most active volcano in Honshu and into the area of volcanic rock surrounding it known as Oni Oshi Dashi. The museum had four floors and an observation deck. Along with some interesting artwork pictured below, the museum had a large storage room filled with interesting stuff, just left behind and forgotten. In 1993 the museum was closed down and a new one re-opened in a different place.

/// Gulliver’s Kingdom Amusement Park

Where:  Japan - Yamanashi, Mt Fuji
Source:  Michael John Grist
What:  Gulliver’s Kingdom Amusement Park once rested in the shadow of Mt.Fuji, with Gulliver bound and nailed to the ground by the hair. His giant body was the main attraction of the now defunct and dismembered Gulliver’s Kingdom Theme Park in Yamanashi. Built in 1997, closed in 2001 due to defaulting bank loans, and demolished some parts around 2007.