Yamba Tenmei Mudflow Museum

The Yamba Tenmei Mudflow Museum is telling about the disasters caused by the Tenmei mudflow in Edo period.^[3][4]

The Tenmei mudflow means a large-scale volcanic mudflow caused by the 1783 eruption of Mount Asama, killed 1,523 people and destroyed 2,065 homes.^[2][5][6]

This museum houses a collection of artifacts from the time of the eruption that were excavated from the areas submerged by the Yamba Dam.^[7]

In the areas submerged by the Yamba Dam flooded area, excavation surveys covering approximately one million square meters were carried out over a 26-year period from 1994 to 2019.^[2]

Adjacent to the museum, the former Naganohara Daiichi Elementary School building, which was used until 2002, has been relocated and educational materials are on display.^[8]

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