Hashino Iron Mining Site
Open by month
Partly closed in January: some days or parts are closed — see the official site. New Year (Dec 29 – Jan 3): shorter hours or partly closed.
Partly closed in February: some days or parts are closed — see the official site.
Partly closed in March: some days or parts are closed — see the official site.
Open in April. No seasonal closure recorded.
Open in May. No seasonal closure recorded.
Open in June. No seasonal closure recorded.
Open in July. No seasonal closure recorded.
Open in August. No seasonal closure recorded.
Open in September. No seasonal closure recorded.
Open in October. No seasonal closure recorded.
Open in November. No seasonal closure recorded.
Partly closed in December: some days or parts are closed — see the official site. New Year (Dec 29 – Jan 3): shorter hours or partly closed.
Checked against the official site on 2026-10-15.
Ruins of Japan's oldest surviving Western-style blast furnaces, first fired in 1858, in a quiet mountain valley. Part of the World Heritage "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution".
World Heritage component (Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution); National Historic Site
Nearby
- Kappabuchi Pool ≈ 30 min by car
- Tono Furusato Village ≈ 35 min by car
- Iwate Tsunami Memorial and Takata-Matsubara ≈ 1 h 25 min by car
Travel times are rough estimates by car.
- Getting there
- By car; from the information center car park it is about 300 m on foot to the furnace ruins
Easier with a tour or car - Fee
- Free
- Good to know
- Open access, but hard to visit in winter snow. Information center 9:30–16:30, closed in winter (Dec 9–Mar 19)
- Time needed
- 1 h 30 min
Checked against the official Japanese website on 2026-10-15. Report outdated info