Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Aso UNESCO Global Geopark

JP

Dive into the hot spring waters of Aso’s onsen in Uchinomaki, Jigoku, Tarutama, and the mountain resorts of the Oguni-go area.Drive through the vast grasslands on the Milk Road. Between mid-February and March, it’s noyaki season, when local communities undertake controlled burnings.Take the Mt. Kishima trail route starting from the Aso Volcano Museum. At the top, enjoy a spectacular view of the northern part of the Aso caldera, with the Nakadake volcano still fuming in the background.

Aso UNESCO Global Geopark in JP
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationJP
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2015
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 119,800 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Aso UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Aso UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Dive into the hot spring waters of Aso’s onsen in Uchinomaki, Jigoku, Tarutama, and the mountain resorts of the Oguni-go area.Drive through the vast grasslands on the Milk Road. Between mid-February and March, it’s noyaki season, when local communities undertake controlled burnings.Take the Mt. Kishima trail route starting from the Aso Volcano Museum. At the top, enjoy a spectacular view of the northern part of the Aso caldera, with the Nakadake volcano still fuming in the background. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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