1729, 1729, 1728, 1723, 1723, 1722, 1721, 1720, 1719, 1718, 1717, 1711, 1710, 1708–09, 1706, 1704, 1703, 1669, 1661, 1661, 1660, 1659, 1658, 1657, 1656, 1655, 1653, 1652, 1651, 1650?, 1649, 1648, 1648, 1647, 1645, 1644, 1609, 1605, 1604, 1600, 1598, 1597, 1596, 1596, 1595?, 1591, 1590, 1532, 1528, 1527, 1518, 1427?, 1281, 1108, 887, 685. Note: The dates of eruptions featured in this article appear in bold italics. Onioshidashi The Onioshidashi () is the name of lava flow on the northern slope of Mount Asama. The lava flow that erupted in 1783 Tenmei eruption was solidified. Now, it is known as a tourist destination. Asama Volcano Museum The Asama Volcano Museum (), from the crater of the Mount Asama, open from 1993 to 2020, explained volcanoes. The museum was in Naganohara-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture. As of early 2009, it was open from April until November. Visitor numbers peaked at 265,000 in 1994; however, seismic activity at nearby Mount Asama was one reason for frequent closures. The closures were a factor in the drop in visitors: this gradually fell to 23,000. In the later years of the museum, most of the visitors were on school excursions. The museum was running a deficit of about 17 million yen per year, paid for by the town of Naganohara. Additionally, the building was ageing, and maintenance threatened to cost hundreds of millions of yen. A nearby building, Asama memorial hall () exhibited motorbikes; the plan in summer 2020 was to move these to a municipally owned tourist facility, Asama pasture (), and to move some of the exhibits of the volcano museum to the memorial hall. Gallery In popular culture Mount Asama served as the backdrop to Japan's first colour film, Carmen Comes Home. Several references are made to Mount Asama throughout the film, including a melody composed by a blind composer, Mr. Taguchi. In the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Eighth Angel, Sandalphon, was located inside Mount Asama. See also Tenmei eruption Notes References Hall, John Whitney (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719–1788: Forerunner of Modern Japan, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Hayakawa, Yukio and Hideko Nakajima. "Volcanic Eruptions and Hazards of Asama Written in Historical Records" (abstract), Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan (Kazan). 19 July 2006. Screech, Timon (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. (cloth); (electronic) Titsingh, Isaac (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o