North of Tokyo on our way to Gunma Prefecture, we stopped at an old copper mine that was closed many years ago. We were virtually the only visitors, and it was a fairly cheese-y operation. We took a little train down into a mine shaft, and wandered through a portion of the old works.
But like many of these wanna-be tourist sites, they had dioramas/staged re-enactments of historic activities…. and the scenes and mannequins were actually quite striking…..
Looks like a labor relations nightmare!
Emerald Isle to the Norse Lands 