Shiretoko World Heritage Conservation Center, Visitor center and museum in Utoro, Shari district, Japan.
The Shiretoko World Heritage Conservation Center is a single-storey wooden building of 758 square metres in Utoro, Shari, opened in 2009 by the Ministry of the Environment. Its exhibition room holds a 1:25,000 scale model of the Shiretoko Peninsula and photo panels of brown bears, Ezo deer and orcas; a lecture room screens high-definition footage.
The center opened on April 19, 2009, as a base run by Japan's Ministry of the Environment for information on the management and use of Shiretoko, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. It also houses the ministry's Utoro nature conservation officer office and the Nature Parks Foundation's Shiretoko branch.
The center is run by the Ministry of Environment, and its staff office for the Utoro district sits inside the building, alongside a branch of the Nature Parks Foundation of Japan. Visitors can watch high-definition footage of the peninsula in the lecture room and browse books on Shiretoko in the rest corner.
The center is open from late spring through fall with extended hours, and operates with shorter schedules during colder months. Entry is free, making it accessible to all visitors regardless of budget.
The center opened on 19 April 2009 in a single-storey wooden building with a floor area of 758 square metres. Inside, a 1:25,000 scale relief model of the Shiretoko Peninsula shows the shape of the land, and the Ministry of the Environment's Utoro ranger office works from the same building.
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