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Noboribetsu Nature Center Forest Kouzan is a nature-experience and environmental education facility in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, with accommodation for overnight visitors. Open to families, community groups and school parties from elementary through university level, it provides spaces and activities for learning about and enjoying the surrounding natural environment. Visitors can explore the former Horobetsu Mine area, whose history spans its years of gold, silver, copper and sulphur mining from 1906 to 1973.

The center offers day visits and stays, along with outdoor activities such as river play, mountain biking and fat biking, climbing, woodworking, outdoor cooking and walks focused on local nature and history. Its programs include nature experiences, family and child-rearing activities, community nature surveys, instructor training and satoyama landscape initiatives. The center also shares information about local plants, fungi, birds, insects and other wildlife, and publishes activity reports and event schedules. Admission is free. It is generally open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and closed on Mondays, year-end and New Year holidays.