・Genji Firefly Breeding Project   The Moriyama HOTARU(Firefly )Museum provides artificial breeding and guidance of rearing for fireflies. The museum provides the larvaes of firefly raised in the breeding laboratory to citizens, children and local communities requested for environmental studies and also releases them into the HOTARU (Firefly) river at the museum.   We have […]

・About the Museum   The Moriyama HOTARU（Firefly) Museum is an artificial nursery for Genji fireflies for the purpose of protecting them and educating people about water environment conservation. In the exhibition room, visitors can learn various things about fireflies from the biotope tank, firefly specimens, display panels, and firefly-related materials and literature.   In 2021, […]

・Enlightenment  for protecting fireflies In order to gain understanding and cooperation for firefly protection activities, the Moriyama Firefly Forest Museum holds environmental study sessions and training sessions twice a year, and conducts educational activities through technical cooperation with local community associations and CSR promoting companies. In addition, we are involved in environmental education at elementary […]

・Moriyama was once the home to Genji fireflies 　Moriyama has long been known for colonies of Moriyama fireflies (genji botaru).Since 1902 (Meiji 32), Moriyama fireflies have been offered to the Emperor of Japan, and Moriyama fireflies became more and more famous. From the Taisho era (1912-1926) to the beginning of the Showa era (1926-1989), firefly […]