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The Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art, which opened in 1994 in Yui Honjin Park, the former site of the main camp of Yuijuku, a post town on the Tokaido Highway, is the first museum in Japan to bear the ...

The Tokiwa Museum (Museum of Greenery, Flowers, and Sculptures) in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is located in Tokiwa Park, a few minutes' drive from the nearby Yamaguchi-Ube Airport.

The Okinawa Postal Museum opened in 1994 （ to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Okinawa Postal Service in 1994 ） and was renamed the Okinawa Postal Museum on October 1, 2007 （ 2007 ）. The museu...

琵琶湖は400万年の歴史を持つ，世界でも有数の古い湖です。長い年月は世界中で琵琶湖しかいない生物（固有種）を生み出し，ユニークな生態系を発達させました。人間が琵琶湖のまわりにすみついたのは約2万年前とされています。それからずっと，人間は琵琶湖の自然と共存し、その恵みを受けながら今日まで独自の地域文化を発展させてきました。しかし，人と自然の関係は最近の100年で大きく変貌しました。琵琶湖を含む環境は...

The museum is built on the hillside of Sekihara, Nagaoka City, the hometown of "Kaen Earthenware," and covers a vast area of 10,000 m2. The museum introduces the history and culture of Niigata Prefect...