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Kasaoka Municipal Horseshoe Crab Museum

Japan, 1946-2 Yokoshima, Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture 714-0043

This is the world's only horseshoe crab-themed museum overlooking the Kamishima Channel, which is a breeding ground for horseshoe crabs, a nationally designated natural monument. The building is shaped like a horseshoe crab.

Business Time

9:00-17:00 (Admission until 16:30) Closed: Mondays, the day after public holidays, December 29th to January 3rd *Closed from March 25th to April 15th, April 27th to May 10th, and July 15th to August 31st.

Telephone number 0865-67-2477
Website https://www.kasaoka-kankou.jp/en/spot/2760/
Access
  • ・About 25 minutes from Sanyo Expressway Kasaoka IC Parking: 50 regular cars, 10 buses ・About 20 minutes by bus from JR Kasaoka Station to Kamishima Sotoura
Language 日本語

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