National Museum of Ethnology
The National Museum of Ethnology, also known as the Minpaku, is the largest ethnographic museum in Japan. It is Japan's largest research institute in the academic disciplines of humanities and social sciences.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum and research institute in Japan
- Also known as: “Kokuritsu Minzoku-gaku Hakubutsukan” and “Minpaku”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rose Garden and Handai-byōin-mae Station.
Rose Garden
Garden
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Rose Garden is situated 240 metres east of National Museum of Ethnology.
Handai-byōin-mae Station
Railway station
Handai-byōin-mae Station is a monorail station on the Osaka Monorail located in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan. It is located in front of The University of Osaka Hospital. The name means the "station in front of Osaka University Hospital."… Handai-byōin-mae Station is situated 640 metres north of National Museum of Ethnology.
Panasonic Stadium Suita
Stadium
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Suita City Football Stadium, a.k.a. Panasonic Stadium Suita for sponsorship reasons. is a stadium located in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Panasonic Stadium Suita is situated 1¼ km southeast of National Museum of Ethnology.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ibaraki and Minō.
Ibaraki
Photo: Chun-Hung Eric Cheng, CC BY 2.0.
Ibaraki is a city in Osaka. It is a suburban city of Osaka city and a part of Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area.
Minō
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Minoh is a city in northwestern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023, the city had an estimated population of 139,118 in 62451 households and a population density of 2900 persons per km2.
Toyonaka
Toyonaka is a city of about 400,000 in the Japanese prefecture Osaka. It's located close to the huge city of Osaka and is well connected through public transport.
National Museum of Ethnology
- Categories: national museum, ethnographic museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Suita, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Tamil—“National Museum of Ethnology” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Etnologiako Museo Nazionala”
- Chinese: “国立民族学博物馆”
- Chinese: “國立民族學博物館 (日本）”
- Chinese: “國立民族學博物館（日本）”
- Chinese: “國立民族學博物館”
- Chinese: “大阪国立民族学博物馆”
- Dutch: “National Museum of Ethnology”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Etnologio”
- French: “Minpaku”
- French: “musée national d’ethnologie”
- French: “Musée national d’ethnologie”
- German: “National Museum of Ethnology”
- German: “Nationalmuseum für Ethnologie”
- Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Etnologi”
- Indonesian: “National Museum of Ethnology”
- Irish: “Músaem Náisiúnta na hEitneolaíochta”
- Italian: “Museo nazionale di etnologia”
- Japanese: “みんぱく”
- Japanese: “国立民族学博物館”
- Japanese: “民博”
- Javanese: “Muséum Nasional Etnologi”
- Javanese: “Muséum Nasional Ètnologi”
- Javanese: “Musiyum Nasiyonal Ètnologi”
- Korean: “국립민족학박물관”
- Portuguese: “National Museum of Ethnology”
- Spanish: “National Museum of Ethnology”
- Tamil: “தேசிய இனக்குழுவியல் அருங்காட்சியகம்”
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