Shell Museum
Shell Museum is a museum in Nishinomiya, Hyogo. Shell Museum is situated nearby to the community center 西宮浜公民館, as well as near the police station Koban.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: zoological museum in Nishinomiya-hama, Japan
- Also known as: “Nishinomiya City Shell Museum” and “Nishinomiya Shell Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nishinomiya Battery and Tanizaki Jun’ichirō Memorial Museum of Literature, Ashiya.
Nishinomiya Battery
Fort
Photo: Hirojin taja, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nishinomiya Battery was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected by the Tokugawa shogunate on the coast of Osaka Bay of what is now the Nishihato-cho neighborhood of the city of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Nishinomiya Battery is situated 1½ km north of Shell Museum.
Tanizaki Jun’ichirō Memorial Museum of Literature, Ashiya
Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Memorial Museum of Literature, Ashiya opened in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1988. The museum commemorates the life and works of Tanizaki Jun'ichirō. Tanizaki Jun’ichirō Memorial Museum of Literature, Ashiya is situated 2 km northwest of Shell Museum.
Ashiya City Museum of Art and History
Museum
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Ashiya City Museum of Art and History is situated 2 km northwest of Shell Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higashinada-ku and Amagasaki.
Higashinada-ku
Suburb
Photo: Laitr Keiows, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Higashinada is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km2. and a population of 212,111. South of the Hanshin Main Line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage. Higashinada-ku is situated 6 km west of Shell Museum.
Amagasaki
Photo: Hirojin taja, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amagasaki is an industrial city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2022, the city had an estimated population of 455,555 in 223,812 households, and a population density of 9000 persons per km². The total area of the city is 50.72 km2.
Nada-ku
Suburb
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Nada is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 31.4 km², and a population of 129,095. A leading national university, Kobe University, is located in this ward, as is the city's Oji Zoo. Nada-ku is situated 8 km west of Shell Museum.
Shell Museum
- Categories: zoological museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.71203° or 34° 42′ 43″ northLongitude
135.32798° or 135° 19′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QP86H+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1423090893OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11627655
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In Other Languages
“Shell Museum” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “西宮市貝類館”
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Highlights include 西宮浜公民館 and Koban.
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