Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum

Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum is a museum in Ichikawa, Chiba. Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum is situated nearby to Ichikawa Archeological Museum, as well as near the archaeological site Horinouchi Shell Mound.

Photo: Fred Cherrygarden, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Also known as: “Municipal Museum of History in Ichikawa”
Address: 1, 堀之内二丁目, 市川市, 千葉県

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ichikawa Archeological Museum and Horinouchi Shell Mound.

Ichikawa Archeological Museum

Museum

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The Municipal Museum of Archaeology in Ichikawa first opened in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1972 as the Ichikawa City Museum. With the opening of the adjacent Municipal Museum of History in Ichikawa in 1982, the museum changed its name to that of today.

Horinouchi Shell Mound

Archaeological site

Photo: Tsuyoshi chiba, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Horinouchi Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Horinouchi neighborhood of the city of Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden and settlement ruin. Horinouchi Shell Mound is situated 130 metres west of Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum.

Kita-Kokubun

Railway stop

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Kita-Kokubun Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by the third sector Hokusō Railway. Kita-Kokubun is situated 420 metres northeast of Ichikawa Municipal Historical Museum.