Upopoy
The National Ainu Museum is a museum located in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated within the grounds of Upopoy, a park complex that serves as a "symbolic space for ethnic harmony".- Type: Museum
- Description: Ainu museum and park in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “National Ainu Museum and Park” and “民族共生象徴空間 ウポポイ”
- Address: 2丁目, 白老町, 北海道 059-0902
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Ainu Museum and Shiraoi Station.
National Ainu Museum
Museum
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
The Ainu Museum, also known as Porotokotan, is a former museum in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. The facility began its existence in 1976 as the Shiraoi Foundation for the Preservation of Ainu Culture. National Ainu Museum is situated 110 metres southeast of Upopoy.
Shiraoi Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shiraoi Station is a train station in Shiraoi, Shiraoi District, Hokkaidō, Japan. Shiraoi Station is situated 710 metres southwest of Upopoy.
Historical remains of the Sendai clan’s fort in Shiraoi
Park
Photo: AITNIM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Historical remains of the Sendai clan’s fort in Shiraoi is a park, which is situated 2 km west of Upopoy.
Upopoy
- Categories: national museum, open-air museum, ethnographic museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Shiraoi, Shiraoi district, Central Circuit, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
42.56015° or 42° 33′ 37″ northLongitude
141.36473° or 141° 21′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8RJ3H967+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1106753828OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q76283211
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“Upopoy” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “UPOPOY民族共生象徵空間”
- Chinese: “民族共生象徵空間”
- Estonian: “Upopoy”
- Japanese: “Upopoi”
- Japanese: “うぽぽい”
- Japanese: “ウポポイ”
- Japanese: “国立民族共生公園”
- Japanese: “民族共生象徴空間”
- Korean: “우포포이”
- Swedish: “Upopoy”
- Thai: “อุโปะโปย”
- Thai: “อูโปโปย”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 体験交流ホール and エントランス棟.
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