Abashiri Prison Museum

Abashiri Prison Museum is a museum in Abashiri Shi, Hokkaido. Abashiri Prison Museum is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine 二見湖畔神社, as well as near Hokkaido Museum of Northern People.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hokkaido Museum of Northern People and Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum.

Hokkaido Museum of Northern People

Museum

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The Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples opened in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1991. Dedicated to the various peoples of the North, across Eurasia and the Americas, the collection includes items relating to the Sámi, Nanai, Nivkhs, and Northwest Coast Indians, as well as the more local Okhotsk culture and Ainu. Hokkaido Museum of Northern People is situated 1 km east of Abashiri Prison Museum.

Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum

Museum

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Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum is situated 1 km northeast of Abashiri Prison Museum.

Hokkaido Okhotsk Park

Park

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Hokkaido Okhotsk Park is situated 1¼ km southeast of Abashiri Prison Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abashiri.

Abashiri

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Abashiri is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Abashiri is known as the site of the Abashiri Prison, a Meiji-era facility used for the incarceration of political prisoners.

Abashiri Prison Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: prison museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Abashiri Shi, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

43.99659° or 43° 59′ 48″ north

Longitude

144.22959° or 144° 13′ 47″ east

Open location code

8RM6X6WH+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 410015197

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q11409007

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Japanese—“Abashiri Prison Museum” goes by many names.

Azerbaijani: “Abaşiri Həbsxana Muzeyi”
Chinese: “博物館網走監獄”
French: “Hakubutsukan Abashiri Kangoku”
French: “musée de la prison d’Abashiri”
French: “Musée de la prison d’Abashiri”
Japanese: “博物館網走監獄”
Japanese: “博物館網走監獄”
Japanese: “網走監獄博物館”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 二見湖畔神社 and 天都山展望台.

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