Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum

The Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum opened in , Hokkaidō, Japan in 1988. It commemorates the chance discovery of a fossilized Naumann's elephant in Chūrui, now Makubetsu, on 26 July 1969, during construction work on a farm road: the youth who unearthed the initial piece with his pickaxe crying out "this is an elephant's tooth".
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roadside station Churui.

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is situated 130 metres northwest of Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taiki.

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is a town located in , Hokkaidō, . As of 31 December 2025, the town had an estimated population of 5,168 in 2792 households, and a population density of 6 people per km2. The total area of the town is 815.67 km2. is situated 7 km south of Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum.

Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum

Latitude
42.55793° or 42° 33′ 29″ north
Longitude
143.30011° or 143° 18′ 0″ east
Open location code
8RJ5H852+52
Open­Street­Map ID
way 427155873
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Wiki­data ID
Q85752435
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Japanese—“Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Çurui Nauman Fili Muzeyi”
  • Fulah: “Chūrui Naumann Elephant Museum”
  • Japanese: “忠類ナウマン象記念館”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ナウマン公園 and ナウマン公園パークゴルフ場 ファミリーコース.

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