Poison Gas Museum
Poison Gas Museum is a museum in Hiroshima, Chugoku. Poison Gas Museum is situated nearby to the ruins Automatic Switchboard Room Remains, as well as near the tourism office Okunoshima Visitor Center.Photo: Sveagal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
9:00 AM—4:00 PM
December 29th—January 3rd: closed - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Ōkunoshima about Imperial Japanese poison gas manufacturing
- Also known as: “Okunoshima Island Poison Gas Museum”, “Okunoshima Poison Gas Museum”, and “Ōkunoshima Poison Gas Museum”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ōkunoshima and Ōkunoshima Lighthouse.
Ōkunoshima
Photo: Vickerman625, Public domain.
Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. It is also known as Usagi Shima because of the numerous feral rabbits that live here and it is for that reason that draws many people here.
Ōkunoshima Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ōkunoshima Lighthouse is situated 360 metres south of Poison Gas Museum.
Tadanoumi
Railway stop
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tadanoumi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. Tadanoumi is situated 3½ km north of Poison Gas Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miyaura Port and Takehara.
Miyaura Port
Locality
Photo: Opqr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miyaura Port is a locality, which is situated 6 km south of Poison Gas Museum.
Takehara
Photo: OS6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Takehara is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2023, the city had an estimated population of 23,350 in 12,034 households and a population density of 200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 118.23 square kilometres.
Poison Gas Museum
- Categories: military museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.30589° or 34° 18′ 21″ northLongitude
132.99418° or 132° 59′ 39″ eastInception
April 1988Levels
1Operator
TakeharaOpen location code
8Q6J8X4V+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 508699824OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q82275912
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Korean—“Poison Gas Museum” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Okunoşima Zəhərli Qazlar Muzeyi”
- Chinese: “大久野岛毒气资料馆”
- Chinese: “大久野島毒氣資料館”
- French: “musée du gaz toxique d’Ōkunoshima”
- French: “Musée du gaz toxique d’Ōkunoshima”
- French: “Ōkunoshima dokugasu shiryōkan”
- Japanese: “Dokugasu shiryōkan”
- Japanese: “どくガスしりょうかん”
- Japanese: “大久野島毒ガス資料館”
- Korean: “오쿠노시마 독가스 자료관”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Automatic Switchboard Room Remains and Okunoshima Visitor Center.
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