Kawasaki Peace Museum
Kawasaki Peace Museum is a peace museum that opened in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1992. The permanent display adopts a holistic approach, presenting poverty, hunger, and environmental issues alongside war as barriers to peace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Musashi-kosugi and Motosumiyoshi Station.
Musashi-kosugi
Railway station
Photo: 東京特許許可局, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Musashi-Kosugi Station is a pair of physically separated interchange passenger railway stations, a block from each other, located in Nakahara Ward of eastern Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and the private-sector railway operator Tokyu Corporation. Musashi-kosugi is situated 780 metres north of Kawasaki Peace Museum.
Motosumiyoshi Station
Railway station
Motosumiyoshi Station is a junction passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Tokyu Corporation. Motosumiyoshi Station is situated 650 metres southwest of Kawasaki Peace Museum.
Grand Tree Musashi-Kosugi
Shopping center
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grand Tree Musashi-Kosugi is a shopping center, which is situated 560 metres north of Kawasaki Peace Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Komukai-toshibacho and Saiwai-ku.
Komukai-toshibacho
Neighborhood
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Komukai-toshibacho is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Kawasaki Peace Museum.
Saiwai-ku
Suburb
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Saiwai-ku is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 153,255 and a density of 15,250 persons per km2. The total area was 10.05 km2. Saiwai-ku is situated 3½ km southeast of Kawasaki Peace Museum.
Ota
Photo: Ignat Gorazd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ōta is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Ōta City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Ōmori and Kamata following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis.
Kawasaki Peace Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
- Categories: peace museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.56879° or 35° 34′ 8″ northLongitude
139.65895° or 139° 39′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XHM95+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 593859422OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11478414
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Kawasaki Peace Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “川崎市和平馆”
- Fulah: “Kawasaki Peace Museum”
- Japanese: “川崎市平和館”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 市ノ坪中村通公園 and Nakahara Peace Park.
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