Ogasawara Museum

The Ogasawara Museum is a located in the Shiroyama mountain range of Nagano Prefecture in the center of the Honshu island, Japan. The building was designed by the architecture firm, SANAA, run by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, and constructed between 1995 and 1999.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Iida, Japan
Address: 伊豆木, 飯田市, 長野県 399-2434

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kawaji and Tenryūkyō Station.

Kawaji

Railway station

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Kawaji Station is a train station in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Kawaji is situated 2 km east of Ogasawara Museum.

Tenryūkyō Station

Railway station

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Tenryūkyō Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in the city of Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Tenryūkyō Station is situated 2 km east of Ogasawara Museum.

Tenryukyo Gorge

Valley

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Tenryū Gorge is a nationally designated nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is located within the Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achi and Shimojō.

Achi

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Achi is a village in Nagano, with a population of about 6,000 people. It is known as one of the best places in Japan for stargazing, owing to its low light pollution.

Shimojō

Village

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Shimojō is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the village had an estimated population of 3,748 in 1275 households, and a population density of 98 persons per km2. Shimojō is situated 6 km south of Ogasawara Museum.

Yasuoka

Village

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Yasuoka is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the village had an estimated population of 1,622 in 688 households, and a population density of 25 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 64.59 square kilometres. Yasuoka is situated 9 km southeast of Ogasawara Museum.

Ogasawara Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.4464° or 35° 26′ 47″ north

Longitude

137.79495° or 137° 47′ 42″ east

Operator

飯田市

Open location code

8Q7VCQWV+HX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 850319371

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q123418594

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In Other Languages

From German to Japanese—“Ogasawara Museum” goes by many names.

German: “Ogasawara Museum - Museum O”
Japanese: “小笠原資料館”

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Highlights include Former Ogasawara Shoin and 小笠原長孝記念館.

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