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Aikawa Folk Museum (Niigata): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Aikawa Folk Museum is a science museum in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, about 295 km from Tokyo Station and 445 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Aikawa Folk Museum
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese相川郷土博物館
LocationSado, Niigata Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Yahiko Station – about 64.1 km
From Sendai Stationabout 232 km (straight line)
From Tokyo Stationabout 295 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 341 km (straight line)
Coordinates38.03750, 138.24000
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.city.sado.niigata.jp/site/museum/60583.html

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