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Discovery Park Yaizu (Shizuoka): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Discovery Park Yaizu is a science museum in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, about 162 km from Tokyo Station and 259 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Discovery Park Yaizu
Photo: Akahito Yamabe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japaneseディスカバリーパーク焼津天文科学館
LocationYaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Yaizu Station – about 5.6 km
From Nagoya Stationabout 138 km (straight line)
From Tokyo Stationabout 162 km (straight line)
From Kyoto Stationabout 235 km (straight line)
Coordinates34.82281, 138.33156
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.discoverypark.jp/

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