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Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science “Kyororo” (Niigata): Science museum for Families – Location & Nea

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science “Kyororo” is a science museum in Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata Prefecture, about 188 km from Tokyo Station and 387 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science “Kyororo”
Photo: Kentaro Ohno さん https://www.flickr.com/photos/inucara/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese十日町市立里山科学館 越後松之山「森の学校」キョロロ
LocationTōkamachi-shi, Niigata Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Matsudai Station – about 3.6 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 188 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 237 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 265 km (straight line)
Coordinates37.09972, 138.61722
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttp://www.matsunoyama.com/kyororo/

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