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Goshoura Cretaceous Museum (Kumamoto): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Goshoura Cretaceous Museum is a science museum in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, about 945 km from Tokyo Station and 546 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Goshoura Cretaceous Museum
Photo: hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese御所浦白亜紀資料館
LocationAmakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Uminoura Station – about 14.2 km
From Hakata Stationabout 139 km (straight line)
From Hiroshima Stationabout 303 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 546 km (straight line)
Coordinates32.33756, 130.33794
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttp://gcmuseum.ec-net.jp/

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