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Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum (Okayama): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is a science museum in Kasaoka, Okayama Prefecture, about 584 km from Tokyo Station and 182 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum
Photo: Sander van Malssen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese笠岡市立カブトガニ博物館
LocationKasaoka, Okayama Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Kasaoka Station – about 3.4 km
From Hiroshima Stationabout 96 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 182 km (straight line)
From Kyoto Stationabout 212 km (straight line)
Coordinates34.47739, 133.52153
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.city.kasaoka.okayama.jp/site/kabutogani/

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