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Kimura Hisashi Memorial Museum (Iwate): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Kimura Hisashi Memorial Museum is a science museum in Ōshū-shi, Iwate Prefecture, about 403 km from Tokyo Station and 703 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Kimura Hisashi Memorial Museum
Photo: Yauchi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese木村榮記念館
LocationŌshū-shi, Iwate Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Mizusawa Station – about 1.2 km
From Sendai Stationabout 100 km (straight line)
From Tokyo Stationabout 403 km (straight line)
From Sapporo Stationabout 438 km (straight line)
Established1900
Coordinates39.13561, 141.13256
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.miz.nao.ac.jp/kimura/

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