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Otaru Museum (Hokkaido): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Otaru Museum is a science museum in Temiya, Hokkaido, about 844 km from Tokyo Station and 1059 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Otaru Museum
Photo: Twilight2640 at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese小樽市総合博物館
LocationTemiya, Hokkaido
Nearest station (straight line)Otaru Station – about 1.6 km
From Sapporo Stationabout 32 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 551 km (straight line)
From Tokyo Stationabout 844 km (straight line)
Established2007
Coordinates43.21125, 141.00130
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.city.otaru.lg.jp/docs/2020111300736/
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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