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Sendai Space Museum (Kagoshima): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Sendai Space Museum is a science museum in Nagatoshi-chō, Kagoshima Prefecture, about 971 km from Tokyo Station and 576 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Sendai Space Museum
Photo: Sakoppi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese薩摩川内市せんだい宇宙館
LocationNagatoshi-chō, Kagoshima Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Sendai Station – about 2.8 km
From Hakata Stationabout 196 km (straight line)
From Hiroshima Stationabout 348 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 576 km (straight line)
Established1998
Coordinates31.82401, 130.33982
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttp://sendaiuchukan.jp/

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