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Shiga Fossil Museum (Nagano): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Shiga Fossil Museum is a science museum in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, about 174 km from Tokyo Station and 289 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Shiga Fossil Museum
Photo: photo: Qurren (talk) Taken with Canon IXY 10S, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese松本市四賀化石館
LocationMatsumoto, Nagano Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Tazawa Station – about 5.5 km
From Nagoya Stationabout 163 km (straight line)
From Tokyo Stationabout 174 km (straight line)
From Kyoto Stationabout 251 km (straight line)
Established1989
Coordinates36.31750, 137.99833
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://matsu-haku.com/shigakaseki/

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