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Wakkanai Youth's & Children's Science Museum (Hokkaido): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Stat

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Wakkanai Youth's & Children's Science Museum is a science museum in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, about 1098 km from Tokyo Station and 1303 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Wakkanai Youth's & Children's Science Museum
Photo: 100yen 05:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese稚内市青少年科学館
LocationWakkanai, Hokkaido
Nearest station (straight line)Wakkanai Station – about 4.3 km
From Sapporo Stationabout 266 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 802 km (straight line)
From Tokyo Stationabout 1098 km (straight line)
Established1974
Coordinates45.44899, 141.64521
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.city.wakkanai.hokkaido.jp/kagakukan/

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