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Watarase Nature Center (Gunma): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Watarase Nature Center is a science museum in Itakura, Gunma Prefecture, about 61 km from Tokyo Station and 412 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Watarase Nature Center
Photo: 京浜にけ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japaneseわたらせ自然館
LocationItakura, Gunma Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Itakura Tōyōdai-mae Station – about 0.2 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 61 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 251 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 276 km (straight line)
Coordinates36.22300, 139.65058
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.town.itakura.gunma.jp/d000090/d000120/

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