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Yokohama Port Museum (Kanagawa): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Yokohama Port Museum is a science museum in Minatomirai, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 28 km from Tokyo Station and 386 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Yokohama Port Museum
Photo: NEO-NEED, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japanese横浜みなと博物館
LocationMinatomirai, Kanagawa Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)JR East Sakuragichō Station – about 0.3 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 28 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 252 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 331 km (straight line)
Established1989
Coordinates35.45367, 139.63300
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.nippon-maru.or.jp/port-museum/
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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