Kanagawa Museum of Natural History

photo by Calton · CC BY-SA 4.0

photo by Calton · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ten thousand specimens, from dinosaurs to insects, spanning 4.6 billion years of history.

The route runs through four sections (the Earth, life, the nature of Kanagawa, living with nature) with about 10,000 exhibits including dinosaur fossils, minerals and insects, plus an encyclopaedic ‘giant book’ and an interactive theatre. It is three minutes' walk from Iriuda Station on the Hakone Tozan mountain railway, on the way between Odawara and Hakone.

Opened by Kanagawa Prefecture in 1995 as a natural history museum, with a route covering 4.6 billion years from the formation of the Earth to the present day.

ℹ️ Open 9:00–16:30 (last entry 16:00). Tickets 520 yen adults (ages 20–64), 300 yen students (15–19), 100 yen high school/65+, free for junior high and younger.

🚉 Iriuda · 3 min walk

Sources: nh.kanagawa-museum.jp · city.odawara.kanagawa.jp

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