Miyakojima City Museum, Miyako

Name: Miyakojima City Museum
Address: Miyako, Japan

#5 among attractions in Miyako

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Miyakojima City Museum opened as the Hirara City Museum of History and Folklore in Hirara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1989. Upon the merger of Hirara into Miyakojima in 2005, the museum reopened as the Miyakojima City Museum. It is dedicated to the area's natural history, history, folkways, and culture. ()

Opened: 1989 (35 years ago)Coordinates: 24°47'47"N, 125°19'5"E

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Miyakojima City Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sha shanbichi, Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden, Kubaka Castle, Fukuzato Underground Dam.

3.8 miNW
Beach
Sha shanbichi, Miyako
96 min walk • Sunayama Beach is a sandy beach located in Miyakojima, Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan.
0.4 miNW
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden, Miyako
10 min walk • The Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden is a botanical garden in Hirara, Miyako-jima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Landscaping began in 1967 on a site that before the war was a forest of Ryūkyū pines.
4.7 miS
Forts and castles
Kubaka Castle, Miyako
119 min walk • Kubaka Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku located near the shore of Irie Bay in southern Miyakojima, Okinawa, in former Ueno Village. It is the only castle on Miyako Island where the original castle layout is still visible.
6.5 miSE
Dam
Fukuzato Underground Dam, Miyako
165 min walk • Fukuzato Dam is an underground dam constructed in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture. An underground dam is a wall constructed to save underground water from pouring into the sea so that it can be put to human use.
3.6 miSW
Bridge
Ikeda Bridge, Miyako
92 min walk • The Ikeda Bridge is a 10-metre long, 3-metre wide, arched, Ryūkyū limestone bridge near the mouth of the Sakita River in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
6.5 miSW
Island
Kurima-jima
166 min walk • Kurima Island, is one of the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is connected to Miyako-jima via 1,690m Kurima Bridge.

Miyakojima City Museum, Miyako

Facts and practical information

Miyakojima City Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Sha shanbichi, Miyako

Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden, Miyako

Kubaka Castle, Miyako

Fukuzato Underground Dam, Miyako

Ikeda Bridge, Miyako

Kurima-jima