Town Guide

Children and adults alike can experience the wonders of science through hands-on exhibits that allow them to learn while having fun by looking at and touching the exhibits. Science shows by professio...

Currently, many animals, including polar bears and orangutans, are listed as endangered species due to reasons such as global warming and deforestation. Maruyama Zoo is committed to breeding these rar...

This museum is open to the public to view the vast collection of model trains and railroad-related collections, which are said to be the world's largest, created by Shintaro Hara ・ and owned by the mu...

The Tokyo Toy Museum is a "citizen-operated" museum that is funded by donations of money based on the "one-shot director system" and donations of time by the "toy curators" who are volunteer staff.

As the culmination of the city's urban development efforts aimed at creating a "City of Glass Toyama," the museum will be located in the "Toyama Kirari" complex, which also houses the main building of...

The Tokiwa Museum (Museum of Greenery, Flowers, and Sculptures) in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is located in Tokiwa Park, a few minutes' drive from the nearby Yamaguchi-Ube Airport.

琵琶湖は400万年の歴史を持つ，世界でも有数の古い湖です。長い年月は世界中で琵琶湖しかいない生物（固有種）を生み出し，ユニークな生態系を発達させました。人間が琵琶湖のまわりにすみついたのは約2万年前とされています。それからずっと，人間は琵琶湖の自然と共存し、その恵みを受けながら今日まで独自の地域文化を発展させてきました。しかし，人と自然の関係は最近の100年で大きく変貌しました。琵琶湖を含む環境は...