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Ashoro Museum of Paleontology

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Ashoro Museum of Paleontology

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Ashoro Museum of Paleontology (Ashoro Dōbutsu Kaseki Hakubutsukan) opened in Ashoro, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1998. The collection includes desmostylians and other fossils from the area as well as geological exhibits relating to the Onnetō Hot Falls.

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