Iwatoyama History and Culture Exchange Center
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Iwatoyama History and Culture Exchange Center (Yame-shi Iwatoyama Rekishi Bunka Kōryū-kan), also known in English as Iwatoyama Historical and Cultural Community Center, and nicknamed Iwai no Sato, is a culture centre with a museum space that opened in Yame, Fukuoka, Japan in 2015. It supersedes and replaces the former Iwatoyama History Museum, which opened on another site in the vicinity in 1984 and closed in 2015, after attracting some 300,000 visitors. Located next to Iwatoyama Kofun, the new facility has spaces for a variety activities and events and a permanent exhibition that focuses on Tsukushi no Iwai, the Iwai Rebellion, and ancient Yame, with exhibits including sekijin sekiba from Yame Kofun Cluster.
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