Friday, August 7, 2026 My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world
Museum

Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History

Japan · Asia

Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History
Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About

Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History (Takikawa-shi Bijutsu Shizen-shi Kan) opened in Takikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1986. The collection includes works by Iwahashi Eien, Ichiki Masumi, and Ueda Sōkyū as well as the fossil type specimen of the Takikawa sea cow, discovered in the bed of the Sorachi River in 1980 and designated a Prefectural Natural Monument.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

More museums in Japan