Palais La Mer (Izu Oshima island)
| museum, Shell, interesting place
Japan /
Shizuoka /
Ito /
Izu Oshima island /
Motomachi, 2-20-1
World
/ Japan
/ Shizuoka
/ Ito
World / Japan / Shizuoka
museum, Shell, interesting place
location: 2-20-1 Motomachi, Oshima-machi, Tokyo
access: 7-minute walk from Motomachi Port.
Open: 9:00-17:00, all year round
Admission: General: 400 yen, Jr.High school and Elementary school students: 200 yen
Inquiry: Tourist Section, Oshima Town Office, Tokyo
TEL: 04992-2-3111
URL:www6.ocn.ne.jp/~palais/
Oshima Town Shells Museum (Palais La Mer )
Curator: Miki Makoto
TEL: 04992-4-0501
Based on a private collection of sea shells and fossils, this museum has more than 52,000 shells representing 4,200 varieties from around the world. In keeping with its French name of "Palace of the Sea," the museum is a chalky white building standing atop a sandy expanse.
access: 7-minute walk from Motomachi Port.
Open: 9:00-17:00, all year round
Admission: General: 400 yen, Jr.High school and Elementary school students: 200 yen
Inquiry: Tourist Section, Oshima Town Office, Tokyo
TEL: 04992-2-3111
URL:www6.ocn.ne.jp/~palais/
Oshima Town Shells Museum (Palais La Mer )
Curator: Miki Makoto
TEL: 04992-4-0501
Based on a private collection of sea shells and fossils, this museum has more than 52,000 shells representing 4,200 varieties from around the world. In keeping with its French name of "Palace of the Sea," the museum is a chalky white building standing atop a sandy expanse.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°40'54"N 139°26'13"E
- Tateyama Castle (Hakkenden Museum) in Shiroyama park 51 km
- Flower field in Yamanakako, Hana-no-miyako Park 101 km
- Nihon Minka-en (Japanese Open-Air Folk House Museum) 104 km
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden 119 km
- Tokyo University of the Arts 120 km
- Tokyo National Museum 120 km
- Atarashiki-mura "New Village" 140 km
- Boso-no mura 148 km
- Ibaraki Nature Museum 154 km
- Ueda castle 220 km
- Water area of Pacific Ocean south of Oshima Island 2.2 km
- Mt. Mihara 6.7 km
- Water area of Pacific Ocean east of Oshima Island 6.9 km
- Water area of Pacific Ocean west of Oshima Island 11 km
- Oshima Airport 13 km
- Water area of Pacific Ocean north of Oshima Island 13 km
- Mt.Miyatsuka, 508 m 23 km
- Toshima Island 23 km
- Niijima island 37 km
- Shikinejima island 45 km