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Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples函館市北方民族資料館

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Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples is located in Suehiro Town, Hakodate and introduces the lives and culture of northern peoples. Collections with high academic value on a global level are on display. They include materials formerly held by Hakodate City Museum collected by philanthropists and the Hokkaido Development Commission between 1879 and 1886 in addition to Ainu folk materials collected by Dr. Osamu Baba, a world authority on research into northern peoples.

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place Hokkaido Hakodateshi Suehirochou 21-7
phone 0138224128

Review of Hakodate Museum of Northern Peoples

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Reviewed:2018/10/09 Repository of knowledge!
The museum is not particularly big but it certainly holds a lot of information. The museum is not just about the Ainu, but also other indigenous cultures. They have volunteer guides as well who...
Reviewed:2018/09/26 This museum seems a good place to learn about Ainu, Japan's northern indigenous people and their heritage
We started our visit to the historic Motomaci are by visiting the Hoppou Minzoku Shiryoukan (City Museum of Northern Peoples). This building owned and managed by a trust related to Hakodate City was...
Reviewed:2018/08/29 Best museum we saw in Hakodate
Of all the museums we visited during our trip to Hakodate, this museum was the best. It covers the history of the Ainu in northern Japan and has exhibits not only of Ainu culture, but of cultures of...
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Address

Hokkaido Hakodateshi Suehirochou 21-7 [map]

Phone

0138224128

Hours
[Apr.-Oct.]9:00-19:00
[Nov.-Mar.]9:00-17:00
Closed
12/31-1/3, There is a case of temporary closure because of the hall arrangement etc.
Fees
[General] 300 yen (two-building common ticket 500 yen, three-building common ticket 720yen)
[student, students, children] 150 yen (two-building common ticket 250 yen, three-building common ticket 360 yen)
[Senior Citizens Over 65 living in Hakodate city] Junior High School Students, who have an address in 150yen
Hakodate City, or are attending a school in the city, If you have physical and mental disabilities and attendants (up to 2 people), Pre-schoolers are Free
Parking Lot
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Credit Card
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Smoking
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Wi-Fi
Not available
English Menu
Available (Some options available)

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Access

    There is no Bus Stop nearby.
    There is no IC nearby.

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