Kume Island Sea Turtle Museum

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The Kume Island sea turtle building is a museum and display facility dedicated to sea turtles, which is located on Oujima Island in Kumejima District. The facility breeds sea turtles (which are on the verge of extinction); visitors can get a close view of sea turtles swimming about in large tanks; and there are display panels and videos providing information about their natural habitat; the facility also holds occasional special events when visitors can have the opportunity to handle turtles themselves. The facility also has displays of over 2,000 shells from different shellfish found in Kume Island.

Spot details

Address: Okinawa Pref. Shimajirigunkumejimachou Oku 170 Map
Area: Kumejima Area
Phone: 0989857513
Hours: 9:00-17:00(Latest entry16:30)
Closed: Tuesday
Fees: [Adult]300yen
[Elementary and junior high school students]200yen
Parking Lot: Available(27spaces)

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

Meh...

Reviewed : 2019.02.14

I personally prefer to see turtles in the ocean but I was nearby so I figured I’d check it out. Entry was only 300 JPY, which is good value. There were some turtles in very small pools which I was...
Poor turtles

Reviewed : 2019.01.06

Sea Turtle Museum was just another example of Japan not being big on animal rights. It was a short and depressing visit to see the poor creatures boxed in aquariums barely big enough for them to...
Sea turtle museum

Reviewed : 2016.10.24

The sea turtle museum of kumejima os a small but nice attraction of the island. Nice pools of differents types of turtles, however not really foreigner-friendly with no English subtitles. Good...