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Moyoro Shell Mound Museum

Exhibits of Okhotsk culture along the themes of "housing," "graves," and "shell mounds."

About 1,300 years ago, the "Moyoro Shell Mound Museum" is a facility that unravels the mystery of the "Okhotsk people", a northern people who suddenly appeared and disappeared.
100 years after the discovery of the Moyoro Shell Mounds, the newly discovered and unknown "Okhotsk culture" is exhibited and introduced according to the themes of "housing", "graves" and "shell mounds", and you can experience the life of the Moyoro people. can. The highlight is the cemetery exhibition room where the excavated tombs are preserved and displayed as they are.
Why don't you think about the rich life of the Moyoro people, which you can see from the shell mounds?

Basic information

  • Address

    〒093-0051 Kita 1-jo jo Higashi 2-chome, Abashiri City, Hokkaido

  • Business hours

    9:00-17:00 Winter season (November-April) until 16:00

  • Regular holiday

    No holidays from July to September; Mondays and holidays from October to June; New Year holidays (12/29-1/3)

  • Price

    Adults 300 yen, high school and university students 200 yen, elementary and junior high school students 100 yen

  • Access

    Get off at Abashiri Bus Moyoro Iriguchi, 5 minutes on foot

  • Parking

    Please use the Abashirigawa Moyoro green belt parking lot (next to the Kaizuka Museum).

  • Facility

    There is a free Wi-Fi spot.

  • Inquiry

    0152-43-2608

  • Related Sites

    http://moyoro.jp/

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