The Hiraodai Nature Observation Center ( ja, 1=平尾台自然観察センター) is a gallery in
Kokuraminami Ward,
Kitakyushu City
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...
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Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Exhibitions
The center explains about limestone and limestone caves formation.
Transportation
The center is accessible within walking distance southeast of
Ishiharamachi Station of
Kyushu Railway Company
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait ...
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See also
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Geology of Japan
The islands of Japan are primarily the result of several large ocean movements occurring over hundreds of millions of years from the mid- Silurian to the Pleistocene, as a result of the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the contine ...
References
Art museums and galleries in Japan
Buildings and structures in Kitakyushu
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