Wakkanai Youth Science Center

稚内市青少年科学館

Inadvertently cute museum, it opened in 1974 - and it shows - since many of the exhibits are really retro. The science section set up to teach kids about the "latest" progress in science you can skip, it's out of date, and any kids won't understand the Japanese anyway. More interesting is the Arctic section with details of Japanese exploration of Sakhalin and the Arctic regions. A whole hall is dedicated to the famous (in Japan) Taro and Jiro (See the Wakkanai park entry). Also of some interest is the Planetarium with shows 2-3 times per day.

• museum
• outdoors
• family

Address

2-2-16 Noshappu (ノシャップ2丁目2-16)

Getting there

same route as to the Noshappu Cold Water Aquarium

Hours

Apr-Oct 09:00-17:00, Nov-Mar 10:00-16:00, closed on Mon

Price

¥150 (¥50 for just the planetarium)

Website

city.wakkanai.hokkaido.jp (opens in a new tab)