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Otaru Music Box Museum 小樽オルゴール堂
Music instruments museum in Otaru.
About this museum
Otaru Music Box Museum (小樽オルゴール堂) is a music museum in the Otaru Orgel-do II building in Otaru, Japan. It includes various examples of music boxes as well as CDs that have music box-esque versions of various songs. Chris Bamforth of The Japan Times wrote that it had an "absolutely phenomenal" variety of music. The main building of the museum was constructed in 1902. The antique music boxes are in Hall 2. There are about 25,000 music boxes in the collection.
| Location | Otaru, Hokkaido (小樽市 北海道) |
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| Coordinates | 43.19060, 141.00777 · Open in Google Maps |
| Nearest station | Minami-Otaru Station (0.4 km) |
| Type | Music museum |
| Opened | 1967 |
| Heritage designation | Designated Historic Landmark of Otaru City |
| Official website | https://www.otaru-orgel.co.jp/ |
Planning a visit? Admission, opening hours and current exhibitions are announced on the museum's official website — please check there before you go.
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