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Miyakojima City Museum

Coordinates: 24°47′47″N 125°19′04″E / 24.796468°N 125.317717°E / 24.796468; 125.317717
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Miyakojima City Museum
宮古島市総合博物館
Exhibits relating to Paantu; the annual festival is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property[1]
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General information
Address1166-287 Higashinakasonezoe, Hirara
Town or cityMiyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates24°47′47″N 125°19′04″E / 24.796468°N 125.317717°E / 24.796468; 125.317717
OpenedNovember 1989
Website
Official website

Miyakojima City Museum (宮古島市総合博物館, Miyakojima-shi Sōgō Hakubutsukan) opened as the Hirara City Museum of History and Folklore (平良市歴史民俗資料館) in Hirara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1989. Upon the merger of Hirara into Miyakojima in 2005, the museum reopened as the Miyakojima City Museum. It is dedicated to the area's natural history, history, folkways, and culture.[2][3][4]

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  1. ^ 宮古島のパーントゥ [Paantu on Miyakojima] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ 宮古島市総合博物館 [Miyakojima City Museum] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ 宮古島市総合博物館 [Miyakojima City Museum] (in Japanese). Miyakojima City. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ^ "宮古島市総合博物館収蔵資料目録 歴史資料編" [Inventory of the Collection of Miyakojima City Museum: historical materials] (PDF) (in Japanese). Miyakojima City. 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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