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Wakayama Prefectural Museum
The twin of the art museum next door, built around Kumano pilgrimage material and the Kishu Tokugawa collection.
Minakata Kumagusu Museum
A naturalist who studied slime moulds and fought to save sacred forests; his drawings and notebooks survive.
Minakata Kumagusu Archives
His house and library kept as they were - including the way the books were piled.
Sato Haruo Memorial Museum
The poet's Tokyo house was dismantled and rebuilt in his home town - a building returned to its birthplace.
Taiji Whale Museum
Records of old-style whaling; the painted fleet formations read as working diagrams for collective labour.
Wakayama Prefecture Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center Fruit Tree Experiment Station
The prefecture's fruit tree experiment station. It studies varieties of mikan and persimmon.
Wakayama Prefecture Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center Ume Research Institute
The ume research institute in Minabe. It specializes in research on ume cultivation. It is rare even nationally.
Wakayama Prefecture Forestry Experiment Station
The prefecture's forestry experiment station. It also deals with ubame oak, the wood used for binchotan charcoal.
Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium
The Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium in Shirahama. Its strength is its exhibits of invertebrates.
Kyoto University Seto Marine Biological Laboratory
The Seto Marine Biological Laboratory in Shirahama. It carries out research in marine science.
Kushimoto Marine Park Center
The marine park in Kushimoto. It has an underwater observation tower and studies coral.