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Home to one of Japan's largest wooden waterwheels, telling the land's story through its rivers.
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The Saitama Prefectural River Museum is a river-themed museum at 39 Kozono, Yorii, Osato District, Saitama Prefecture, on the theme of "Rivers, Water and People's Lives." It opened on 1 August 1997 as the "Saitama Prefectural Saitama River Museum." On 1 April 2006, with the reorganisation of prefectural museums, it was merged with the "Saitama Prefectural Museum of Natural History" in Nagatoro into the "Saitama Prefectural Museum of Nature and Rivers," its present name. Its exhibits mainly feature the Arakawa River.
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Founded / opened：1997 Highlights / collection：24-metre-diameter giant waterwheel, Model of the Arakawa River Genre：Architecture
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