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Ten minutes by car from Kesennuma Station, at the port that lands more shark than any other in Japan.
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Ten minutes by car from Kesennuma Station, at the port that lands more shark than any other in Japan.
About this place
The Shark Museum on the second floor, in Kesennuma, is the only museum in Japan themed on sharks. Supervised by Kazuhiro Nakaya, professor emeritus of Hokkaido University, it lets you learn about the mysterious ecology of sharks.
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