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Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds: Day Trip from Tokyo (56 km) – Location & Nea

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds is a museum in Gyōda-shi, Saitama Prefecture, about 56 km in a straight line from Tokyo Station. That distance puts it within day-trip range of Tokyo for most travellers, depending on train connections.

Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeMuseum
Name in Japanese埼玉県立さきたま史跡の博物館
LocationGyōda-shi, Saitama Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Gyōdashi Station – about 2.5 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 56 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 257 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 268 km (straight line)
Established1969
Coordinates36.12493, 139.47559
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://sakitama-muse.spec.ed.jp/
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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