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Watarase Nature Center: Day Trip from Tokyo (61 km) – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Watarase Nature Center is a museum in Itakura, Gunma Prefecture, about 61 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.

Watarase Nature Center
Photo: 京浜にけ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeMuseum
Name in Japaneseわたらせ自然館
LocationItakura, Gunma Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Itakura Tōyōdai-mae Station – about 0.2 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 61 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 251 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 276 km (straight line)
Coordinates36.22300, 139.65058
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.town.itakura.gunma.jp/d000090/d000120/

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