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The following are some of the university museums in different parts of Japan. (Many of the Web sites are in both English and Japanese.)
Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido
Mineral Industry Museum of Akita University, Akita Prefecture
Museum of Medicine and Dentistry of the Nippon Dental University, Niigata Prefecture
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University, Tokyo
The Anthropological Museum of Nanzan University, Aichi Prefecture
Kyoto University Museum
Kyoto Museum for World Peace at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
www.ritsumei.ac.jp/mng/er /wp-museum/
Maritime Museum and Auditorium of Kobe University, Hyogo Prefecture
www.museum.maritime.kobe-u.ac.jp/
Kyushu University Museum, Fukuoka Prefecture
www.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index2.html/
Fujukan University Museum of the University of the Ryukyu, Okinawa
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