Toei Museum of Natural Sciences

Toei Museum of
Natural Sciences

The Toei museum of natural sciences has 2,500 items on display such as mountings of birds, animals, specimens of insects and plants, and fossils, which have been found in Toei and the Kitashitara county. These showpieces are famous nationwide.

Especially, the collection of fossils from the third stratum of the Cenozoic are massive. It is known as "Naboth's vineyard" for fossil fanatics. The display items of the native animals and plants are a sight that you should see.

Information

Toei town school board,
TEL. (81) 536-76-1266
E-mail : kyouiku@town.toei.aichi.jp

Access

by public transport

JR Toyohashi station

(100 min. by JR Iida-sen line, Time table)

JR Toei station

(15 min. by Toei municipal bus, Toei-sen line Time table)

Hongou bus stop

(10 min. on foot)

Toei Museum of Natural Sciences

by car

Please get off the Tomei Express Way at the Toyokawa interchange. Then, head north on Kokudou 151 (Route151, in the direction of Iida city).
After 70 minutes of driving (45 km), you will arrive in Toei.

Pass throud the Shin-hongou tunnel. Then, turn right just before the first traffic signals. Go straight for 500 metres.

Fee

Admission fee : 310 Yen for one person

Nearby facilities

There are seven sports facilities, three facilities for cultural activities, and two roomages around the gym. You can use these facilities for all kinds of activities such as sports training, study camp, or business induction course.

Sports facilities: Athletic field; Ball park; B&G Oceanic Centre Gymnasium; B&G Oceanic Centre Swimming Pool; Kyuudou jou (Archery field); Tennis court; Toei Dome

Facilities for cultural activities: Hanamatsuri Kaikan; Museum of Folk Art; Museum of Natural Sciences

Roomages: Hostel for Induction Course
(Toei Greenhouse); Okumikawa Seinen no Ie

2003/10/01 Update