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Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum

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Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum

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Akkeshi Maritime Affairs Memorial Museum (Akkeshi-chō Kaiji Kinenkan) is a registered museum that opened in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1988. The displays document the relationship between the town and the sea, with a particular focus on the fishing industry, and there is also a planetarium.

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