Lake Biwa Museum

Lake Biwa Museum
琵琶湖博物館 (Biwako Hakubutsukan)
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Established1996
LocationShiga, Japan 1091 Oroshimo, Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture 525-0001, JAPAN
Coordinates35°04′27″N 135°56′06″E / 35.0741388°N 135.9349166°E / 35.0741388; 135.9349166
Visitors450 000 (2016)
Director1996- Hiroya KAWANABE

2010- Toru SHINOHARA

2019- Kei-ichi TAKAHASHI
Public transit access25 minutes away from JR Kusatsu Station by bus.
Websitehttp://www.biwahaku.jp/english/

The Lake Biwa Museum (琵琶湖博物館, Biwako Hakubutsukan) is in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1996. The theme of the museum is "relationship between lakes and people" and introduces the nature and culture of Lake Biwa, the largest and oldest lake in Japan.

The Lake Biwa Museum's aquarium is one of the largest freshwater aquarium in Japan. The giant Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis) is a popular symbol of the Lake Biwa Museum.

A full-scale replica of Maruko-bune, a traditional wooden sailing boat of the Lake Biwa, is on the exposition in the museum.[1]

It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA),[2] the aquarium is accredited as a Registered Museum by the Museum Act from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.[3]

Entrance of LBM
The tunnel tank has a capacity of approximately 500,000 litres (132,000 US gal) of water and was newly constructed in 2016.
In Gallery C, an actual private house (the Tomie family) relocated from Hikone City is on display, faithfully reproducing the way of life around 1964, including electrical appliances and household goods.
  1. ^ Makino, Kumi (2013). "Marukobune", the traditional sailings boats in the Lake Biwa region, Japan. Tokyo: Yuzankaku. ISBN 978-4-639-02262-6.
  2. ^ JAZA. "正会員名簿【水族館】" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. ^ "法律上の位置付けがある登録博物館・指定施設". 文化庁. 2024-02-27.