Kashihara City Insectarium, Insectarium in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Kashihara City Insectarium is a natural history museum in Kaguyama Park, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture. It displays more than 1,000 insect and fossil specimens, and its 500 m² butterfly greenhouse is kept at the climate of the Nansei Islands, where about 10 species and 500 butterflies fly year-round among roughly 100 kinds of subtropical plants.
The Insectarium opened on 10 October 1989 in Kagu-yama Park. It welcomed its one-millionth visitor in May 1997 and its 1.5-millionth in 2004. In 2002 it was transferred from a public corporation to the city's board of education. After a renovation costing just under 300 million yen, it reopened in stages in May and June 2010 as a hands-on facility; the two-millionth visitor arrived that October.
The butterfly greenhouse covers 500 m² and is kept at the climate of the Nansei Islands, where about 10 species and 500 butterflies fly year-round among roughly 100 kinds of subtropical plants. The museum's name is read Kashihara-shi Konchūkan; it opened on 10 October 1989 and welcomed its two-millionth visitor in October 2010.
The museum is in Kagu-yama Park; from Yamato-Yagi Station take the Kashihara community bus about 30 minutes to the Insectarium-mae stop, or walk about 40 minutes from Daifuku Station. It closes on Mondays (the next day if Monday is a holiday) except during summer holidays, and from December 28 to January 2. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
The butterfly greenhouse covers 500 m² and is kept at the climate of the Nansei Islands, where about 10 species and 500 butterflies fly year-round among roughly 100 kinds of subtropical plants. The museum passed two million visitors in October 2010.
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