Snow Crab Museum

The Echizen Crab Museum features exhibitions about snow crabs through interactive displays, deep-sea panorama theater, and fishing vessel simulators.

The museum opened on July 15, 2000, establishing itself as Japan's first specialized facility dedicated to the study of snow crabs.

The museum displays showcase the Echizen snow crab fishing traditions and methods that local fishermen have developed over generations in the Japan Sea.

Admission costs 500 yen for adults and 300 yen for children, with the museum operating daily from 9 AM to 5 PM except Thursdays.

Visitors can watch snow crabs in their natural habitat through a theater showing footage from 300 meters below sea level.

Location: Echizen

Inception: July 15, 2000

Website: https://echizenkk.jp/kanimuseum

GPS coordinates: 35.92172,135.99768

Latest update: March 7, 2025 23:04