On March 2, 2024, the permanent exhibition of the Minamata Disease Information Center has been renewed!

A message for future generations: Lesssons from Minamata Disease

Opening
hours:

9:00 to 17:00

Last admission at 16:30

Closed
days

Mondays

If Monday is a holiday, closed on the following day

Group visit

About Minamata Disease Archives

The Minamata Disease Archives is an exhibition facility established with the aim of advancing a further understanding of Minamata disease and of mercury, passing on lessons from Minamata disease and contributing to the development of research on Minamata disease and mercury.

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Information on adjacent facilities

The Minamata Disease Archives is located at Manabi-no-Oka (Hill of Learning) in Eco Park Minamata, which is home to three learning facilities (the Minamata Disease Archives as well as the Minamata Disease Municipal Museum and the Kumamoto Prefectural Center of Environmental Education and Information) adjacent to a spacious lawn that stretches on the oceanfront, offering an excellent spot for eating and relaxing. Sitting on a vast 41.4-hectare expanse of land, Eco Park Minamata surrounds visitors with flowers and greenery, who can also take a stroll along a waterfront promenade, from which the beautiful scenery of the Shiranui Sea and Koiji Island can be seen, as they take in the ocean scent and the sound of waves.

Manabi-no-Oka
Eco Park Minamata
Promotion video

The Minamata Disease Archives is located at Manabi-no-Oka (Hill of Learning) in Eco Park Minamata. Click here for a promotion movie that portrays the inviting features of Manabi-no-Oka.

Access

By car

It takes 2 hrs from Kumamoto,_Kagoshima and Miyazaki,_1hr and 20 min from Hitoyoshi.
(Parking lots are available in the Eco-park Minamata)

  • * We have a parking space for people with disabilities in the back of the Kumamoto Prefectural Center of Environmental Education and Information.

Other means of public transportation