Otaru Music Box Museum (小樽オルゴール堂) is a music museum in the Otaru Orgel-do II building in Otaru, Japan. It includes various examples of music boxes as well as CDs that have music box-esque versions of various songs. Chris Bamforth of The Japan Times wrote that it had an "absolutely phenomenal" variety of music.[1]
小樽オルゴール堂 | |
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  Location within Japan | |
| Established | 1967 |
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| Location | Otaru |
| Coordinates | 43°11′26.167″N 141°0′27.973″E / 43.19060194°N 141.00777028°E |
| Type | music instruments museum |
| Website | www |
The main building of the museum was constructed in 1902.[2] The antique music boxes are in Hall 2.[3]
There are about 25,000 music boxes in the collection.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bamforth, Chris (2005-08-19). "Tourists are now the big catch for reborn Otaru". Japan Times. Retrieved 2018-11-03.,
- ^ "Main Building of the Otaru Music Box Museum." Orgel Doh Group. Retrieved on November 3, 2018.
- ^ "Antique sounds fill the city on[sic] Otaru." Otaru Music Box Museum. Retrieved on November 3, 2018.
- ^ Lonely Planet Japan. August 1, 2015. ISBN 1743609612, 9781743609613. Google Books PT1389.
External links
edit- Musicbox Museum Otaru
- Musicbox Museum Otaru (in Japanese)
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