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Takao 599 Museum

Takao 599 Museum invites you to enjoy the treasures of Mt. Takao (Tokyo, Japan).

The Museum is open all year round for free.

Why 599?

Takao 599 Museum refers to Mount Takao.

Takao is a mountain located in the city of Hachiōji.

Mount Takao is standing 599 m (1.965 ft).

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Takao 599 Museum By the Numbers

+ 1.500 kinds of plants such as Leibnitzia anandria, Petasites japonicus, Psedopyxis depressa, Lathraea japonica, Scopolia japonica, Ajuga decumbens, Ajuga nipponensis, Lamium purpureum…

+ 30 kinds of animals like Macaca fuscata (Japanese Macaque), Sus scrofa leucomystax, Petaurista leucogenys and Meles meles anakuma (the Japanese Badger).

+ 150 kinds of birds like Anas poecilorhyncha (Spotbill Duck), Bamboo Partridge, Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk, Alcedo atthis (Kingfisher)…

2 future of Mt. Takao: showing how the Mt. Takao should be in 50 years time and 100 years time.