Tanegashima Development Centre – Pistol Museum

Ōsumi Islands


Though one focus is on the history of guns in Tanegashima, with an excellent collection of antique firearms, this is actually a cultural and natural-history museum. The combined ticket includes admission to an interesting samurai house about 50m away. Make as straight a beeline as possible uphill from the port; the building resembles the stern of an old galleon.


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