Kanagawa Prefectural Natural History Museum

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As Odawara's old streets gradually blur, a building whose structure slowly comes into visible focus catches the eye. The exhibition hall, with its low ceiling, quietly welcomes visitors like an eye gazing out at nature. In the geology gallery, stones and rocks speak in place of the passage of time, and fragments of grass and trees seem to be listening through touch as well. Visitors often pause before small models set atop tall desks or animal specimens inside glass cases, reading the intricacy of nature with their eyes. As the scenery outside the building and the exhibits within flow naturally into one another, this museum slowly tells the story of how nature envelops us.