Hello from a cool GOOD MORNING here in the suburbs of Tokyo.

Yours Truly has news for those bug lovers, especially those who are fond
of 'stag beetles' out there.

The Suwa Stag Beetle Museum, initially opened in Nagano in 1995, got
reopened in the suburbs of Tokyo on July 20, 2000.

About 200 spieces (about 500 individuals) collected from various places on
the globe are on display in this private museum.

Included in the collection, some 30 Japanese ones are on display such as:
Prosopocolus inclinatus,
Lucanus gamunus,
Dorcu hopei,
Macrodorcas rectus,
L. maculifemoratus,
Dorcus titanus

Address: 1-14-4, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo
Nearest station: Mitaka Station
Opening Hours: 9:00 - 17:30
Telefon: +81 (0) 422 49 2787
website: none yet

Though this new museum does not have a website yet, here is a link site for
this bloody unique bug whose some value for 5,000 US$ for those bloody
fanatic collectors in Japan!
http://www.kakaa.or.jp/~isobe/link/


Stay tuned to the Museum-L !

Ryo

YASUI r.
Lecturer of Museums Studies
Obirin University
Tokyo, Japan

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