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Museum in Japan (1999–2023)
The Museum of The Little Prince in Hakone was a museum in Sengokuhara, Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan dedicated to the character in the story The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The museum was opened on June 29, 1999 as part of a worldwide commemorative project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Saint-Exupéry’s birth and closed down permanently on April 1, 2023. In a statement made by the museum, the lack of visitors due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the deterioration of the buildings presented as the reasons for the closure.
