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Fuchu City Kyodo-no-Mori Museum

4.5

77 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Fuchushi Minamichou 6-32

This outdoor museum located in the Minamicho district of Tokyo’s Fuchu City is a facility that allows visitors to learn about the nature and history of Fuchu primarily through buildings. Important structures from the Edo period to the early Showa period such as the former Fuchu town hall government office building and Fuchu stores, townhouse and farmhouses have been relocated and are now stored on the premises that span approximately 140,000 square meters. In the main building are regular displays of local materials about Fuchu, and together with the outdoor buildings visitors can learn about Fuchu’s people and history. On the flat level floor is Japan’s largest planetarium.

A total of 10 different structures (several designated as Tokyo Cultural Properties) from Edo (Samurai times), Meiji, Taisho, & Showa Eras from around Fuchu are located in this open-air museum...
TABACCO & SALT MUSEUM

4.0

78 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Sumida-ku Yokokawa 1-16-3

At the corporate museum in Yokokawa, Sumida City, Tokyo, a collection of materials related to the history and culture of the former monopoly of “tobacco” and “salt,” is displayed. It moved to the present location in 2015. On the third floor, the museum exhibits “tobacco” which was born in the Americas and spread to the world, as well as materials on the tobacco culture in the Edo period. You can learn about salt history and knowledge through exhibits and quizzes on the second floor. Several times a year, various exhibitions and special exhibitions focusing on tobacco and salt are held.

This museum has something for everyone:art, science, history, objects. It is very interesting and extremely well presented. And only 100 yen! The salt exhibit should be interesting for children and...
Okutama Mizu-to-Midori-no-Fureaikan

3.5

50 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Nishitamagunokutamamachi Hara 5

At the Okutama Mizu-to-Midori-no-Fureaikan visitors can learn in an easy to understand way about the importance of water and nature, history of Okutama and the structure of dams. Visitors can learn from not only images and exhibitions but also by experience. There is also the Katakuri no Hana restaurant with a panoramic view overlooking Lake Okutama and the natural scenery from the windows, where guests can taste the regional cuisine of Okutama.

入場料が無料だし、「社会見学」として、良い「奥多摩水と緑のふれあい館」だと思います。「小河内ダム」の歴史はもちろん、「水」や「自然、緑」の重要性をわかりやすく紹介しています。とても勉強になると思いますよ。特に、子供連れの家族にお勧めかな。ちなみに、館内に、「ダムカレー」のレストランも併設されています。お勧めです。
Buaiso, The Former Residence of Shirasu

4.0

66 Reviews

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Tokyo Machida-shi Nogaya 7-3-2

"The former residence of Jiro Shirasu and his wife, Masako. Shirasu played an important role in post-World War II diplomacy in Japan. On a hill in verdant Tsurukawa, it has a museum, restaurant, and cafe on site. Once known as ""the coolest man in Japan,"" he studied English at Cambridge University, and was said to have argued with GHQ (General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers), even standing up to MacArthur. Although women had been barred from performing traditional Noh theater, she appeared on stage and was so successful she even had a stage name. The facility is replete with reminders of the couple, and you can even enjoy Western-style fare that faithfully recreates their meals."

のんびりと時間を！一人で来ても、カップルで来ても。のんびりと時間を過ごしたい人お薦めです。茅葺の家・田舎でも、もう中々体験できない空間を独り占め
Meiji University Museum

4.0

64 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Kanda Surugadai 1-1

This museum adjacent to Meiji University with a more than 100-year history is a five-minute walk from Ochanomizu Station. It was built for the purpose of publishing academic research results and offering study for users based on the architectural spirit. It has longest history as a private university museum in Japan, and it is divided into three departments: the Commodity Department in the School of Commerce, the Criminal Materials Department in the School of Law, and the Archeological Department in the School of Arts and Letters. With has more than 100,000 visitors annually, the museum holds about 3000 permanent exhibits as well as various theme exhibitions randomly.

I was in the neighborhood so stopped by this little university museum. I had also visited 20 years before when it was just a museum dedicated to displays on criminology, now it had expanded to...
Gas Science Museum

4.0

60 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Koutou-ku Toyosu 6-1-1

"This corporate museum is operated by Tokyo Gas and is dedicated to the theme of ""thinking about energy, learning about future life and society, and creating the future."" Visitors can have fun learning about the realization of an inclusive society, the SDGs, climate change, the aging society, and other social issues through interactive exhibits utilizing digital technology and divided into the four zones of energy, disaster prevention, environment and food, and life and society. The museum also incorporates universal design principles in its facilities and exhibits, including exhibits which can easily be used by wheelchair users, and informational panels placed at heights which are easy to see by anyone."

無料の贅沢スペースさすが大企業のPRは金が掛かっていると感心する。基本は子供向けの展示やアトラクションなのだが大人も勉強には成る。昔の風呂釜が泣かせるコンサートに遭遇するとラッキー
Printing Museum, Tokyo

4.0

49 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Bunkyou-ku Suidou 1-3-3 Toppan Koishikawa Building

A museum located in Suido, Bunkyo City, Tokyo. Here visitors can learn about the history and culture of printing with a focus on Japan and Asia through displays of rare historical printed materials and cutting-edge printed matter, as well as interactive exhibits on letterpress printing and other technologies. There is also a music hall on the first floor and a restaurant and cafe on the second floor.

My partner and I headed to the Printing Museum on a drizzly, blustery day in Tokyo after hearing about it from my partners colleague. Its situated in the basement level of the corporate HQ of...
Takao 599 Museum

4.0

56 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Hachioji-shi Takaomachi 2435-3

It was an unexpected visit, really. We were on our way back to sta. on a different route from高尾山when we chanced upon it at a road junction. So unique building perched at an open area with...
Ancient Orient Museum

3.5

69 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Toshima-ku Higashi-ikebukuro 3-1-4 Sunshine City Cultural Hall 7F

This museum, located inside Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, is Japan's first dedicated to displaying materials on the ancient Orient. Designed to be a facility where visitors can learn about history by actually seeing it, exhibits include stone tools used by ancient peoples, recreations and models of ancient settlements, clay vessels and handicrafts exchanged between East and West excavated from archeological digs, and numerous priceless artefacts exhumed in Syria. There's also a movie room where you can watch a short video summarizing the history of the area from the origins of civilization through to the time of the Silk Road. The museum's shop sells original merchandise.

The Ancient Orient Museum is poorly named as we discovered. We visited in the hope of seeing more oriental exhibits but the vast majority of artefacts on display are from the Middle East and not...
Sumo Museum

3.0

50 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Sumida-ku Yokoami 1-3-28 (Kokugikan 1F)

This museum is located within the Ryogoku Kokugikan, and was created to gather and preserve materials related to Japan’s national sport of sumo. The woodblock prints, banzuke (official listings of rank), and ceremonial aprons are sure to delight not only sumo fans but foreign visitors and children alike. In addition to exhibits that change at a pace of six times per years, photos of yokozuna (grand champions) adorn the museum as a permanent exhibition. Admission to the museum is free (though during the three Grand Sumo Tournaments held in Tokyo annually the museum is open only to people actually attending the tournament).

Free- but it should be. One room with some photos, but no information about the history, tournaments etc. you cannot see the hall. Not worth visiting
Ogasawara Marine Center

4.5

54 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Ogasawaramura Chichijima Byobu Tani

"This facility was established for the purpose of the conservation of the wildlife of Ogasawara. Nicknamed the ""Turtle Center,"" the facility's activities including protecting sick and injured sea turtles, and incubating sea turtle eggs and releasing the hatchlings into the ocean. The facility has museum and rearing areas; in the museum area, you can learn about the history of Ogasawara and sea turtles around the world through photos and informational panels. The facility also holds sea turtle classes for this who want to deepen their understanding of these marine creatures. Some 250 to 300 sea turtles are kept in the rearing area, and here visitors can feed sea turtles and take pictures holding baby turtles."

This place is focused on marine life in the Ogasawaras, in particular sea turtles. There are turtles at various stages in life being raised in tanks for release. The larger ones will come to the edge...
Paper Museum

4.0

61 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Kita-ku Oji 1-1-3

This museum had a antastic overview of the history, making and uses of paper, both in Japan and around the world. We spent a rainy afternoon poring over the exhibits, with the aid of a English...
Izu Oshima Volcano Museum

3.5

34 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Oshimamachi Motomachi Kanda Yashiki 617

One of the world's few museums dedicated to volcanoes. With a focus on records pertaining to Izu Oshima's 1986 eruption, visitors learn about volcanism, volcanic disasters, and disaster preparation. The eruption of Mt. Mihara at the center of the island was the first in 565 years as such a large-scale natural disaster that developed into a fissure eruption on the outer crater. The island had an unprecedented evacuation of the entire population, and records pertaining to it are considered crucial for future disaster preparation. Through various exhibits and a capsule that simulates exploring beneath the earth's surface, you learn more about the island's still active volcano and others around the world.

元町港から歩いて約15分の場所にあります。とても立派な前庭があります。施設そのものは大きくありませんが、三原山が噴火した時のことなどが、よくわかります。シアターがあるので、上映時間を予め調べて、そこを見てから見学することをお勧めします。
Philatelic Museum

4.0

62 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Toshima-ku Mejiro 1-4-23

A museum located a three-minute walk from Mejiro Station on the JR Yamanote Line. This stamp museum's collection includes 350 thousand stamps including extremely rare postal stamps, stationary, stamp-related publications, and catalogs from around the world. Via the museum's standing exhibition as well as its special exhibitions, visitors can see unique and unusual stamps and envelopes. The museum also holds a variety of events to help visitors enjoy stamps. The shop on the first floor sells museum merchandise and stamps and postal goods from around the world. Visitors can also pay the museum entrance fee using stamps.

We visited on the 22/20/2019. It only costs 200 yen to get in. If you like stamps, its not bad. We got a photo of us on a stamp. If youre there to buy stamps, avoid paying the 200 yen to get in and...
Hayashi Fumiko Memorial Hall

4.0

40 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Nakai 2-20-1

以前九州の炭鉱で有名だった直方市で林芙美子がこの地に住んでいたことから記念碑とか展示を見たことがあるますが、都営地下鉄の中井駅の進行方向後方出口のエスカレーターで出口直ぐを右折すると記念館の案内板があります。傾斜のある坂道にあるので庭からの見晴らしも眺められるように設計されています。この地でいかに過ごされたかを知るのには最適な記念館です。
Food and Agriculture Museum, Tokyo University of Agriculture

4.0

35 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Setagaya-ku Kamiyoga 2-4-28

中にはクリオネやナマズ、隣のビニールハウスにはワオキツネザルや大きい亀がいて子どもと行くにも楽しめます。cafeも併設されていました。
Nikon Museum

4.5

52 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Minato-ku Konan 2-15-3 Shinagawa Intercity C Building 2F

A corporate museum opened by the camera and optical equipment manufacturer Nikon to commemorate its 100th anniversary. Featuring displays on Nikon's history, products, and technologies, it's located on the 2nd floor of Shinagawa Intercity Tower C where the company has its head office. Popular with photography first timers, the Lens Laboratory lets you experiment with focusing and shutter speed. There are about 500 items on display, including lenses and cameras ranging from the company's first commercially available camera, the Nikon Model I, to DSLR models.

A surprising experience even it not a total camera buff. An impressive range of display material and narrative to support them. Take some time to watch the videos available and reignite your passion...
Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum

4.0

47 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Bunkyou-ku Hongou 2-7-1

The Waterworks Historical Museum is located in Hongo, Bunkyo City'. It presents the history and technology of Tokyo's waterworks from the Edo period to the present day through easily accessible materials, models, and pictures. A collection of valuable documents related to the waterworks are preserved and on view, including the Edo period record Josuiki. The first-floor presents modern waterworks. On the second-floor visitors can view the workings of Edo period waterworks, as well as The Tamagawa Waterworks Story. This production tells about the labors of the Tamagawa brothers through anime and a puppet show. The third floor houses a library and lecture hall. Outside, visitors can view part of the relocated and restored Kanda Stone Water Gulley that was excavated from 1985 to 1989.

Just a few minutes walk from the train station along a quiet street the museum is easy to find. There is no charge, the staff are friendly, and there is an English-language brochure. The museum...
Postal Museum Japan

3.5

51 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Sumida-ku Oshiage 1-1-2 Tokyo Sky Tree Town/Sola Mathi 9F

A museum dedicated to the postal service located on the ninth floor of the Solamachi mall in Tokyo Skytree Town. Based on the concept of connecting hearts and connecting the world, the museum displays some 330 thousand stamps, the largest collection in Japan, as well as 400 other postal service-related items and materials. The museum contains games, a theater, and numerous other interactive and hands-on exhibits. Its permanent exhibit is divided into seven parts and introduces the history of the postal service. There's also a special exhibition zone, letter lounge, and event space. Be sure to mark your visiting by dropping a letter off in the museum's Skytree-shaped postbox; your letter will be stamped with a date stamp containing a depiction of Tokyo Skytree.

So if you have an interest in the Japanese postal system or want to look at a huge variety of stamps from across the world then this is tour place! Some good entertainment for kids and a small gift...
Tokyo Sewerage Museum Rainbow

4.0

16 Reviews

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Tokyo Koto-ku Ariake 2-3-5 Ariake Water Reclamation Center 5F

A museum located an eight-minute walk from Odaiba-kaihinkoen Station on the Yurikamome Line. The museum is a public relations facility operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Sewerage. Through exhibits such as a life-sized recreation of a sewer pipe, and a water quality testing lab, visitors can see what kind of work sewer workers actually do. Informational panels, interactive experiments, and exhibits such as one which allows you to look inside a manhole make it easy to understand what the Bureau of Sewerage does and how the Tokyo sewer system works. The museum's Rainbow Cinema shows short movies on the role of the sewer system and work conducted in and on it.

Dont bother. Its just a big room on the fifth floor of a community center type building- and has no connection whatsoever to any sewage infrastructure. Has a few posters- and areas for childrens...

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