Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum Spots in Tokyo Area

  • Taito City Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center
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    4.5
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    Tokyo Taitou-ku Kaminarimon 2-18-9
    This Tourist Information Center located at Tokyo Taito City’s Kaminarimon provides helpful information and services to tourists visiting Taito City. One characteristic is the building exterior that stands out for its appearance like bungalows stacked on top of each other. In addition to an information counter with support available in Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese, a place to change foreign currencies, and a sightseeing information corner, there are also a free PC, free WiFi, and a multipurpose space available. At the free observation terrace on the eighth floor, visitors can take in a view of Asakusa and Tokyo Skytree.

    The Tourist centre is at the start of the entrance leading to Nakamise street and Sensoji temple. You can purchase Tokyo Metro Pass here. (Dont forget to bring your passport). The staff are friendly...

  • Fukagawa Edo Museum
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    4.5
    315 Reviews
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    Tokyo Koto-ku Shirakawa 1-3-28

    We visited here having found that the Edo Tokyo museum is closed for renovation for a long time, and this place did not disappoint. This gives you the opportunity to walk the small street as if you...

  • Yasukuni Shrine Yushukan
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    4.0
    165 Reviews
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    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Kudankita 3-1-1
    This treasure hall is located within the ground of Yasukuni Shrine. One can enjoy seeing documents, manuscripts, and relics related to the war dead and political victims that are enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine. In the theater hall, a film about the shrine, those enshrined, and late and modern Japan can be viewed. The main exhibit hall displays many war relics, including larger weapons; a carrier borne bomber, the Suisei (Comet), and a human torpedo, the Kaiten. Entrance is free

    My husband and son are interested in military history, so we decided to visit the Japan war museum (Yushukan) while on vacation in Tokyo. We should have figured out something was not right when we...

  • NISSAN CROSSING
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    240 Reviews
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    Tokyo Chuo-ku Ginza 5-8-1 Ginza Place 12F
    A Nissan exhibition facility situated along Chuo-dori Avenue in Ginza 5-Chome, Chuo City. The facility displays historic and notable Nissan vehicles and concept cars making use of cutting-edge technologies. There are also exhibits which make use of wide screen touch panels and high definition LED screens to introduce the history of Nissan and the latest technologies which represent the company's future. There is a shop selling model cars and other merchandise and a cafe as well.

    My Dad had a Datsun 160B. It was a great car, but a rust bucket. The door and front wing fell off. So thought I would take a pilgrimage, this is for your Jackie McCormack.

  • Showa-kan (National Showa Memorial Museum)
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    93 Reviews
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    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Kudanminami 1-6-16F-7F
    A museum where visitors can learn about the hardships and daily life of everyday Japanese citizens during and after WWII, since it first opened in 1999, more than 5.3 million people have visited the National Showa Memorial Museum. Since 2015, admission to the museum's regular exhibits has been free for elementary and junior high school students. Children can have fun while learning through videos, hands-on exhibits, and exploration.

    I found it very interesting, and was grateful for the English audio guide. One of the men at the museum explained a lot of exhibits to me. I think it would attract more tourists if there was more...

  • Memorial Museum for Soldiers, Detainees in Siberia, and Postwar Repatriates
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    51 Reviews
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    Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Nishi-shinjuku 2-6-1 Shinjuku Sumitomo Building 33F
    "This museum is located a three-minute walk from Tochomae Station on the Toei Oedo Line. The museum was charged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications with furthering understanding among the citizens of Japan the hardships endured by soldiers, Siberian detainees, and repatriates during and after WWII. Dioramas and talks by storytellers are used to convey their suffering to generations who have never experienced war. Visitors can also view digital editions of ""Letters from Siberia"" and ""A Distant Crimson Sunset,"" two manga (comic books) which depict experiences as a Siberian detainee and repatriating to Japan from Manchuria, respectively."

    We are so glad we visited this museum which is housed in an enormous building of offices, close to Shinjuku station. . An eye opening collection of artefacts and full of information about...

  • Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center
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    42 Reviews
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    Tokyo Minato-ku Nishishinbashi 1-6-15 Japan Brewery Toranomon Building 1F
    "A three-minute walk from Exit 9 of Toranomon Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. In this museum, visitors can learn about the history, culture, and appeals of sake, shochu, awamori, and mirin by looking, touching, and doing. Distinctive drinking vessels from across the country are displayed using shelves made in the shape of traditional wooden ""masu"" square drinking cups. Visitors can also get more information by using provided interactive tablets as well as by talking with the museum's concierge. There's also an area where you can sample a variety of sakes from all over Japan."

    Lovely quality experience in Tokyo. Gives you the opportunity to try different sake for a reasonable price. (5 types of sake for 500 yen) then it also exist a individual menu for between 100-300 yen...

  • Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation Museum
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    40 Reviews
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    Tokyo Kita-ku Nishigahara 2-16-1

    北区王子の「飛鳥山公園」にある「渋沢史料館」についての情報を発信していきます。「渋沢史料館」を訪れたのは2023年6月1日です。「渋沢史料館」へのアクセスは、JR京浜東北線「王子駅」中央口の出口を出て、「本郷通り」を左方向に500mほど直進すると三つ目の信号のところに「飛鳥山公園」へ通じる階段が左手にあります。その階段を上ると右手に「紙の博物館」があり、その隣に「北区飛鳥山博物館」、さらに奥に「渋...

  • Shinsengumi Furusato Historical Museum
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
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    Tokyo Hino-shi Shinmei 4-16-1

    新選組ファンには とても興味ある場所かも知れません。まず 展示室入口に 東京都立日野高校2年生が爪楊枝190,800本を使用した[土方歳三]が迎えてくれ、内部展示物として 文献・史料による新選組の誕生から終焉迄の展示物があります(但し 展示室内部は 写真撮影禁止)。 全国各地にこのような郷土の偉人等を紹介する展示施設がありますが ヒックリしたのは 新選組ファンならご存知の[天然理心流]に関し そ...

  • Shinagawa History
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    36 Reviews
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    Tokyo Shinagawa-ku Oi 6-11-1

    I went here on a rainy day to do research for a book (I write books about Japan) and it was great! Full of interesting history about Shinagawa and earlier days in Tokyo. Not touristy but very...

  • Tamagawadai Park Kofun Exhibition Hall
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    3.5
    33 Reviews
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    Tokyo Ota-ku Den-en-chofu 1-63-1

    多摩川台公園の一部にあたる場所にある古墳でした。 多摩川流域最古の前方後円墳ですが、あまり知られていない古墳だと思います。 4世紀前半の築造で、全長97mもありました。

  • Suiho Tagawa Norakurokan
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    3.5
    32 Reviews
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    Tokyo Koto-ku Morishita 3-12-17

    It was interesting to learn and see about this character during the time period it was in. None of my Japanese friends recognized the character and never noticed the banners on the streets before the...

  • Taisho University Sugamo Odai Kannondo
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    27 Reviews
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    Tokyo Toshima-ku Nishisugamo 3-20-1
    A Buddhist cultural facility built on the campus of Taisho University in 2013, the Sugamo Odai Kannondo embodies the school's founding philosophy based on Mahayana Buddhism--the practicing of wisdom and compassion. Take special note of the Heart Sutra written in Sanskrit on the wall of ascending steps on the outside of the facility, the Odai Kannon statue, and a painting by Hiroshi Senju entitled Taki (Waterfall).

    大正大学のお隣には、”すがも鴨台観音堂”(通称:さざえ堂)があるんです。巻き貝のさざえに似ていることから「鴨台さざえ堂」の愛称で呼ばれています。「すがも鴨台(おうだい)観音堂」堂内の階段を登り下りすると、巡礼が叶う、という構造になっている...

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Archaeological Center
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    4.0
    26 Reviews
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    Tokyo Tama-shi Ochiai 1-14-2
    This facility was established to contribute to the promotion of local culture as well as deepen residents' understanding of cultural properties, and the survey and research of buried cultural properties in Tokyo. It conducts exhibits and lectures centered on the items from excavations, and hands-on classrooms based on excavation research results. The Tama New Town area, where the facilities are located, has 964 sites and is where remains from each period have been discovered from the Paleolithic to early modern times. In the permanent exhibit, a large number of excavated items are displayed along with the general history from the Paleolithic period to Edo period (1603-1868).

    多摩センター駅から徒歩5分ほど。サンリオピューロランドへ向かう道沿いにあり、2階が入口となっている。入館無料。 主に多摩ニュータウン内で発掘された石器や土器が展示されている。展示室は1室のみだが廊下に設置されたケース内や会議室前にも展示物がある。また、特別収蔵庫の収蔵物も廊下からガラス越しに見ることができる。 屋外には縄文時代の景観を表した「縄文の村」がある。今ある竪穴式住居は当然復元されたもの...

  • Mitaka Hoshi To Mori To Picture Book no Ie
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    4.5
    22 Reviews
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    Tokyo Mitaka-shi Osawa 2-21-3 National Astronomical Observatory

    三鷹市民以外の方も無料で利用出来ます。 ボランティアでしょうか?遊びを手伝ってくれる方はとても親切ですし、対応よかったですが、残念なのは、受付にいる人たち。。 聞いても分からないこと多いし、対応悪しいし。。お給料もらってるとしたら最悪ですね。 ボランティアなら良いけど。 外で遊ぶところは昔ながらの木のおもちゃや竹を使ったおもちゃがあったり、井戸の水を汲み上げて、カエルの池に水をいれたりと、楽し...

  • Machida Museum of Literature, Kotoba Land
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Tokyo Machida-shi Haramachida 4-16-17
    This public museum of literature has a library on the first floor, exhibition room on the second floor, and meeting rooms and a nursery school on the third floor. It is located an eight-minute walk from Machida Station. The literary salon on the first floor has a wide genre of books, such as novels, critiques, classics and picture books, and showcases the charm of stories and words. You can also enjoy drinking coffee and chatting with friends in the tearoom. There is also a kids' corner where you can read books with your children.

    元公民館を改修して文学館にしているため、いくつかの会議室があり市民の講座に貸し出しされています。市役所サイトから探すことができます。時期によっては町田由来の作家などの特別展も開かれています。

  • Setagaya Local History Museum
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
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    Tokyo Setagaya-ku Setagaya 1-29-18 Daikan Yashiki Shikiji
    A five-minute walk from Kamimachi Station as well as the Kamimachi bus stop. This museum is located on the grounds of the Setagaya Daikan Yashiki and, having been opened in 1964, is the oldest public local history museum in Tokyo. The museum's collection of items includes materials from outside the ward that are related to the ward's history. In addition to a standing exhibition on the history and culture of Setagaya Ward, the museum also has a video booth where you can watch videos on the ward. In addition, the museum holds indoor and outdoor history classes for ward residents.

    2023年2月15日訪問、入口の掲示板(添付 写真参照)に 2022年4月1日-2023年3月31日迄 改修工事の為 休館との案内がありました。隣接する[世田谷代官屋敷]は見学可能ですが [世田谷区立郷土資料館]を目的として訪問計画されているのであれば 4月1日以降に訪問する必要があります。

  • Sumida Local Bunka Museum
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    3.5
    21 Reviews
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    Tokyo Sumida-ku Mukojima 2-3-5

    こちらは、とうきょうスカイツリー駅より徒歩5分くらいの隅田公園と見番通りの間にあります。 残念ながら、令和5年3月28日まで改修工事中でした。

  • Rose Memorial Museum
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    3.5
    19 Reviews
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    Tokyo Ogasawaramura Hahajima Moto
    A local folk history museum operating out of a restored Taisho period sugar storehouse made out of Ogasawara Ross stone. Ross stone is a stone material used for building; its name is derived from Frederick Rohlfs, a German man who resided on Hahajima Island at the end of the Edo period and who discovered the stone. Inside, the museum displays whaling tools used by early island residents, takonoha-zaiku screwpine leaf work dating to the Meiji period, and maps and old photographs which their everyday lives on the island were revealed. The historic building itself has been designated a Tangible Cultural Property by the Tokyo metropolitan government. The museum also holds classes which teach how to make takonoha-zaiku screwpine leaf work.

    ロース石というのがこの島にあって、それを使った産業をやっていたドイツ人がいたというのが、そもそもびっくり。 本土に強制移住させられたから、母島の産業は以前と全く変わってしまいましたが、このような施設がきちんと保存されて、公開されているということに、東京都の財力の凄さを感じました。 父島へ行ったら、母島へも行くべきだと思います。

  • Musashi Kokubun Teraato Museum
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
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    Tokyo Kokubunji-shi Nishimotomachi 1-13-10

    JR国分寺駅南口より約15分徒歩で、お鷹の道沿いにあります。チケットがおたカフェにて約100円で販売しています。手頃で、武蔵国分寺の歴史的な出土品および文化財など見ることができます。 感染防止対策として、手の消毒液が門および各施設にあります。 ガイドさんに案内通りに、各施設をゆっくり見ました。旧本多家住宅長屋門とおたかの道湧水園を見ることができます。

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