Museum / Science Museum Spots in Around Minato Mirai Area

  • Cupnoodles Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Shinkou 2-3-4
    Cupnoodles Museum is an interactive museum that arouses creativity and curiosity through exhibitions and experiences related to instant noodles. At the museum, you can experience the creative thinking of Momofuku Ando, who developed the world’s first instant noodle. There are also many attractions which can be enjoyed by children as well as adults such as a workshop where you can make the world’s first “original cup noodles” and “chicken noodles”, leisure facilities where you can experience the manufacturing process of instant noodles and a food court where you can taste noodles from countries all over the world.
  • Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama
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    201 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Shinkou 1-2-1
    About an eight-minute walk from either the Bashamichi Station or the Nihon-odori Station on the Minatomirai Line, this free museum presents the current status of the coastal waters around Japan, and the materials on the importance of marine security. Inside the museum visitors are introduced via a panel display to the job of the Japan Coast Guard, its patrol boats and airplanes. Preserved and on exhibit is a spy ship that was self-exploded and sunk, along with a small watercraft and weapons that were recovered from 90 meters under the sea after the December 22, 2001 case of the Kyushu Southwest Seawaters Incident.

    Its FREE. Located right behind the Red Brick Warehouse. Hosted by the Japanese Coast Guard, there is an exhibit of the December 2001 North Korean Spy incident where the Japanese Coast Guard...

  • Mitusbishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum
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    4.0
    182 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Nishi-ku Minatomirai 3-3-1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Yokohama Building
    Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum established in 1994 is a place you can learn about the present and future of science technologies which there is little opportunity to experience in daily life through fun hands-on displays. It introduces the most advanced technology using the real thing or large-scale models. It is divided into six zones: aerospace, ocean, transportation, daily life discovery, environment/energy and technology quest zones. It is about 10 minutes’ walk from Sakuragicho Station on the JR and the Yokohama Municipal Subway Line.

    When I think of Mitsubishi, I imaged airplanes, cars, rockets, ships, nuclear power, and part of the Japanese military complex. This museum really was a lot smaller than I expected and most of the...

  • Sail Training Ship Nippon Maru
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    99 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Nishi-ku Minatomirai 2-1-1

    It’s a big passenger ship, which is located very convenient for visitors. The trainings for sailors are at 10:30-12:00 and 14:30-16:00, you can see how sails are set. In other working hours you can...

  • Hara Model Railway Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Nishi-ku Takashima 1-1-2 Yokohama Mitsui Building 2F
    This model train museum is located in Yokohama City, the site of the first rail line in Japan. It is a five-minute walk from Yokohama Station on the JR and private rail lines and a two-minute walk from the Shin-Takashima Station on the Minatomirai Line. It displays and operates the massive model train and train-related collection amassed by world-famous model train builder and collector Nobutaro Hara, said to be the world's largest. The collection includes historically valuable model railway that faithfully recreate real-life structures. Visitors are stunned by the sounds and the atmosphere of the Ichiban Tetsumo Park, one of the world's largest 1 gauge dioramas. The museum's hands-on program, which lets visitors drive the model trains with a real control stand (free of charge; first-come, first served), is also popular.
  • Mulabo!
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Nishi-ku Minatomirai 4-3-8

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Kanagawa prefecture acts as an extension of the Tokyo metropolis that spills over into coastal towns, most notably Yokohama city, heavily populated and known for its Chinatown and seaside attractions. Just the right distance for a day trip out of Tokyo, Kanagawa is home to some of Tokyo’s most accessible beaches, including around Kamakura, best known for its Big Buddha. Visitors can also travel a little farther afield for a weekend at Hakone onsen town.

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