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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

Leisure / Hobbies

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...
Aizu Museum

4.0

17 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Nishiwaseda 1-6-1 Waseda Campus 2 Building

A museum in the No. 2 building on the campus of Waseda University. Aizu Yaichi was an Asian art researcher, poet, and calligrapher who also served as a professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Waseda University. The museum displays Yaichi's collection of historical Asian art as well as archeological materials and Ainu folk items. Particular collection highlights include Yokoyama Taikan's Meian and Seison Maeda's Roma Shisetsu. The building is old reinforced concrete, but it is decorated with design touches in every corner, including octagonal carving in the large front doors, hexagonal pillars capped with beautiful capitals, and moon motifs below the handrails in the stairwells.

早稲田大学の早稲田キャンパス内にあるミュージアムのひとつ。正門を入ってすぐのところにあります。建物は1925年大正14年竣工の歴史的建築物。建物じたいも見所です。會津八一氏のコレクションを中心に展示。入館無料で、展示品は充実しており、観賞が楽しめます。
Toyoshima Municipal Tokiwa So Manga Museum

4.5

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Toshima-ku Minami-nagasaki 3-9-22

In this field trip, we had a glimpse of the life of Osamu Tezuka sensei. Originally this museum was his own house where he created the Astro boy in Japanese (Japanese:鉄腕アトム, Hepburn:Tetsuwan-Atomu...
MIN-ON MUSIC MUSEUM

4.0

13 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Shinanomachi 8

歴史的価値のあるピアノや世界のかわった楽器も展示されてました。入場料無料で時間帯がよければ演奏も聞くことができおすすめの場所です。
Tokyo Origami Museum

3.5

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Sumida-ku Honjo 1-31-5

A museum dedicated to displaying origami works located in Honjo, Sumida City, Tokyo. In addition to a permanent collection of origami art, the museum also holds origami classes and collects books and other materials on the art form. Finally, the museum sells origami paper as well as books and magazines published by the Nippon Origami Association and others.

This was a highlight for my son, who loves origami and has many books about this. This is small and a little off the beaten path. There are numerous intricate examples on display. There’s also a...
Bridgestone Today

3.5

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Kodaira-shi Ogawahigashicho 3-1-1

This museum is located in Ogawahigashi-cho 3-Chome, Kodaira City. Adjoining international tire company Bridgstone's Technical Center, the museum displays a wide variety of tires. In addition, the museum uses actual items, informational panels, and experiment facilities teach visitors about tires and rubber.

+located near subway (ogawa station) +easy to find +quiet and conducive when you visit near the closing hours +English information available +seismic education and information is good +free...
Showa Gentokan

3.0

22 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Oumeshi Sumiechou 9

Showa Gentokan located six minutes’ walk from Ome Station is a museum. It is an annex for the Showa Retro Packaging Museum nearby. It holds a permanent exhibition for Q-kobo, a unit originating in Ome by Hiromi Arita, a sumie (Indian ink drawing) artist and Chabo Arita, a stuffed toy artist. It displays many sumie and stuffed toys with a cat motif.

猫をメインキャラクターにした作品が並んでいます。昭和の青梅とは余り関係がない。場所も狭く入館料には価しないと感じました。
Tokyo Takarakuji Dream-kan

3.5

18 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Chuou-ku Kyoubashi 2- 5-7 days Land Kyobashi Building 1F

A free lottery museum located between Kyobashi Station and Takaracho Station in 2 Chome Kyobashi, Chuo City, Tokyo. Exhibits present the history of lotteries, how lottery proceeds are used in Japan, and lotteries around the world. You can even get a taste of what it feels like to win big in the lottery and see what one billion yen in physical bank notes looks like, or what it feels like to try to pick up 100 million yen. The results of lotteries such as the Lotto 6 lottery are also announced at stage in the museum.

宝くじドリーム館。入場無料です。１億円の重さ体験や、宝くじの歴史を学ぶことが出来ます。あまり人はいませんでしたが、抽選会の時には人が増えるのでしょうか。
Ikenami Shotaro Memorial Museum

3.5

16 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Nishiasakusa 3-25-16 Taito-ku Lifelong Learning Center 1st floor Taito-ku Central Library

Opened in 2001, the Ikenami Shotaro Memorial Museum is dedicated to popularizing the achievements and works of Japanese author Shotaro Ikenami, who published numerous historical novel masterpieces. The museum has a collection of various materials and items relating to the author's works, a recreation of his study, as well as manuscripts and paintings created by the Ikenami's own hand. The facility also has a historical novel library.

台東区生涯学習センター1階・台東区立中央図書館内にあります。時代小説の大家でもある池波正太郎の書斎や作品、絵画、直筆原稿など多数の資料を展示しておりファンにはたまらない場所となっています。
Konica Minolta Science Dome (Hachioji City Children's Museum of Science)

3.5

5 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Hachioujishi Oyokochou 9-13

A science museum located in Oyoko-cho, Hachioji City, Tokyo. Remodeled and reopened in 2017, the museum has interactive science exhibits through which children can learn about science while having fun. Other interesting exhibits include a 1/10th scale model of the International Space Station and a replica of the Hachioji elephant fossil found in the city. The museum's planetarium, newly outfitted with a dome screen and other cutting-edge technologies, holds a special program for adults called the Twilight Planetarium on a Saturday every month.

こじんまりした科学館です。入館料が安く、幼児から小学生のお子さん向けです。プラネタリウムもあり、アニメとコラボした作品が観れるので、子供が星に興味を持つきっかけになると思います。
Meiji Jingu Museum

4.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Shibuya-ku

明治神宮鎮座百年を記念して設けられた美術館です。非常にスタイリッシュでありながら明治神宮の雰囲気に溶け込むような外観です。鬱蒼として森の暗さを象徴するような外観の色とは対照的に、中はとても広く且つ明るく、ホールや休憩スペース等では外の光をふんだんに取り入れるような造りになっています。 1階は、明治神宮の1年を通して行われる行事の紹介や参拝のマナー、明治神宮が如何に今の姿になり、そしてどのように維持...
Japan Football Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Bunkyou-ku Hongou 3-10-15 (Football street) JFA house

A museum built for people to learn about the history and traditions of Japanese football as well as to promote the development of the sport for future generations. Exhibits such as the Japan Football Hall of Fame, foot and hand casts of J. League MVPs, and a replica of the J. League Cup give visitors the chance to actually touch and photograph pieces of the world of Japanese football.
Kozushima Local Museum

4.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Kozushimamura 118

タクシーで神津島の見学をあちこちしたとき、最後に連れて行ってくれたのがこちら。地理地勢的な説明も自然の説明もまた歴史産業的な説明も一通りあって、神津島のことが何となく理解できました。訪問が8月のやや暑い日だったので、館内の空調がうれしかったです。
Byobu Museum

3.5

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Sumida-ku Mukojima 1-31-6

こちらは、東京スカイツリー駅近くの小梅児童公園近くにあります。一般の事務所のような感じで分かりずらかったです。中に入ると、屏風を当時の世相とともに年表風に紹介したパネルや、製作に使う「はけ」「鋲」「裁ち包丁」などの道具や金具が展示されていました。
Museum of Life in the Showa Era

3.5

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Ota-ku Minamikugahara 2-26-19

A museum located in 2 Chome Minamikugahara, Ota City, Tokyo. The museum's director, Kazuko Koizumi, opened the museum as a space to learn about how regular people lived during Japan's Showa period (1926-1989), preserving as-is the home built in 1951 where he and his family lived for 45 years as well as the furniture and other belongings in it. Each room has a different theme while also presenting the seasonal variations in life people experienced during this time period. The museum also holds special exhibitions.

久が原駅から徒歩10分程です。住宅街の中にあります。昔懐かしい風景で、子供連れていくのにもよさそうです。
Hamura Folk Museum

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Hamura-shi Hane 741

An educational facility designed to cultivate the cultural imagination of city residents which was opened in 1985. The museum presents exhibits on the plant and animal life, climate, history, and culture of Hamura City, including a standing exhibition dedicated to the theme of the area's growth and development along the Tama River. Hamura was carved out of the Musashino Terrace, and its history is inseparable from that of the Tama River. The Old Shimoda Residence, displayed outside the museum, is a home which was built in 1847 and later moved here and restored. The residence has been designated a National Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

羽村の外れにある博物館。羽村市の歴史や蚕の意図など、さまざまな展示品がある。校外学習で必ず訪れる場所
Tokyo Dye Shop Museum

3.5

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Nishi-waseda 3-6-14

A two-minute walk from Omokagebashi Station. This museum, situated along the Kanda River just left of the north side of the Nakano Bridge, is operated by Tomita Some-Kougei, a longstanding dyeing company established in 1882. Here you can see examples of traditional Tokyo Some-Komon (fine-patterned dyeing) and Edo Sarasa (silk calico), as well as purchase chic and modern dyed crafts. The museum also holds dyeing activities from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month in which you can dye fabric and have it made into a fukusa wrapping cloth; with an advance reservation for a group of 10 or more people, you can also do this experience on weekdays.

こちらはさくらトラムの面影橋停留所下車して徒歩4分ほどの神田川沿いにあります。東京染ものがたり博物館の案内が出ており、江戸時代風の建物があります。東京染小紋の老舗として活動しており、東京染小紋や江戸更紗の実演などを見学することができます。
Ome Municipal Museum of Provincial History

3.5

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Ome-shi Komaki Cho 1-684

A five-minute walk from the Kyodo-Hakubutsukan-Iriguchi bus stop and a 15-minute walk from Ome Station. This museum is located on the grounds of Kamanofuchi Park on a piece of land jutting out into the Tama River. The museum researches artefacts and other materials and items concerning the natural environment, history, and folk customs of the area. The museum also adjoins the Former Miyazaki Residence, a designated National Important Cultural Property. The museum holds four special exhibitions a year and also sells illustrated exhibition catalogs. The museum's standing exhibition explores the history of the area and its exhibits include an ancient earthenware cup and pot with spout designated National Important Cultural Properties, and a red suit of Japanese armor designated a National Treasure.

This small museum is nice and has some interesting geological information and cultural displays that might interest young adults but is mainly focused on the middle age and older crowd. One item of...
NHK Hoso Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Minato-ku Atago 2-1-1

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