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

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Hakone Sekisho, Hakone Sekisho Exhibition Hall

3.5

427 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Hakone 1

This sekisho (inspection facility), one of more than 50 which were placed around Japan during the Edo period, is the only one in the country which has been completely restored to its original appearance. The structure underwent major renovations to completely restore it in 2007 based on detailed historical materials dating to the time when it underwent large-scale repairs at the end of the Edo period. The adjoining scenic square offers a sweeping view of Mt. Fuji and Lake Ashi and has become a popular place to take amazing photos for posting on Instagram and other social network sites, but take one step into the inspection facility itself and it's like you've gone back in time to the Edo period. The adjoining museum displays some 130 items divided into 13 themes, including a miniature recreation of the traveling daimyo samurai lord processions which were common sights in the Edo period, permits used to pass through the inspection facility and other documents created at that time, records of the strict inspections which were conducted of women leaving Edo, and tools kept at the facility. There are also numerous records of fascinating incidents which occurred, such as the time an elephant passed through the facility.

Visited as part of our bus tour. Free entry, luvly place beautiful views, sadly not the best day weather wise for us. Great shops for gifts etc Worth a visit :)
Yokohama Archives of History

4.0

91 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Nihonodori 3

Yokohama Archives of History is a museum located close to Yamashita Park in Yokohama which is open to the general public and collects materials relating to the history of Yokohama. It holds in excess of about 250,000 documents related to such topics as Yokohama’s history and culture, the harbor and the port and the economy from the end of the Edo period to the early Showa period. It plays a role to communicate the history of modern Yokohama to future generations. The “Tamakusu tree” in the courtyard, managed to survive even though it was damaged by fire and an earthquake, is also a highlight which is a symbol of Yokohama open port.

A small museum with a number of documents and pieces of art, that help to explain Yokohama’s role as Japan’s first international port town (in a modern sense, 1859). However this exquisite little...
Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature

4.0

34 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamatechou 110

This literature museum is located in “Harbor View Park” in Yamate-cho, Naka Ward, Yokohama City. Stored inside are over 12 million documents, including Natsume Soseki’s special collection, and book collections of Yasushi Inoue, Shohei Ooka, etc. In addition to the regular exhibit “Scenery and Literature of Kanagawa”, in which the surrounding region and deeply related works are explained using materials like handwritten documents, panels, and models, there is browsing of stored documents, services like copying, special exhibits, readings, seminars and other events.

「星をかたりて、たれをもうらまず」と題された生誕90年「三浦哲郎」展が開催されていた。展示は「作家誕生」と「三浦哲郎の文学世界」との2部構成。友人らによる書簡や所属した同人誌、作品「15歳の周囲」で第２回新潮同人雑誌賞受賞の資料、３９歳の時の芥川受賞作「忍ぶ川」にまつわる資料等々「作家誕生」までの展示が第一部。取材ノートや原稿・作家らからの書簡・刊行された本・メガネや万年筆レコードなどの愛用品が第...
Miyagase Dam Water Museum

4.0

27 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Aikougunaikawamachi Hambara Osawa 5157

This is an interactive center where children can learn while having fun, grasping the importance of water resources through videos and hands-on activities, all while having fun. Located in Aikawa Town, Aiko County, Kanagawa, one not only learns about the system of water and electricity production, but in the Ukiuki Corner, is introduced to the history of the towns and villages in the Miyagase Dam area and can also view the huge satellite photographs on display.

ダムを見に行ったついでに立ち寄りました。小学４年息子はしくみを理解したかは不明ですがペダルを漕いで発電させる体験展示に食いついていました。年中娘には難しいものが多かったですが、塗り絵コーナーもあって遊べました。
Kanagawa Prefecutral Kanazawa Bunko Museum

4.0

34 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Kanazawa-ku Kanazawachou 142

This museum is located in Kanazawacho, Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama City. It houses resources such as the “Kanazawa Bunko”, a samurai book collection collected by Hojo Sanetoki during the mid-Kamakura period, and the old books and art works received from “Shomyoji Temple”, the family temple of Kanazawa Hojo located adjacent. The “Kanazawa Bunko Document”, an old document collection featuring roughly 4,000 letters and other documents written by the family of Kanazawa Hojo, is designated as a National Treasure.

鎌倉時代北条氏の一族が集積を始めた書籍、文書、経文等の博物館です。大きくはありませんが国宝の古文書等があり普通の博物館とは趣を異にします。鎌倉幕府の連署まで務めた一族ですが幕府滅亡と共に滅び、その後は隣接する称名寺が文書等を管理したとか。しかしながら、上杉謙信、徳川家康などが書籍などを持ち出し荒廃したがお寺等が何とか維持し現代に貴重な資料を残して目にすることができます。京急金沢文庫駅東口を出て通り...
Isuzu Plaza

4.5

10 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Fujisawashi Tsuchidana 8

This exhibit facility is located next to Isuzu Motors Fujisawa Factory in Tsuchidana, Fujisawa City. Starting with “Wolseley CP”, the first Isuzu truck, the exhibit features famous historical cars, and the latest trucks and buses. Additionally, you can learn about Isuzu automobiles from various perspectives through displays of the structure and manufacturing process of trucks, and displays on distribution and daily life using one of Japan’s largest dioramas. There is also a shop that sells original goods and a cafe.

クルマ好きの男友達と行きました。トラックの運転シミュレーターや、自衛隊のクルマの見学など、珍しい体験ができてよかったです。
Yamate Museum

3.5

31 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamatechou 247

Yamate Museum built in 1909 is the only remaining wooden western building which fuses a Japanese and Western-style residence, and has been designated as a historical building in Yokohama City. It displays exhibits reminiscent of “Bunmei Kaika” times (the period of Japan’s westernization) and documents about Yokohama/Yamate from its settlement to the Great Kanto Earthquake. It is about five minutes’ walk from Exit 5 at Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.

This quaint Meiji period building also has a rose garden which is open to visitors when the gate is open. Unfortunately the museum was not open when I was there. Constructed in 1909, it is the only...
Odawara Local Culture Museum

3.5

25 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Odawara-shi Jonai 7-8 Odawara Joshi-koen Nai

A facility that showcases the history, nature, and culture of the local area, passing the heritage on to the next generation. The historic archives display materials on the history of Odawara from ancient to modern times, including tiles excavated from the site of Chiyoji Temple from the Nara period and items from the Odawara Hojo clan and the time of the Odawara clan. There are also literary, archaeological, folkloric, and natural science archives.

こういう郷土資料館に来ると意外にあるのが昭和の時代の家電製品などの展示があり、ここでも眺めていると意外に楽しめました。古代の土器から昭和までと時代の長い展示でした。小田原城天守まで行って戻る途中に立ち寄りました。入場無料でした。
Kamakura River Kita movie Memorial

4.0

14 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yukinoshita 2-2-12

I very much enjoyed visiting this special and unique museum in a beautiful traditional building. The curators love of cinema is clear and the temporary exhibition of Japanese film posters was...
Hakone History Museum

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Ashigarashimo-gun Hakonemachi Yumoto 266

A museum located next to the town hall across the Ajisai Bridge from Hakone-Yumoto Station. Based around the idea that Hakone is more interesting when you know the history, they have exhibits centered around two keywords; Hot-Springs, and Roads. Following the change from the Seven Spring Hot-spring Town of the Edo period to the present day 17 Springs come learn about how Hakone changed from a hot-spring health resort to a tourist hot-spring locale. There's also the special exhibition room where you can explore historical events that influenced the Hakone region dating such as far in Hakone's past when it was part of the sea or when Toyotomi Hideyoshi engaged in the Siege of Odawara. The museum also has special exhibits for children including an area where they can play with examples of the local woodcraft puzzle boxes and an area where they can make their own miniature straw sandals.

箱根の昔の写真が多々展示されています。今の同じ場所と比べながら見学すると楽しいです。企画展でより多くの写真を展示していましたが、通常の展示に写真を増やしてくれるとより楽します。
Tanzawa Lake Memorial Museum Miho no Ie

3.0

15 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarakamigunyamakitamachi Kamioda 759-2

This exhibition hall is a part of the Tanzawa Lake Memorial Hall located on the side of Prefectural Route 76 in Kamioda, Yamakita Town, Ashigarakami County. The hall's building is a restored folk home relocated from a settlement in Yozuku village that was submerged under Tanzawa Lake with the construction of Miho Dam. The 120-year-old folk home houses a range of exhibits including household goods from yesteryear.

本日は駐車場や三保の家は水曜日でお休みでした。以前ここで無料配布の品が手に入ったのでいただきたく車を停めましたが休館日で中に入れず残念でした。ダム湖に沈んだ渡辺家の家が移築され農機具などもあって昭和初期を思い出させてくれるので丹沢湖に来たら寄ってみてください。休館日＝水曜日、入場無料、滞在時間30分です。記念館の1階には地場産のお土産屋さんもあります。
Hasseiden (Eight Saints) Local Museum

3.5

8 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Honmokumotomachi 76-1

"This museum is located a five-minute walk from the Yokohama Municipal Bus Honmoku-shiminkoen-mae and Honmoku shako mae bus stops. The museum building was modeled after the Horyuji's Yumedono and was constructed by former Communications Minster and Home Minister Kenzo Adachi. The building was completed in 1933. Entry is free. The museum is dedicated to the theme of ""the lives of our predecessors as revealed through farming and fishing implements,"" and visitors can learn about how ancient peoples in the area really lived their lives through tools and equipment once used in bygone farming and fishing villages."

本牧市民公園の脇にある郷土資料館です。政治家の安達謙蔵氏によって建立され、後に横浜市に寄贈され、氏が自ら選んだ8人の聖人が展示されている事から、八聖殿と命名されたようです。一階は漁業、二階は農業が中心の展示で、平日は人もおらず、解説員が丁寧に説明して下さったのが印象的でした。特に、今昔の本牧周辺海外線の変化がパネルになっていて、三渓園の前が海岸であったとか、海苔の養殖が盛んであったとか、戦後の本牧...
Kamakurabori Museum

3.5

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 2-15-13 Kamakura Convention Hall 3F

Kamakurabori Museum is a collection of cultural items from Kamakura from when the feudal government was founded, with a focus on collecting Chinese cultural items. It is a museum that stores reference materials and items from the Muromachi period to the present day. Over 60 items from each period of Japan are on display with cultural and historic explanations. Don't miss their other exhibitions and events.

昭和43年にオープンした、鎌倉彫の伝統芸能の説明、販売、鎌倉彫の体験等をしてくれます。単なる観光ではなく、本当の鎌倉を知りたい人には、魅力あるところかも。
Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamatecho 96
Former Residence of Yoshida Shigeru

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Naka-gun Oisomachi Nishikoiso 418
Sagami no Odako Center

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Sagamihara-shi Minami-ku Shindo 2268-1
Metropolitan Expressway MM Park

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Nishi-ku Minatomirai 3-2-912F
Misono Park Yokomizo Residence

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Tsurumi-ku

At this sightseeing facility, located a five-minute walk from the Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Omoteyato stop, you can experience up close what life was like in farming villages from the Edo period onward. You can also enjoy seasonal flowering plants and traditional Japanese seasonal events such as carp streamers, the Bamboo Lantern Festival, and rice growing classes. Making use of five restored old buildings, including a retreat and thatched roof row house built at the end of the Edo period, there are also numerous exhibits of items which present what farm village life was like at the time.
Odawara Literature Museum

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Odawara-shi Minamicho 2-3-4

This literary museum offers a wide range of information on the lives and works of Odawara born artists and other artists with ties to the city. They have a permanent exhibit and hold special exhibits once or twice a year, as well as special themed exhibits about four times a year that showcase the museum's collection. The displays of more than a dozen literary figures such as Kitahara Hakushu and Sakaguchi Ango are worth seeing.
Ikego Ruins Museum

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Kanagawa Zushi-shi

This museum houses and exhibits artifacts discovered through excavations at the Ikego Ruins. The survey covered 119,000 square meters of the 2.88 million square meters provided to the U.S. military. In the 60 years access to the site has been restricted, excavations have unearthed many structural remnants, including a Yayoi period canal, as well as tens of thousands of artifacts in good condition, many more than originally expected.

Kanagawa

Around Minato Mirai Yamashita Park / Chinatown / Motomachi Yokohama City (North) Kawasaki Kamakura Miura Peninsula Shonan Central Odawara / Manazurumachi / Yugawara Around Hakonemachi Yokohama City (South)

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Kanagawa Areas

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.