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Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Name: Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Rating: 3.13

An Open-Air Museum Where Historical Buildings from the Edo through Showa Periods are Relocated, Restored, and Displayed

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Last update : 16 Feb 2025

Supervised by : Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

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Here on this 7-hectare site bursting with seasonal flora you’ll find 30 Tokyo buildings from the early Edo period through the postwar period that have been relocated and restored for display.
The lifestyles and businesses of each associated time period are reproduced inside of the buildings.
There are also many spots on the grounds where you can take photos that look like you’ve traveled back in time.
There is also a book corner at the Visitor Center where you can browse to your heart’s content, learning about the characteristics and history of Japanese architecture.
Moreover, there is a museum shop, a restaurant, and a café where you can enjoy food and drinks inside of a retro building.

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Enjoy the atmosphere of shitamachi areas in the East Zone, which features old merchant houses, public bathhouses, and izakaya.
Houses of various architectural styles are lined up in the West Zone, including retro-modern buildings from the Showa and Taisho eras and thatched roof houses from the Edo period.
The restaurant “Kura” offers customers a chance to enjoy handmade udon noodles made the traditional way of the Musashino area, where the museum is located.
The museum’s mascot character, “Edomaru,” was created by director Hayao Miyazaki and is featured on original items for sale in the museum shop.

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Visitor Center
Bar “Kagiya,” built during the Edo period
Showa period public bathhouse “Kodakara-yu”
Showa period photo studio “Tokiwadai Photo Studio”
Edo period farmer’s house “Farmhouse of the Yoshino Family”
Visitors can also enjoy seasonal flowers, including cherry blossoms
Restaurant “Kura”

Reviews

Some reviews are AI-translated.

Norman Gale

13 Sep 2021 See More

Old houses from all over that were about to be demolished have been moved here. The interiors really recreate what life was like back then, so you get a better sense of how people lived in early Japan.
Rise

15 Oct 2020 See More

I especially love traditional Japanese architecture, so I had to visit the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum with its 30 historic buildings. It truly lives up to its reputation—each building feels like it transports you back to the Edo or early Showa periods. The taverns, stationery shops, bathhouses, and warehouses all look just as they did back then. I was really moved by how much the Japanese value their traditional architectural culture. I also heard that many of Hayao Miyazaki's works were inspired by this place.

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Name in Japanese: 江戸東京たてもの園
Postal Code: 184-0005
Address: 3-7-1 Sakuracho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo (inside Koganei Park)
Telephone: 042-388-3300 (Main number)
Admission: 400 yen; college students 320 yen; junior high school and high school students (from outside Tokyo) and those 65 and older 200 yen
* Free for junior high school students (resident of Tokyo or attending school in Tokyo) and younger
Closed: Mondays (or following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday or compensatory holiday), year-end and New Year’s holidays
Hours: April-September 9:30am - 5:30pm
October-March 9:30am - 4:30pm
* Admission allowed until 30 minutes before closing
Access: (1) Take the Seibu bus (boarding areas 2 and 3) from the north exit of the JR Chuo Line’s Musashi-Koganei Station, getting off at the “Koganei-Koen Nishiguchi” stop. The museum is then about a 5-minute walk away. Alternatively, take the Kanto bus (boarding area 4), getting off at the “Edo-Tokyo Tatemono-En Mae” stop. The museum is then about a 3-minute walk away.
(2) Take the CoCo bus northeast loop from the north exit of Higashi-Koganei Station, getting off at the “Tatemono-En Iriguchi” stop. The museum is then about a 10-minute walk away.
(3) Take the Seibu bus bound for “Musashi-Koganei Station” from the “Minami Hana-Koganei” boarding area outside of the south exit of the Seibu Shinjuku Line’s Hana-Koganei Station, getting off at the “Koganei-Koen Nishiguchi” stop. The museum is then about a 5-minute walk away.
Parking Lot: Koganei Park’s paid parking lot available for use
* There is often heavy traffic on weekends and holidays, so we recommend using public transportation.
Official Website: Official Website (English)