和倉昭和博物館とおもちゃ館

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和倉昭和博物館とおもちゃ館

和倉昭和博物館とおもちゃ館, Toy and Showa era museum in Wakura, Japan

The museum exhibits 10,000 toys and memorabilia from the Meiji period through the 1960s, spread across two exhibition floors.

The collection, assembled over three decades, showcases Japanese cultural artifacts from the early Meiji era until the Showa period's economic growth phase.

The first floor recreates typical Showa period scenes with a traditional living room, candy store, and tobacco shop displaying daily life elements.

Located 1.4 kilometers from Wakura Onsen hotels, the museum opens daily from 9:00 to 17:00, with admission fees of 800 yen for adults and 500 yen for children.

Visitors can listen to original records on functioning jukeboxes while examining extensive collections of tin toys, domestic and foreign model cars.

Website: http://toymuseum.jp/

Website: http://toymuseum.jp

GPS coordinates: 37.07989,136.91978

Latest update: March 25, 2025 21:02

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