Arima Toys & Automata Museum

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Arima Toys & Automata Museum, Toy museum in Arima Onsen, Japan.

The Arima Toys & Automata Museum is a toy museum in Arimachō that displays mechanical dolls, traditional playthings, and tin toys across multiple rooms. The collection combines Japanese and international pieces, showing the breadth of toy manufacturing traditions.

The museum opened in 2003 and was established to preserve toy artifacts from Japan and around the world. It has since become a storage place for rare and meaningful toy objects that might otherwise be lost.

The exhibits show how toy craftsmanship and design preferences developed across different periods and regions. You can observe through the displays how various cultures created their own toy traditions.

The museum is a short walk of about four minutes from Arimaonsen Station and easy to reach. The display areas are well-marked, so you can navigate without needing a guide or map.

Many of the toys on display still work and can be operated by visitors themselves. Watching these mechanical objects move adds an experience that simply looking at stationary pieces cannot provide.

Location: Arimachō

Inception: July 19, 2003

Official opening: July 19, 2003

Phone: +81789036971

Website: http://arima-toys.jp/en

GPS coordinates: 34.79703,135.24788

Latest update: December 12, 2025 14:20

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