JCII Camera Museum, Technology museum in Ichibanchō, Japan
The JCII Camera Museum is a technology museum in Ichibanchō that displays around 300 cameras spanning different eras. The collection ranges from early models and professional equipment to modern digital systems, showing how photography technology evolved over time.
The museum opened in 1989 after the Japan Camera Industry Institute started gathering cameras in 1969. This effort preserved the technical history of how Japan's photography industry developed.
Japanese camera makers transformed how the world photographed, and their designs became the standard that others followed. You can see how local innovation shaped global photography.
The museum sits one minute from Hanzomon Station exit 4 and is easy to reach by train. Plan your visit for a day when it is open, since it closes on Mondays.
The museum displays disassembled cameras and lenses that reveal their inner mechanisms. This helps you understand how the technology actually works inside.
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