Katsushika City Museum, Local and astronomical museum in Shiratori, Japan
Katsushika City Museum is a local history and astronomy museum in Shiratori, a neighborhood in the Katsushika ward of Tokyo. The building spans several floors with gallery spaces for regional objects and historical documents, along with a dedicated astronomy section that houses a planetarium.
The museum opened in 1991 as the ward's main space for collecting and displaying materials tied to Katsushika's past. Since then, its collections have grown to cover different periods in the area's development, from agricultural life to the growth of the city.
The local history section shows farming tools, household objects, and printed materials from the Katsushika area that you can look at up close. Walking through it gives a clear sense of how daily life in this part of Tokyo changed from the Edo period onward.
The museum is a short walk from Ohanajaya Station on the Keisei Line, so it is easy to reach by train. It opens Tuesday through Sunday, and on Fridays and Saturdays it stays open into the evening.
The museum has a rooftop telescope that allows real sky observation on clear evenings, not just simulated views in the planetarium. This makes it one of the few city museums in Tokyo where visitors can actually look through a telescope during a regular visit.
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