Glion Museum, Classic car museum in Minato-ku, Japan
Glion Museum is a car museum in Minato-ku housing around 250 restored automobiles displayed within a historic red brick warehouse built in the 1920s. The building features the industrial architecture typical of that era and organizes the collection across multiple exhibition levels.
The building was constructed in 1923 as an industrial storage facility and reflects a period when Japan was modernizing its infrastructure. It was later converted into a museum, now preserving this early phase of Japanese industrial history.
The collection displays restored automobiles from multiple countries, showing how car design and manufacturing evolved across different eras. Visitors can observe the various design styles and technical developments that marked each period of automotive history.
The museum is open daily except Mondays, allowing visitors to explore at a comfortable pace. A café and steakhouse are located within the same building, making it easy to plan breaks for food and refreshment during your visit.
The building was originally used as a warehouse for industrial goods rather than planned as a museum, only later receiving this new purpose decades afterward. This transformation shows how historic structures in Japan find new meaning and function over time.
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