Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

This museum spreads across 7 hectares and displays 30 carefully reconstructed buildings from different periods of Japanese architectural history in outdoor settings.

The museum opened in March 1993 to preserve significant buildings from the Edo period through early Showa era that could not remain at their original locations.

Buildings include traditional merchant houses, public bathhouses, and residential structures that demonstrate Japanese construction techniques and daily life patterns through time.

The museum operates from 9:30 to 17:30 between April and September, and until 16:30 from October to March, with accessible paths throughout the grounds.

The Takei Sanshodo building within the museum complex served as direct inspiration for the boiler room in the animated film Spirited Away.

Location: Koganei

Inception: March 28, 1993

Official opening: March 28, 1993

Address: 東京都小金井市桜町3-7-1（都立小金井公園内） 184-0005

Opening Hours: April-September 09:30-17:30; October-March 09:30-16:30; Monday off

Phone: +81423883300

Website: https://tatemonoen.jp

GPS coordinates: 35.71582,139.51261

Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:39