{"id":9535,"date":"2018-12-30T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T05:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=9535"},"modified":"2018-12-27T18:22:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T10:22:22","slug":"japan-travel-edo-tokyo-museum-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2018\/12\/30\/japan-travel-edo-tokyo-museum-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN TRAVEL: Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was in 1993 when the people of Tokyo were reintroduced to their city\u2019s place in history, not that the elders needed any reminding. The younger generation, however, may be a bit out of touch with what Tokyo once was\u2014and that\u2019s what they will get when they step through the doors of the Edo-Tokyo Museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Edo-Tokyo Museum chronicles the capital\u2019s 400-year history, starting from when it was still called Edo and acted as the political center of Japan. Modeled after a raised-floor-style warehouse used in the old days, its vast permanent exhibition covers everything that happened to Japan from the time a Shogun was still in charge up until after the Second World War.<\/p>\n

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The museum is split into two areas\u2014the Edo Zone, which houses dioramas and miniatures from the Edo period; and the Tokyo Zone, which details the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, beginning with the Meiji Restoration in 1868. These areas are split by a full-scale model of the northern half of the Nihonbashi Bridge. The actual bridge stands to this day and can be found in Chuo, though it has since been reconstructed into a stone bridge from the original Japanese cypress wood.<\/p>\n

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It can be daunting to explore the museum without a guide. Luckily, the services of volunteer guides are available for free from 10 am to 3 pm. Just go to the 6th floor and head for the Volunteer Guide Reception Center. Languages available vary depending on the day of the week, which is why it\u2019s best to reserve no later than two weeks prior to when you want to visit. Just call 03-3626-9974 once you get to Japan.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re not keen on following a person around the museum, you can always rent an audio guide from the same floor. They\u2019ll ask for a refundable security deposit of \u00a51,000, and have audio guides available in 11 languages, including Chinese (simplified and traditional), Thai, Russian, Korean, French, Spanish, German, Italian, English, and Japanese.<\/p>\n

Feeling a bit peckish? The Edo-Tokyo Museum houses a cafe (Cafe Mikasa), a restaurant (Mikasa Kaikan) and a cafe and restaurant (Sakura Saryou).<\/p>\n

Getting there<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Take the JR Sobu Line, get off at Ryugoku Station, and take the West exit.<\/p>\n

You can also take the Toei O-Edo Line, get off at Ryugoku, and take the A3 or A4 exits. It\u2019s also three minutes away from the Toei Ryugoku Eki-mae stop on bus routes 27, 28, and 33, as well as the South route of the Sumida City Loop Bus.<\/p>\n

Details<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Address: 1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0015<\/p>\n

Operating hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Tue. to Fri. & Sun.); 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Sat.) *Last admission: 30 mins. before closing; closed on Mondays, New Year\u2019s Eve, and New Year\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

Admission:
\n\u00a5600 for adults
\n\u00a5480 for university and vocational college students
\n\u00a5300 for seniors, junior high, and high school students
\n*Admission is free for pre-school and elementary students, junior high school students who are residents of Tokyo, or those with disabilities. Admission is also free for seniors during Silver Day (3rd Wednesday of the month)<\/p>\n

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Written by Andronico Del Rosario<\/em><\/span>
\nSupported by GCP<\/em><\/span>
\nThis first appeared in Philippine Primer Magazine Vol. 33 \u2013 December issue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get to peek into Japan’s history through the Edo-Tokyo Museum’s unique armaments and mementos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565,17,1465,20,71,1583],"tags":[1637,1638],"class_list":["post-9535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan-international","category-theatre","category-tokyo","category-museum","category-tourist-spot","category-new-golden-route-2018","tag-edo-tokyo-museum-in-tokyo","tag-edo-tokyo-museum-new-golden-route-2018"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9561,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9535\/revisions\/9561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}