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Learn about the history of calligraphy!
Calligraphy Museum
This museum was established by Nakamura Fusetsu, a Western-style painter and oriental calligrapher who was active from the Meiji period to the early Showa period. The facility comprises two buildings—the Main Building and the Nakamura Fusetsu Memorial Museum—and the museum’s collection comprises many precious antiques and artifacts, including twelve important cultural properties and five art treasures.
10-min. walk from Nippori Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner
Address: 2-10-4 Negishi, Taito City
Opening hours: 9:30–16:30
(Last entry 30 minutes before closing time)
Closed: Mondays
Admission fee: Adults/university students 500 yen
Inquiries: 03-3872-2645
A must-see for theater/movie fans!
Waseda University Theatre Museum（Enpaku）
This museum’s enormous collection comprises more than one million pieces related to plays and films both domestic and international. There are also a variety of additional ways for you to enjoy this facility, such as seeing a special exhibit, using the library, or attending events.
3-min. walk from Waseda Stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line)
Address: Waseda University campus, 1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku City
Closed: irregular holidays; please check the museum’s official website for opening days and times.
Opening hours: Main building counter/exhibition halls 10:00–17:00 (open until 19:00 on Tuesdays/Fridays)/also open on Saturdays/Sundays
Annex counter: 3rd Floor, Building 6 Monday to Friday 10:00–17:00; Closed on Saturdays/Sundays/public holidays
Admission fee: free of charge
Inquiries: 03-5286-1829
Photograph courtesy of the Waseda University Theater Museum (ENPAKU)
The deep relationship between people and printing
Mizuno Printing Museum
This museum is operated by a printing company. Here you can gain a sense of human history, which developed hand-in-hand with printing technology. Displays include precious books remaining from the Asuka and Nara periods and a letterpress printing machine that is said to have been the first of its kind made in Japan. (*Advance bookings are required.)
11-min. walk from Takaracho Station on the Toei Asakusa Line
Address: 6F Mizuno Pritech, 2-9-2 Irifune, Chuo City
Closed: Saturdays/Sundays/public holidays, year-end/New Year holiday
Opening hours: 10:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00
Admission fee: free of charge
Inquiries: 03-3551-7595 (bookings)
A place to meet legendary baseball players
The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
In addition to relief portraits of baseball greats recognized as Baseball Hall of Famers for their contributions to baseball’s development, the museum’s exhibition and collection include many materials related to not only professional and amateur baseball but also the history of baseball in Japan from its beginnings to highly topical current events.
4-min. walk from Suidobashi Station on the Toei Mita Line
Address: 1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo City
Opening hours: Weekdays 13:00–17:00, Saturdays/Sundays/public holidays 10:00–17:00
*Closes at 18:00 on days when baseball games are held at Tokyo Dome (Last entry 30 minutes before closing time)
Closed: Mondays, 12/29 to 1/1 (open public holidays/days when baseball games are held at Tokyo Dome, school spring/summer holidays)
Admission fee: Adults 600 yen
Inquiries: 03-3811-3600
A museum where you can look, touch, and play
Tokyo Toy Museum
The former Shinjuku Municipal Yotsuya No. 4 Elementary School was reborn into this exchange and experience museum. Here, parents and children can play together and learn traditional games while enjoying the warmth of wood, and people of all ages—from infants to the elderly—can enjoy exchange through toys. (*Advance bookings are required.)
8-min. walk from Akebonobashi Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line
Address: Yotsuya Plaza, 4-20 Yotsuya, Shinjuku City
Opening hours: 10:00–16:00 *Admission reservation tickets must be purchased in advance from the museum’s official website.
Closed: Thursdays (open when Thursday is a public holiday and closed on the following weekday), year-end/New Year holiday
Admission fee: Adults (junior high school students and above) 1,100 yen; Children (6 months to elementary school) 800 yen
Inquiries: 03-5367-9601
Encounter the essence of Edo culture!
Sketches of Noren(Traditional shop curtain) and Chochin(Paper lantern) Museum
An Edo noren (traditional shop curtain) and sensha-gaku (celebratory sign) store established in the early Showa period, Tsutaya features an exhibition hall at the front of the store. Here you can see different types of dynamic Edo characters written on sensha-gaku, noren, and paper lanterns.
10-min. walk from Tsukijishijo Station on the Toei Oedo Line
Address: 6-5-5 Tsukiji, Chuo City
Closed: public holidays, year-end/New Year holiday, market and other holidays
Opening hours: 7:30–17:30
Admission fee: free of charge
Inquiries: 03-3541-3741 (Tsutaya)