Edo-Tokyo Museum

Often there are (free!) English-speaking guidess that will tour the place with you—accept this offer!! It’s the best way to learn a lot more than you can read on signs or in pamphlets. If you’r a gaijin, this is also a great place to take visitors from home.

I loved this museum. I learned alot and enjoyed the tiny models of historic city layouts. It was beautifully done, in that oh-so-japanese intricate while simple style. It was historic and artistic at the same time. As much a museum to learn about history as about Japanese style. I would go back next time I go to Japan. I highly recommend it.

This museum has many replicas of villages, and life size replicas of a bridge and several buildings. It also contains old artifacts and gives a sense of every day life back in time. Introduction of turn of the century technology is introduced, and the origins of a department store are shown with a model of the store. The visit to this museum was very fulfilling.