Best places: Technology museums in Kawaguchi, Japan

👍 Just to clarify upfront, this is a Subaru Car Dealership. Not a museum, just an exhibition on the dealership second floor. Please don't put a high expectation when visiting there. The exhibition floor was rather empty of people but a great joy for JDM & Subaru car fans. STI will rotate the cars the...

Intimate museum featuring exhibits on the history & technological uses of the Nikon camera.

Firefighting museum with kid-friendly exhibits, fire gear & equipment, plus trucks & helicopters.

This sleek gallery of a brand-name beverage has company history exhibits, tours & beer samples.

Museum housing a cultural overview of tobacco & salt, goods once protected by a government monopoly.

Displays exploring Japanese broadcasting from the 1920s to the digital era, plus a viewing room.

Tours of a municipal subterranean drainage channel with 18-meter-tall pillars & soaring ceilings.

👍👍 One of the best places to learn about sake and shochu in Tokyo. They have multilingual info on both and you can try a great variety of sake at an amazingly affordable price (-/+200¥ per cup). Really a must visit if you are looking to know more about sake and/or shochu.

Museum dedicated to the history & techniques of printing in the HQ building of Toppan Printing.

👍 A mint museum that mainly manufactures commemorative coins and proof coins for collection. Admission is free, but when visiting by car, there is no dedicated parking lot, so you will have to park at the toll parking lot opposite Saitama Shintoshin Park before entering. You can tour the factory afte...

Museum of aviation displaying biplanes & military aircraft, plus 3D movies in an IMAX theater.

👍👍 It is the only place in Japan where anyone can freely enter a sewage pipe that is actually used 25m underground and experience the size, smell, and sound of flowing water. I'm afraid that the contents of this facility are free. I think it would be a great experience to put it in the sewer main. *...

👍 Admission is free. A museum run by the National Printing Bureau, which manufactures banknotes and stamps. You can learn about the history of anti-counterfeit technology and manufacturing technology. Most of the exhibits are specialized for adults, but there are some exhibits that even elementary sc...

👍👍 映像のノウハウがわかるミュージアム一度行ってみると良い。 雨天時が狙い目らしいぞ。 学生の社会科見学で使われて混雑してる時が多いらしい

👍👍 There is a JCII Camera Museum next to the Camera Museum, and there is an admission discount ticket at the photo exhibition there.

👍👍 Quaint technology exhibition oriented to children. Free and well staffed with English written guide. Recommended by especially if you have kids.

👍👍 Reservations are required online. I had no prior knowledge that Casio's past products were on display, but when I entered the museum I was overwhelmed in many ways. It was originally the home of Toshio Kashio, an inventor and one of the founding family members of Casio, and it is an amazing mansion....

👍👍 🏣4-6-15 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku 🚃🚇8 minutes walk from Ueno Okachimachi, 6 minutes walk from Yushima Station 🚏🚌3.4 minutes from Yushima Sanchome * Opening date: Varies depending on special exhibitions Opening hours…10:00-16:40 Admission fee: 400 yen to 200 yen to enter from the former Iwasaki Garden...

👍👍 This is a facility where you can learn about normal NEXCO, including a control room that requires free reservations. The dioramas and exhibits have their own ingenuity, and the kind lady will explain them to you in detail. Although it is through glass, the view of the actual control room is spectacu...

👍👍 Visited on a Sunday in late January. There is a toilet (no washlet). Paid parking available. (The first 30 minutes are free. The rest is as shown in the photo). Bicycle parking available. Admission is free. It is a museum-like facility located on the 5th floor of a building. Although it is aimed at...