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[Tokyo ]5 museums for adults to visit! Free admission!

[Tokyo ]5 museums for adults to visit! Free admission!
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2023-07-03

Museums are popular as spots to satisfy intellectual curiosity. However, some people may feel that museums are "boring ""uninteresting ". So, in this issue, we will introduce some recommended museums in Tokyo that adults should visit.

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.
    Tokyo Customs "Information Plaza "
  3. 2.
    Police Museum "Police Museum "
  5. 3.
    Tokyo Lottery Dream Pavilion
  7. 4.
    Museum of Bills and Stamps
  9. 5.
    Fire Museum
  11. 6.
    summary

Tokyo Customs "Information Plaza "



The first one is Tokyo Customs, located in Koto-ku.
The building looks very "stuffy ""boring ", but in fact, "information plaza "inside the building displays many interesting exhibits such as drug imitations and copies, stuffed animals that are so valuable, etc. that you can't help but look at them!
Since this is a customs house, visitors are required to show identification to enter the museum, but no reservations are necessary. Adults and children are free to visit the museum as long as they follow the procedures.



The information plaza is lined with exhibits related to customs work, making it an enjoyable place to learn about the history and work of the customs service.
Photography is prohibited inside the museum in principle, but it is allowed only in the Information Plaza, where many valuable exhibits that are not usually seen are on display, making it tempting to take pictures of them for conversation purposes.
One of the best exhibits is the smuggling exhibit. Visitors can learn how smuggling was actually carried out in the past.
They plant drugs in the bottoms of sandals and stuffed animals, they hollow out thick books to hide guns, and so on. One after another, they come up with all kinds of ways to do this. It is amazing that customs officials can actually spot these things.



Another area I would like to recommend is the display of photocopied products.
A variety of counterfeit goods are on display, including counterfeit products of popular foreign brands such as Vuitton and Chanel, foreign-made motorcycles masquerading as domestic brands, and even fake Olympic medals.
Some of the products are so elaborately made that you cannot tell the difference between them and the real thing.
I thought it was ......, but "I thought it was a fake! "There are also character goods that make you want to say, "This is a fake!



This section displays items that violate the Washington Convention.
As many of you may know, CITES refers to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The display area is filled with stuffed tigers and polar bears. The animals probably never expected to be caught by customs and put on display here. ......
In addition, a drug detection dog corner and a methamphetamine sample corner are also available.
There is also a photo spot where you can take a picture with the mascot character, Custom-kun, so why not commemorate your visit?

"Facility Information "
Address: 2F, 2-7-11 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8615
Phone number: 03-3581-4321
Opening hours：9:00～17:00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays (December 29-January 3)
Admission: Free
URL：https://www.customs.go.jp/tokyo/jroom/johohiroba.htm

Police Museum "Police Museum "



Next is the Police Museum "Police Museum "located in Chuo Ward.
Again, this place may seem stuffy, but once inside, you'll find a wealth of content that makes learning about police activities fun!
The exhibition floors are from the first to the fifth floor, of which the first to the third floors are lined with dioramas, touch panels, a job experience corner, and many other exhibits that even children can enjoy.



The best place to visit is the exhibition floor on the third floor. There are many hands-on activities that even adults will find fascinating, such as fingerprinting, or pretending to be a sketch investigator and making a portrait of a criminal.
There is also a set of a police box where visitors can enjoy filming and actually go inside. The inside of the set differs from the actual police box, and a video is shown to help visitors learn about the work done at the police box.
Right in front of the police box, there is an array of exhibits related to forensics. Tools used in forensics and mannequins that recreate the scene of a crime scene are on display.



On the other hand, the 4th and 5th floors, where photography is prohibited, are filled with exhibits for slightly more mature visitors, such as breath alcohol analyzers and drug samples.
The exhibits are mainly viewed through glass cases, rather than through hands-on experiences as on the first through third floors, but again, there is an interesting collection of items, so you will definitely want to linger here.
Some of the sections have heart-wrenching exhibits, such as photographs and personal belongings of those who died in the line of duty. Visitors can learn not only about police activities, but also about the history of the police.
There are many valuable exhibits that are usually hard to see, so if you are in the neighborhood, please stop by and visit.

"Facility Information "
Address: 3-5-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0031, Japan
Phone number: 03-3599-6264
Hours: 9:30-16:00 (last admission at 15:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following day if Monday falls on a national holiday), year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 - January 4)
Admission: Free
URL：https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/about_mpd/welcome/welcome/museum_tour.html

Tokyo Lottery Dream Pavilion



The next stop is the Tokyo Lottery Dream Museum, a four-minute walk from the Police Museum.
The facility literally exhibits items that bring lottery tickets to life. Although the museum is about lotteries, "even those who have never bought a lottery ticket before can enjoy the museum! "You can also enjoy the museum even if you have never bought a lottery ticket before.



One of the best places to visit is the "High-Dollar Winning Experience Corner ", located near the main entrance.
This is a wonderful corner where visitors can experience a simulated lottery dream by seeing the amount of one billion yen and feeling the weight of 100 million yen by holding a replica.
In addition, the museum also has exhibits of world lottery tickets and Edo-era lottery tickets, where visitors can learn about the history and knowledge of lotteries.



At the Lottery Dream Pavilion, you can also meet the mascot character Coo-chan. You cannot touch her, but just looking at her will bring you good luck.
Incidentally, there is a "Virtual Numbers" game in the museum, and if you win, you will receive an extremely rare souvenir of Coo-chan. As with the lottery, the odds of winning are not high, but you can do it for free, so why not give it a try?

"Facility Information "
Address: Nittochi Kyobashi Building 1F, 2-5-7 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031
Phone number: 03-3567-1192
Hours: Weekdays ... 10:00-19:30, Saturdays ... 10:00-18:00
Closed: Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays (December 29-January 3)
Admission: Free
URL：https://www.takarakuji-official.jp/dreamplace.html

Museum of Bills and Stamps



Another money-related museum I recommend is the Museum of Bills and Stamps in Kita-ku, Tokyo.
Although it is not a place where you can dream like the Lottery Dream Pavilion, you can learn about the difficulties involved in printing banknotes and anti-counterfeiting technology through hands-on experiences such as checking whether your bill is a counterfeit bill or pushing a button to move a bill.



Here is a section of shifting bills that reveals the generation.
Kids born today may just look at "and say, "Wow! "," but adults who know the designs of the time may look at "and say, "Oh, I know that one! "Adults who know the design of the time may be fascinated by it.
In addition to this, visitors can see not only bills issued in the Showa and Heisei periods, but also bills from the Edo period and bills from around the world at the bill display corner.
It is fun to actually compare them with modern bills, so be sure to carry a few bills in your wallet when you go out to play.



In the stamp exhibition area, successive generations of Japanese stamps and stamps from various countries are on display.
One of the most impressive exhibits is a section displaying rare stamps from around the world. There are many interesting stamps on display, such as stamps larger than a postcard, stamps that smell and taste like mandarin, and even stamps with cod skin, which make you want to poke "what is a stamp ...... ".
Although it is a compact museum with two floors, it is quite an enjoyable spot with a photo spot where visitors can take commemorative photos pretending to be the characters on the bills and a commemorative stamp corner.

"Facility Information "
Address: 1-6-1 Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo, 114-0002, Japan
Phone number: 03-5390-5194
Opening hours：9:30～17:00
Closed: Mondays, Year-end and New Year's holidays *Special holidays apply.
Admission: Free
URL：https://www.npb.go.jp/ja/museum/index.html

Fire Museum



Last but not least is the Fire Museum in Shinjuku City. It is the largest and most impressive of the museums introduced here. And yet, admission is free. What a pleasure!
The building has 10 floors from the first basement floor to the tenth floor, and from the first basement floor to the fifth floor, there are as many exhibits related to firefighting as possible.



The most surprising thing about the Fire Museum is that, to my surprise, real fire trucks and helicopters are on display!
Moreover, you can actually get on board, sound the siren, and experience piloting the vehicle.
In addition, there are games where visitors can pretend to be firefighters and experience firefighting activities, costumes of firefighters and fire extinguishers from past generations, and exhibits such as the uniforms of each district. This is a great opportunity not only for children but also for adults.
It is large in scale, and it takes about one to two hours to visit all of them, so it is recommended as a date spot.
There are also many spots where small children can have fun, so parents and children will enjoy visiting with their children.

"Facility Information "
Address: 3-10 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0004, Japan
Phone number: 03-3353-9119
Hours: 9:30-17:00 (last admission at 16:30)
Closed: Mondays, Year-end and New Year holidays (December 29-January 3)
Admission: Free
URL：https://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ts/museum.html

summary

For those who are not interested in museums, they tend to have the image of "boring ", but if you actually visit a museum, you will find that you will enjoy it more than you imagined and that your intellectual curiosity will be stimulated.
All of the museums introduced in this issue have a wide range of contents that you can enjoy more now that you are an adult. Admission to any of the spots is free, so be sure to visit them to pass the time on your days off or as a date spot.

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