Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Japan

Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Japan

The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Japan encloses a range of heritage buildings of the Tokyo region. The historic buildings were rebuilt in that area for retaining some traits of the architectural grandeur which had been destroyed in earthquakes and wars. It was turbulent times for Tokyo in the 20th century. The massive Kanto earthquake in 1923, huge bombings during the World War II and massive developmental projects damaged the city's architectural marvels. The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum was established as a branch of the splendid Edo-Tokyo Museum to retain the architectural legacy of the city.

Features of Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Japan:

- Most of the buildings date back to the Meiji Period (1868-1912) and later. The buildings include a gracious residency of a former politician, a farm house, a public bathhouse, many shops and a police box.
- The Open Air Architectural Museum is a haven of mystery near the Tokyo center not known to residents.
- The museum provides an insight into farms and houses of different ages
- Situated on 7 hectares amidst a large park, this open air museum has preserved since 1993, some 27 houses and homes of different architectural styles and forms from in and around Japan.
- The museum encloses 27 buildings located along small streets, displaying architectural traits over the mid-Edo period to mid-Showa.
- Tsunashima family's thatched-roof farmhouse is one of the oldest buildings of the museum. It was established around 1742. This late Edo period farmhouse was owned and maintained by the affluent Yoshino Family was situated in Nozaki, Mitaka until 1963.
- Located on the other side of the museum are an Edo period bar and a traditional Meiji tailor's shop. Various other shops exhibit kanban (signboard) style of the 1920's.
- An enticing blend of the East and the West is found in modern styles and patterns from the 1920's-40 in Yamanote Dori, the centre of the museum.
- Maruni Shoten, a store housing kitchen utensils ranging from stepstools to tawashi was built in Kanda-Jimbocho in 1926. The buildings were relocated and newer designs were added to the exteriors. The interiors display various styles evoking unique patterns of different generations through which it passed. A 1933 soy sauce and liquor shop has old wooden barrels and fluorescent lights that illuminate a Ken Takakura Sapporo beer poster.
- An old post box, the top of the watchtower from the Ueno Fire Station, and bricks from Ginza - Brick Town - are other miniature architectural wonders of the museum.

How to Reach Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Japan:

The Museum is located in the western side of Koganei Park in Koganei City. Koganei city is easily accessible from Tokyo's Shinjuku Station. The museum can be reached from Shinjuku through Seibu Shinjuku Line or JR Chuo Line. From both the railway stations, you can board a bus and reach the museum within 10 minutes.

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