Are you ready for a little time travel? One step inside this shitamachi museum, and we’ll find ourselves in the streets of a lovingly recreated Edo-era town. The Fukagawa-Edo Museum is a life-size town, complete with shops, homes & treasure storehouse that have been recreated down to the last detail. And of course, we can go inside all the buildings and get a first-hand feel for the way people lived in the samurai era.
Stroll the streets, past the fisherman’s house with all his net-mending tools…
stop at the vegetable vendor…
or visit the town’s most prosperous merchant…
to see how a top-of-the-line Edo-era kitchen was stocked.
Then let’s take a stroll along the waterfront as day turns into night…
As an added bonus, the lighting at this museum constantly cycles through 24 hours so we can get that excellent round-the-clock experience.
There’s a nice map that points out where everything is.
And before we leave, let’s check out the exhibition rooms. They often have displays of traditional Japanese art, like this mind-boggling cut paper work I saw last time I was there.
Fukagawa-Edo Museum
Open: Every day, but closed on 2nd & 4th Mondays
Hours: 9:30 – 17:00
Admission: ¥300
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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