We visited only two museums in Tokyo - the Edo Museum and the National Museum of Nature and Science. We enjoyed the latter more.
The Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館 Edo Tōkyō Hakubutsukan?) is a museum of the history of Tokyo during the Edo period.[1] It was established in 1993. The main features of the permanent exhibitions are the life-size replica of the Nihonbashi, which was the bridge leading into Edo; the Nakamuraza theatre; and scale models of towns and buildings from the Edo, Meiji and Shōwa periods. The museum is adjacent to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It was designed by Kiyonori Kikutake.[2] The distinctive elevated shape of the museum building is modelled after an old storehouse in the kurazukuri style.
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| The Edo Tokyo Museum |
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| Scale replices of Japan's olden times |
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| Interactive portions of the museum |
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| Life like opera statues |
Permanent exhibits at National Museum of Nature and Science include the evolution of living things including a display of dinosaur skeletons, the flora and fauna of Japan including rice and the influence of rice cultivation on technology, the peoples of Japan throughout history including the Jomon and Yayoi civilizations, the Ainu and Ryukyuans, the geology of Japan and the solar system.
You can also learn about the history of the human habitation of Japan at the museum. There are frequent special exhibitions. The Theater 360 in the museum is a 3D movie theater that was brought to the museum from Expo 2005 in Aichi.
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| National Museum of Nature and Science |
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| A life size whale at the exit area |
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| This was the first dino that greeted us. |
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