Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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National Shōwa Memorial Museum
MUSEUM
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
This museum of WWII-era Tokyo gives a sense of everyday life for the common
people: how they ate, slept, dressed, studied, prepared for war and endured mar-
tial law, famine and loss of loved ones. An English audio guide (free) fills in a lot.
On the 5th floor, media consoles show film footage shot during the war.
( Shōwa-kan;
3222-2577;
www.showakan.go.jp
; 1-6-1 Kudan-minami, Chiyoda-ku; adult/student/child ¥300/
150/80;
10am-5.30pm;
Hanzōmon Line to Kudanshita, exit 4)
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National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT)
MUSEUM
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
Picking up from the Meiji period, this excellent museum traces the evolution of
Japanese art following the introduction of Western-style techniques in the late
19th century through the grim, propaganda years of WWII to the mid-20th cen-
tury, when Japanese artists embraced modernism and made it their own.
( Kokuritsu
Kindai Bijutsukan; 5777-8600;
www.momat.go.jp/english
;
3-1 Kitanomaru-kōen, Chiyoda-ku;
adult/student ¥420/130, extra for special exhibitions;
10am-5pm Tue-Thu, Sat & Sun, to 8pm Fri;
Tozai Line to Takebashi, exit 1B)
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Tokyo Dai-jingū
SHINTŌ SHRINE
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
This is the Tokyo branch of Ise-jingū, Japan's mother shrine in Mie prefecture. It
was established in 1880 to allow Tokyoites to worship the deities enshrined at Ise
without having to leave the capital. Credited with establishing the Shintō wedding
ritual, Tokyo Dai-jingū is also a popular pilgrimage site for young Tokyoites hop-
ing to get hitched.
(
3262-3566;
www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp/english
; 2-4-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku;
6am-9pm;
JR Sōbu Line to Iidabashi, west exit)
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Yūshū-kan
MUSEUM
