Edo-Tokyo Museum

"An impressive dichotomy of massive modern architecture on the outside and a subdued, scholarly-yet-approachable atmosphere on the inside, this tribute to the history of Tokyo houses a large number of life-sized dioramas and recreations of what life in the city was like until the middle of the last century, including a 1-to-1 scale replica of the wooden incarnation of the iconic Nihonbashi bridge, the real version of which has long since been replaced with a stone one. Guided tours in English are available, as are a number of live performances including kabuki and noh theater."

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"Journey 400 years back in time to Japan’s past, when shoguns ruled the isolated nation with an iron fist. The Edo-Tokyo Museum recreates this formative era through detailed architectural models and scale reconstructions of Tokyo’s historic neighborhoods. Original woodblock prints and maps round out the nuanced picture. The museum highlights not only the larger political forces at play, but also the day-to-day lives of ordinary citizens. To enter the permanent exhibition area, visitors walk across a reproduction of the Nihonbashi Bridge before peering into replicas of tenement houses and other long-lost landmarks. As you move through the exhibits, you’ll learn about everything from the Edo period’s robust publishing industry to the rise of arts such as kabuki theater and ukiyo-e, or woodblock printing. After thoroughly exploring the past, the museum takes visitors through Tokyo’s rapid transformation from a sheltered, feudal society to a globally oriented 21st-century metropolis." - Diana Hubbell

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"Housed in a warehouse-style building in Ryogoku, this immersive museum explores Tokyo’s Edo-period history with life-sized reconstructions including a grand Kabuki theatre that visitors can enter, extensive artefacts, miniature villages and dioramas that bring historical urban life to vivid detail; currently closed for renovations until 2025." - James Wong

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"A museum that brings Japanese history to life for younger visitors through meticulously detailed scale models of the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods and a life-size replica of Nihonbashi bridge, making historical scenes tangible and easy to explore." - SilverKris