The Shitamachi Museum, which has been closed since April 2023 for major renovations, has reopened under a new name, Shitamachi Museum. There is plenty to see, including a life-size exhibit of a lantern shop on the first floor, where you can actually enter the building and touch everyday items to experience the lives of people at the time.
Also, on the third floor, we will be holding a special exhibition called “What kind of town is Shitamachi?” until Sunday, June 29th, so please come and visit.
[About the Shitamachi Museum Opening Ceremony]
The Shitamachi Museum opening ceremony was held on Saturday, March 8th.
After Mayor Hattori’s opening remarks, “We will strive to make the new Shitamachi Museum an even more familiar and beloved facility, so we ask for your support and cooperation,” the grand reopening celebration was held, including a sake barrel opening ceremony and demonstrations of lion and Daikoku dances.
Greetings from Mayor Hattori
Opening the sake barrel
Lion dance and Daikoku dance performance
[About the exhibit]
- On the first floor, life-size exhibits of lantern shops and other items and videos are used to recreate the townscape of Sakamoto 2-chome (now Negishi 3-chome) in the 1950s.
- A new information corner where materials can be searched and an exhibition space have been installed on the third floor.
- The facility has been made barrier-free and child-rearing support spaces such as a nursing room have been installed.
1st floor: Downtown living experience area
- General Reception
- Re-created exhibit (Sakamoto 2-chome (currently Negishi 3-chome) along Kanasugi-dori Street in the 1950s)
2nd floor: Downtown culture, history and tradition exhibition area
- Introductory exhibit (Downtown introduction)
- Permanent exhibition (History of the downtown area and changes in lifestyle)
《3rd Floor》Get to know the Shitamachi area
- Special Exhibition
- Downtown Information Corner
1st floor: Reproduced exhibit
Second floor permanent exhibition
Basic information about Shitamachi Museum
[Opening hours]
9:30am to 4:30pm (entry until 4pm)
[Closed days]
Every Monday (or the following weekday if it falls on a public holiday), New Year’s holidays, special sorting periods, etc.
[Admission Fee]
General admission: 300 yen (200 yen)
Elementary, junior high and high school students: 100 yen (50 yen)
*Prices in parentheses are for groups of 20 or more.
【location】
2-1 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007
Phone: 03-5846-8426
【access】
3 minutes walk from Ueno Station on the Keisei Main Line
5 minutes walk from Ueno Station on the JR, Tokyo Metro Ginza and Hibiya lines
For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact us at the following:
Cultural Promotion Division
Phone: 03-5246-1145
