This fascinating museum recreated a whole community that allows you to step back in time (don a traditional kimono) and learn about the ways Osakans lived during the Edo period. It also traces the transition to modern day structures.
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Step back in time on the 8th floor at this really creative museum
The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living was opened back in 2001 yet still didn’t appear in one of the most popular travel guide books that we took with us and we heard about it locally. I have seen an ...
This museum is very much worth visiting! We would like to thank Kiyoko for showing us around and providing us with such interesting background information. She made our experience worthwhile!
Love it here. Been here several times already. Love the atmosphere here. Can't believe they can build an ancient buildings and feelings in their modern building.
It’s too small a museum and the air inside is pretty stale at the new exhibition area where we have to pay an additional of 200yen. Visit if only you have additional time to spare.
You may take pictures inside the museum. There are 3 sections if I am not mistaken. Use Osaka Amazing Pass to get in there. Just a few hundred meters away from the exit train station.
The buildings and street models of Osaka's early years are displayed in the museum. With the changes in the sound and lights, it shows the round-the-clock rotation of rain and shine, exhibiting the ways of life for Osaka residents in different historical periods. It is a good place to learn about Japanese history and customs. In addition, visitors to the museum can wear a kimono, experiencing the Edo era of Japan in person.
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This fascinating museum recreated a whole community that allows you to step back in time (don a traditional kimono) and learn about the ways Osakans lived during the Edo period. It also traces the transition to modern day structures.
This was probably one of my favorite museums in Osaka. It features replicas of what neighborhoods and homes were like in Osaka. You can get there early and dress in traditional garb and take photos in the traditional streets/totomi homes. In about 20-30 minutes you can examine the full day of what it was like in Japan in the 1900s.
See how the old Osaka looks like. Experience how old Japan looks like. They even had "fireworks" inside the building.
The Osaka Museum of housing and living, the exhibition hall present the early days of Osaka before it become a modernized city, the are living quarters, olden days toys and etc.
Located near Osaka Tenmangu shrine, inside this museum is a fully explorable recreation of an Osaka neighborhood ranging from the Edo period to the Showa era. Kimono are also available for rental if you want to go for the full time slip experience. It's also located right near the Tenjinbashi covered arcade which is full of restaurants, shops, and cafes. So there is plenty to do in this area. Open 10am to 5pm and closed on Tuesdays and every 3rd Monday.