 Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum
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Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum 東京都水道歴史館
The Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum (Tokyo-to Suido Rekishikan) is a small, easily accessible, modern museum in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward that presents the history of public potable water supply in the capital. The museum belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Bureau of Waterworks, which also runs the Tokyo Metropolitan Water Science Museum
The origins of Tokyo's water supply go back to the year 1590 when the first Tokugawa Shogun, Ieyasu, having consolidated his authority over the nation at his stronghold in the township of Edo (now Tokyo), decreed the construction of a drinkable water supply as one of the first steps in building what became a city.
The Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum colorfully traces this history on two spacious floors of exhibits that cover imaginatively presented data presentations, interactive presentations (mainly for children), realia representing the technology of water supply from the ancient to the modern, reconstructions of bygone housing showing how Japanese families of old were supplied their drinking water, and a video reenactment of life as it was lived, focusing on the water-related aspects of pre-modern lifestyles, and a library.
Hours
Hours: 9.30am 5pm (last entry 4.30pm)
Closed fourth Monday of every month (open all other days) except when Monday is a national holiday when it is open Monday, but closes the next day, Tuesday.
Closed: December 28 January 4
Admission
Free
Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum Access
JR Ochanomizu Station, JR Suidobashi Station, Subway Toei Mita Line Suidobashi Station, Subway Marunouchi Line Ochanomizu Station, Subway Marunouchi Line Hongo-Sanchome Station, Subway Toei Oedo Line Hongo-Sanchome Station.
2-7-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
Tel. 03 5802 9040
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