Shitamachi Museum

2-1 Ueno Koen, Tokyo, Japan
Telephone: 03-3823-7451

Time hold still in this downtown from Meiji era.The two main displays are a merchant’s house and a tenements of a copper-smith and a cheap sweets dealer, with all their furnishings. In this museum you can take your shoes off and step up into the rooms, and just for few moments experience the life like it was in those days.

Opening Hours: 9:30 - 16:30
Closed: Mondays and December 28 - January 3
(If national holiday falls on Monday, the museum is open on the holiday and is closed the next day, Tuesday)
Admission:
Adult: 300 Yen
High/ Junior high/Elementary school students: 100 Yen

Access: 5 minutes from Ueno JR Station
5 minutes from Ueno Station on Ginza or Hibiya Metro Line
5 minutes from Keisei Ueno Station on Keisei Line