Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum: Koganei
Phone: 042-388-3300
Koganei / Museum
Open April-Sept 9:30am-5:30pm; Oct-March 9:30am-4:30pm (last entry 30 min earlier). Closed Mondays (or Tues if Mon is natl holiday).
Admission: Y400
Average visit time: 1-2 hours
This massive open-air museum features preserved and reconstructed examples of Tokyo's Edo-era architecture. Besides merchants' mansions and crowded shops, there's also a mausoleum and a bathhouse. The visitor's center was once a pavilion of the Imperial Palace.
Koganeshi, Sakuracho 3-7-1.
Koganei station (JR Chuo line)
東京都小金井市桜町3-7-1
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