Museum · Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Fukagawa Edo Museum 深川江戸資料館

Step into a full-scale 1840s Edo riverside town indoors, rice shop, boathouse, tenement row and fire tower, where the lighting shifts from dawn to dusk and a cat sleeps on the roof.

About

Run by Koto City, this museum recreates the Sagacho neighbourhood of Fukagawa around 1842 at full scale inside a double-height hall. You walk unpaved lanes past a rice merchant's store, a waterside boatman's inn, a greengrocer, a fried-food stall and narrow nagaya tenements, and you can take off your shoes and step into the homes to examine the furnishings, cooking pots and futons. The lighting and sound effects cycle through a day, from roosters at dawn to evening lantern light, and there is a fire watchtower and a dog and cat on the roofs. Volunteer guides, some in English, explain details like the shared well and the ingenious toilets. It is less famous than the Edo-Tokyo Museum but more intimate and immersive.

Highlights

• Full-scale 1840s Edo street inside a two-storey hall
• Day-to-night light cycle with sound effects
• Walk into tenement homes and merchant shops
• Fire watchtower and riverside boathouse
• Volunteer guides who explain daily Edo life

Tips

• Ask at reception for an English-speaking volunteer guide, it transforms the visit.
• Closed on the 2nd and 4th Monday, not every Monday.
• Combine with Kiyosumi Garden and the third-wave coffee shops of Kiyosumi-Shirakawa; try fukagawa-meshi (clam rice) nearby.

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

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