Museum · Atago / Toranomon

NHK Museum of Broadcasting NHK放送博物館

The world's first broadcasting museum, on Atagoyama hill where Japan's first radio station began transmitting in 1925, with vintage TVs, a studio you can try and classic NHK shows to watch.

About

NHK started regular radio broadcasts from Atagoyama, one of central Tokyo's few natural hills, in 1925, and the museum opened on the same spot in 1956. Four floors trace broadcasting from crystal radio sets and early microphones to the 1953 start of television, colour TV, satellite broadcasting and 8K. Highlights include the radio and TV sets of each era, props and puppets from beloved children's programmes and taiga historical dramas, and a mock studio where you can read the news or a weather forecast. A library lets you watch archived programmes. Admission is free. Next door, Atago Shrine tops the hill, reached by the famously steep stone steps of success.

Highlights

• Site of Japan's first radio broadcasts in 1925
• Historic microphones, radios and televisions
• Props and costumes from NHK dramas and children's shows
• Try-it-yourself newsreader studio
• Library for watching archived programmes

Tips

• Free admission.
• Climb Atago Shrine's steep "steps of success" next door; there is also an elevator on the south side of the hill.
• Hours have been listed as 9:30/10:00 to 16:30; check the website before going.

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