Museum · Yotsuya

Shinjuku Historical Museum 新宿歴史博物館

Yotsuya museum of Shinjuku's past, with a life-size Edo-era shop, a Showa-era home and an old streetcar.

Hours9:30-17:30 (last entry 17:00)

Closed2nd and 4th Mondays (next day if holiday), New Year

PriceAdult: ¥300

Getting thereYotsuya-sanchome Station (Marunouchi Line), exit 4, 8 min

Time needed1-2 hours

Address12-16 Yotsuya San'eicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0008

Websiteregasu-shinjuku.or.jp/rekihaku

About

This museum covers Shinjuku from prehistoric times to the post-war years. It has life-size reconstructions of an Edo-period shop on the Koshu Kaido road, a 1930s middle-class home and a Tokyo streetcar. A literature corner covers writers linked to the area. It is cheap, quiet and about 8 minutes from Yotsuya-Sanchome Station.

Highlights

Life-size Edo-era shop
1930s Showa-period home interior
Old Tokyo streetcar
Writers of Shinjuku section

Tips

Closed 2nd and 4th Mondays
8 min from Yotsuya-sanchome Station exit 4
Good rainy-day stop near Shinjuku Gyoen

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