Museum · Yotsuya

Tokyo Toy Museum 東京おもちゃ美術館

A hands-on wooden toy museum in a converted 1930s elementary school in Yotsuya, where kids (and adults) play with thousands of toys from Japan and around the world.

Hours10:00–16:00 (last entry 15:30)

ClosedThursdays (Fri if Thu is a holiday), year-end, maintenance days

PriceAdult (junior high and up): ¥1,100
Child (6 months–elementary): ¥800

Getting thereYotsuya-sanchome Station (Marunouchi Line, exit 2), 7 min

Time needed1.5–2.5 hours

Best timeWeekday mornings

Address4-20 Yotsuya, Shinjuku City, Tokyo

Websiteart-play.or.jp/ttm/en

About

Run by a non-profit that promotes wooden play, the Tokyo Toy Museum fills the classrooms of the former Yotsuya Daiyon Elementary School with toys you are meant to touch. The Wooden Toy Forest room is a cedar-scented indoor playground with a ball pit of wooden balls; other rooms are devoted to traditional Japanese toys such as kendama, spinning tops and karakuri mechanical dolls, board games from around the world, and a baby room for under-twos. Volunteer 'toy curators' in red aprons demonstrate games and run craft workshops. It is busy with families at weekends but genuinely charming, and the old school building, with its creaky floors and wide corridors, adds to the nostalgia.

Highlights

Wooden Toy Forest with a giant pool of cedar balls
Traditional Japanese toys demonstrated by volunteer curators
Toy-making craft workshops
Good Toy Gallery of award-winning toys for sale
Set in a 1930s elementary school building

Tips

Closed on Thursdays, the most common mistake.
Buy online: tickets are ¥200 cheaper and guarantee entry on busy weekends.
Bring socks; some rooms are shoes-off.
Great rainy-day option for toddlers up to about age 10.

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