A magnificent legacy - Japan Gallery is designated as Important Cultural Properties (structures) of Japan The construction of the building, which has a unique Neo-Renaissance architected by the Ministry of Education then, was completed in September 1931. It has the shape of an airplane that was a symbol of the state- of-the-art-technology in the early Showa Era when this building was constructed.
A great location with rich nature, easy access to Audio Guide (Player or Tablet) is available in the "UENO Cultural Park" from the stations 4 languages: English, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese Ueno park (上野恩賜公園 which offers informative Ueno Onshi Ko¯en) where commentaries on exhibits NMNS and some museums by native speakers for each nearby are fortunately lo- language that is not just cated with walking distance introduce our fascinated from JR or Metro stations. collections but also guide Strolling around Shinobazu you deeply the world of nature and science. pond ( 不忍池 Shinobazu no Ike), South side of the park would Rental fee (per 1set) is 310 JPY. For more detail, be nice too to feel more relax with view different in different please ask at the Audio Guide/IC Card counter in front seasons. of the museum shop on the B1 floor in Japan Gallery.
The restaurant on mezzanine floor in Buying something for Museum products is another Global Gallery is a great place to dine and relax way to bring memories at the museum to your home You can enjoy wide variety of food on menu from Hamburg Don't forget to stop by the museum shop located on the B1 steak (with Dino footprint shape!) to Tempura, Teriyaki and floor, same level of the main entrance / exit. You should check Japanese Curry at the unique venue with birds-eye view for our original products out; figures, books or accessories before exhibits on the 1st floor. you leave the museum. ▶ Hours / 10:00-16:30 as last call(-19:30 on Fri. & Sat.) Lunch from 11:00 a.m. ▶ Hours / 9:30~ Closing time of the Museum
Information ▶ 7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8718 ▶ 03-5777-8600 (Call charges)
▶ : General and university students Admission 620JPY Fees ▶ Free of charge :High-school students & younger, Seniors (65+), Disabled visitors with 1 caregiver per person ※ Separate admission fee is required for temporary exhibition
▶ 9:00 to 17:00 (last admission is 16:30) Tokyo National Opening hours* ▶ Open late until 20:00 for Fridays & Saturdays Museum Nihon Gakushiin To JR Uguisudani Sta. (last admission is 19:30) (The Japan Academy)
▶ On Mondays except public holidays Ueno Park Parking lot No. 1 (the following day if it falls on a Monday) Closed* National Museum ▶ For 5 days in 4th Week of June Ueno of Nature and Science ▶ December 28 - January 1 Park
*Opening hours or days are sometimes extended/changed anytime and without The National Museum Park Information of Western Art, Tokyo prior notice while temporary exhibition is held Desk JR Ueno Station
Park exit H A L F For Ueno Zoo ▶ 5 min. walk from JR Ueno Station, Park Exit ▶ 10 min. walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Line / Tokyo Bunka Kaikan a D A Y (Tokyo Metropolitan Festival hall) Transportation Hibiya Line Ueno Station General and university students ▶ 620JPY High-School Students And Younger ▶ FREE (approx.) To JR Okachimachi Sta. at the Museum ▶ 10 min. walk from Keisei Line Keisei Ueno Station ※ We have neither parking area for cars nor bicycles http://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/ ▶ Animals of the Earth 3rd floor, Global Gallery ▶ History of the Japanese Islands 3rd floor-North, Japan Gallery
▶ Evolution of Life - Exploring the Mysteries of Dinosaur Evolution - Basement 1st floor, Global Gallery ▶ Japanese People and Nature 2nd floor-North, Japan Gallery ▶ Investigation Technology for the Earth 2nd floor, Global Gallery
Theater 36 ◯ ComPaSS To the amazing world with a 360-degree field of sound and vision Exploration area for families with children
▶ Basement 1st floor, Japan Gallery The theater is 12.8 meters in ▶ 3rd floor, Global Gallery This is the exhibition mainly targeted at diameter (one-millionth the size of the earth) and the screen is the entire families with children particularly for kids aged 4 to 6. The purpose surface of the inner wall. Visitors stand on the bridge across the theater here is to promote communication between them while they "play" to enjoy the panoramic images. Theater 36○ is the world's first theater together, and to cultivate child's ability to feel and think. that shows images with a 360-degree field of vision to give viewers a *Admission is necessary to get another ticket first provided by unique feeling of floating. the ticket machine next to information desk on the 1st floor.
Photography and filming for personal, non-commercial use that does not interfere with operations or safety of the Museum and, infringe on other's right of portrait. Prohibited places or objects are as follows; With a prohibition sign, Videos and Images which are projecting / screening in the Museum property Photography ? and, Inside of Theater 36◯ . Please follow each instruction for Temporary Exhibition. Do not photograph using tripods, unipods/monopods or Selfie Sticks, and no group photos are allowed.