Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

About

The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (江戸東京たてもの園, Edo Tōkyō Tatemono En; lit. "Edo Tokyo Buildings Garden") is an open-air museum located within Koganei Park, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1993 as a branch of the Edo-Tokyo Museum and is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, a public interest incorporated foundation. The museum relocates and reconstructs buildings that originally stood in Tokyo (formerly Edo) from the Edo period through the mid-Showa era, which could no longer be preserved at their original locations, and presents them as part of the city's cultural heritage. The site covers an area of 70,164 m2 (17.338 acres).

The museum grounds feature 30 restored structures, including the private residences of politicians, entrepreneurs, architects, and farmers from different historical periods, as well as traditional businesses such as an izakaya (Japanese-style pub), a sentō (public bathhouse), and a ryokan (traditional inn). These buildings recreate the appearance of historic Japanese streetscapes, and visitors are able to enter and explore their interiors.