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  • Higashiyamato City Folk Museum
  • Higashiyamato City Folk Museum
  • Higashiyamato City Folk Museum

Higashiyamato City Folk Museum

東大和市立郷土博物館

Description

With ”the Sayama Hills and life” as its theme, the Higashi-yamato Municipal Folk Museum exhibits a broad range of objects from the nature and history of the locality. The museum has an exhibition section, which shows a topographical model of the hills of Sayama and the history of the city, and anther section dedicated to Yoshioka Kenji, a local, Japanese-painting artist. The folk museum has a planetarium where you can watch the sky full of stars projected by the Megastar projector developed by planetarium creator Takayuki Ohira. The Megastar was the first one to be introduced to a planetarium in Tokyo, and the seasonal starry sky and varying themed programs depending on the period of the visit can be enjoyed. On weekends and holidays, the museum opens an information service room where you can freely read any of the 13,000 library materials related to the Sayama Hills and the Higashi-yamato city. It is a two-minute walk from the Yahata Jinja bus stop when you take a Seibu bus from the Higashi-yamato-shi Station on the Seibu Haijima Line. It is also a two-minute walk from the Kyodo Hakubustsu-kan Iriguchi bus stop when you take a Choko bus from the Kamikita-dai Station on the Tama Monorail Line.

Location Information

  • Address

    1-260-2, Narahashi, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo, 207-0031

  • Nearest Station
    Higashi-Yamatoshi Station
    ・ Seibu Haijima Line
  • Phone Number
    042-567-4800
    Available languages
    only in Japanese
  • Hours
    Tuesday 9:00am - 5:00pm
    Wednesday 9:00am - 5:00pm
    Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm
    Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
    Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm
    Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Closed
    Monday
    If a national holiday falls on a Monday, it is open on the day and on the following day it will be closed. Also the following day of a national holiday. (If a national holiday falls on a Friday or Saturday, then on the following Tuesday it will be closed.) A New Year’s holiday (December 28th – January 4th).

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