National Museum of Japanese History

Information

National Museum of Japanese History supports systematic research, collection, preservation and exhibition of Japanese history and culture. Exhibitions are picked up from the course of Japanese history and culture, and are arranged on the base of specific themes for each period with an emphasis on the daily lives of the Japanese. Excavated earthenware, a model of Rajo-mon (or Rasho-mon) Gate at the ancient capital Heijo-kyo, and a National Treasure "The Records of the Grand Historian, Song Edition" are exhibited.

Opening Hours

9:30 - 17:00 (March - September)
9:00 - 16:30 (October - February)

Closed

Mondays (or the following day when it falls on a national holiday)
December 27 - January 4

Price / Entrance Fee

420 yen (General, Adult)
250 yen (Student)
Admission Free (Child)

Access / Public Transport

15 minutes from JR Sakura Station by the bus bound for Tamachi-shako. Get off at Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan-iriguchi Bus stop.
15 minutes walk from Keisei-Sakura Station on the Keisei Main Line

Address / Location

117, Jonaicho, Sakura-shi, Chiba, 285-0017

Tweets

Tokiko Bazzell @tbazzell - 2019-10-09: Many historical materials @UHMLibrary will be exhibited from Oct. 29~Dec. 26 for the exhibit, 'Hawaii: 150 years of… https://t.co/1o0V3wbnv3
UTokyoBiblioPlaza @utokyobiblio - 2019-10-03: Sixty-seven archaeological artifacts, thought mainly to have been collected by Yanagita during the late Meiji perio… https://t.co/76k9BLWOXA
Stratty G @stratxgaming - 2019-09-25: Dug around for info on the Tokusatsu exhibit(old - dunno if it's still making rounds) & came across Kaiju-con - an… https://t.co/9iamKVg3Q8
Juchechat @juchechat - 2019-09-22: The Mt Paektu area serves as an open-air museum which showcases the history of the revolutionary activities of Pres… https://t.co/RH4uxlr0TO
Daddy Glock 🙏🏾📿 @Silence_isloud - 2019-09-18: You make sure everyone is straight. You are, HANDS DOWN the smartest person I know. I could go on about your accomp… https://t.co/DTxFhw0eLa
Daddy Glock 🙏🏾📿 @Silence_isloud - 2019-09-18: You make sure everyone is straight. You are, HANDS DOWN the smartest person I know. I could go on about your accomp… https://t.co/DTxFhw0eLa
Taka @takakiyo_eng - 2019-09-18: I went to national museum of Singapore and learned some of sad history during WW2... we should learn history from a… https://t.co/K4FP1gvEkD
tkasasagi @tkasasagi - 2019-09-14: Speakers from
1. Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
2. Historiographical Institute of the Uni… https://t.co/ztTBzjGdnc
Nikkei Centre @nikkeimuse - 2019-09-04: @Tourism_Burnaby created a new video! It's available on Youtube! Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre and our J… https://t.co/XbzacTCt7Z
Randall @cairand - 2019-08-31: @CSenco One of my museum internships was at the National Museum of American History in the then-known War and Diplo… https://t.co/enGEqLAs2r
Martin O'Lowery Esq. @martin_lowe - 2019-08-30: Currently at the National Railway Museum at York, and am quite bemused to see Japanese tourists sitting in the Bull… https://t.co/iRm4gNlAMS
Genevieve Carpio @GenaCarpio - 2019-08-28: This essay is also part of 'What It Means to Be American,' a project of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Americ… https://t.co/kM67jzUTx1
【公式】東京国立近代美術館　広報 @MOMAT60th - 2019-08-24: Why don't you get in touch with the history of Japanese animations, such as #GraveoftheFireflies and… https://t.co/J4MaFRmEo0
Ben Lopez @vientofuego - 2019-08-18: In May, I had the pleasure to be part of a panel with @GeorgeTakei. We shared a bond and I accepted his invitation… https://t.co/VDd22ZbDkf
Antonio Ruiz @Antonio_P_Ruiz - 2019-08-15: Japanese American National Museum Don’t talk to me about immigration and Democracy- American History- Study some —… https://t.co/amrS1EZJ3I
SanbuSanbu @SanbuSanbu3 - 2019-08-10: National Museum of Japanese History https://t.co/Nl9JCkEZjY @Rambalac #Japan #Walkingvideos
【公式】東京国立近代美術館　広報 @MOMAT60th - 2019-07-30: Why don't you get in touch with the history of Japanese animations? “Isao Takahata: A Legend in Japanese Animation'… https://t.co/FprOo0MDQ1
The Japan Times @japantimes - 2019-07-24: The JT is giving away tickets to 'The Summer of Mononoke (Specters): Ghosts and Yokai in Edo Culture' at the Nation… https://t.co/WNrHlDEfr9
The Japan Times: A&E @japantimes_arts - 2019-07-24: 'The Summer of Mononoke (Specters): Ghosts and Yokai in Edo Culture' at the National Museum of Japanese History https://t.co/IoAf1MyPvK
Matt Alt @Matt_Alt - 2019-07-23: Yokai news! National Museum of Japanese History's 'Mononoke Summer' exhibit runs July 30-Sept. 8. Vintage parade sc… https://t.co/VzJuJzegq6
Travel Japan @Travel21JPN - 2019-07-21: 【TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM - Learning about Japanese Culture and History】
'The museum is a place you definetely must vi… https://t.co/e2pPF3okPL
Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis - 2019-07-16: An amazing opportunity for Japan researchers-- the National Institute for the Humanities is hiring a Project Resear… https://t.co/z7jaZd9Mdn
Peter Julian @MPJulian - 2019-07-15: Congratulations to Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre for your Re-Opening ceremony tonight. What a honour to… https://t.co/B5lx7EhdWp
sam ikehara @clowndentist - 2019-07-13: iʻve been in japan and now iʻm spending some time at the national astronomy observatory. i was both surprised/not s… https://t.co/zYvuqj3TgU
Alexander @astrooooav - 2019-07-09: Important to remember the role of language in selectively choosing what government sanctioned and enforced detentio… https://t.co/hRsgEe3PNn
Alexander V @astrooooav - 2019-07-09: Important to remember the role of language in selectively choosing what government sanctioned and enforced detentio… https://t.co/hRsgEe3PNn
FAITH IN TOMORROW @SuttonEks915 - 2019-07-07: @psychdr100 @dc_tribune Maybe they need to go through DC NATIONAL MUSEUM OF African-American history;look at histor… https://t.co/Q7hMpqiDFQ
allie. @RamenGrrl - 2019-07-06: @AlishaRai interesting bit of history for you... He's also one of the stories at the Japanese American National Mus… https://t.co/6B6ifrfz9a
𝕄𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕒-𝔸𝕟𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕠 @bshsmspero - 2019-07-05: @mrslyonslibrary @MrRoss1515 @BrianDeWagner I visited the Japanese Internment exhibit at the National History Museu… https://t.co/PL5gSizXds
Jiahua Mandarin School @JiahuaLanguage - 2019-07-03: invaders tried several times to plunder it. To protect this rare cultural relic, the local people reburied it and t… https://t.co/AQzuiv982Z