Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum, Kogamei City
3-7-1 Kogamei Ishi
Kogamei City
Tokyo
Japan
Tel: 81 42 388 3300
Metro: Hanakoganei
www.tatemonoen.jp
Kogamei City
Tokyo
Japan
Tel: 81 42 388 3300
Metro: Hanakoganei
www.tatemonoen.jp
Concierge.com's insider take:
This complex is less a museum than a whole day out. Earthquakes, firebombing, and rampant development have left few examples of old architecture in Tokyo, but in 1993 the Tokyo government set aside about 17 acres for this collection of historic buildings, which range from farmhouses and soy sauce shops to private homes and public bathhouses. They were all saved from demolition and relocated to this fascinating outpost of the central Edo-Tokyo museum. Among the highlights: the home of much-admired Modernist architect Kunio Mayekawa.