- Address: 2-3-6, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0064 Japan
- Phone: +81 3-3570-9151
- Opening hours: 10: 00-18: 00
- Official website: www.miraikan.jst.go.jp
- Year of foundation: 2001
Japan is famous for its innovative developments, attracting millions of tourists a year. In Tokyo, there is an unusual museum Miraikan (Miraikan) or the National Museum of Advanced Science and Technology (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation).
Description of sight
The establishment was created in 2001 by a Japanese technology agency, headed by Mamoru Mori. The name Miraikan translates as "Museum of the Future". Here are numerous achievements of scientists in various fields of activity: medicine, space, etc. The building has 6 floors, completely filled with exhibits.
The Miraikan Museum in Tokyo is notable for the fact that visitors are shown a humanoid humanoid robot ASIMO. He can talk to people, climb the stairs and even play with a ball. Almost all subjects in the institution are interactive, they can be touched, included and viewed from all sides. On the whole territory there are photos and illustrations, telling about novelties and developments.
What else is the place famous for?
In the museum of Miraikan you can also see:
- A live broadcast, which is obtained from various seismometers located throughout the country. This information shows tourists that Japan is constantly exposed to minor earthquakes.
- The ideal future is an interactive game where you can choose what you want to leave to your descendants as inheritance. It is proposed to form an ideal model of the environment in 50 years.
- In one of the halls of the building (the "dome of the theater"), visitors are shown natural and natural disasters that a modern man can face. For example, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, nuclear war or virus epidemics. This exhibition allows you to understand the mechanism of the problem and learns how to survive in emergency situations.
Visitors to the museum can lecture on the achievements of science or show films in which you can not only see, but also feel the special effects of the esoteric world of theoretical physics. True, almost all of them are in Japanese. The target audience is mainly local schoolchildren who are brought here for acquaintance with such subjects as chemistry, biology, physics, etc.
Features of visit
It is possible to travel freely through the territory of Miraikan without the accompaniment of a guide, but engineers, scientists, volunteers and translators work on each floor, who will explain the working principle of each exposition with pleasure. Tablets near the exhibits and audioguides for visitors are provided in Japanese and English. On average, a visit to the institution takes from 2 to 3 hours.
The museum is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00. The admission fee is $ 4.5 for adults and $ 1.5 for children under 18 years of age. Groups of 8 people can get a discount, but only by appointment.
On holidays or on certain days, the doors of Miraikan are open to all for absolutely free. For example, every Saturday, underage children, translators or attendants do not pay anything. In some rooms you need to purchase an additional ticket.
Wheelchairs are provided for children and people with disabilities. Photography in some rooms is prohibited. On the top floor of the building there is a restaurant where you can relax and have a snack.
How to get there?
From the center of Tokyo to the Miraikan Museum, you can get to the metro, the Yurakucho line (roundabout) or by buses Nos. 5 and 6. By car you will reach the most interesting of the museums of Japan along the Metropolitan Expressway and street number 9. On the route there are toll roads, the distance is about 18 km.