Edo-Tokyo Museum

The Edo-Tokyo Museum reopened on March 31, 2026, after a four-year renovation. Its permanent exhibition covers about 9,000 square meters across the fifth and sixth floors. Families move through an Edo Zone, a Tokyo Zone, and a changing feature gallery.

Full-scale reconstructions, detailed city models, historical objects, digital elements, and interactive exhibits help children picture how Tokyo's streets, homes, transportation, and daily life changed over roughly 400 years.

The museum works for every age, but children ages 6 to 15 are especially well placed to connect the models and objects with what they see around modern Tokyo. Younger children can focus on large reconstructed spaces and miniature scenes. Older children can compare time periods and study how fires, earthquakes, war, technology, and changing customs reshaped the city.

At the end of the gallery, the Museum Lab includes a restored home section plus hands-on activities and workshops involving traditional household tools. Program availability can change by date.

Plan two to four hours for the permanent exhibition, breaks, and food. The building is a strong rainy-day choice, though its size means comfortable shoes matter. Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with Saturday hours until 7:30 p.m. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing. The museum normally closes Monday; when Monday is a national holiday, it closes the following weekday instead.

Permanent-exhibition admission is ¥800 for adults, ¥300 for high-school students, and free for junior-high students and younger. Special exhibitions have separate rates. Tickets are available online or at the first-floor counter.

Family facilities are unusually clear. Strollers may enter the museum, and loaners are available on the first, fifth, and sixth floors. Baby Care Rooms are on floors one and five.

The first-floor room has a nursing sofa and diaper table, while changing tables are available in accessible toilets on every floor. For arrival, trains are easier than driving: Ryogoku Station is a short walk away, while museum parking is limited and starts at ¥1,000 for the first hour.