The Railway Museum opened in October 2007 in Omiya, Saitama City as the centerpiece of the JR East 20th Anniversary Memorial Project. Its concept is to carry three responsibilities: not only as a Railway Museum, but also as a Historical and Educational Museum.
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The museum has five different stations – Rolling stock, Science, Job, Future and History.
Each station is interesting but to me, the Rolling Stock station is really WOW !
The first floor has a total of 36 actual railway cars on display.
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Personally, I really enjoyed History Station on the 3rd floor of South Building. You can see the 150 years of Japanese Railway history, together with actual materials and photos.
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Beside 5 x stations, you can find Diorama, Simulator Hall etc. so there is more than enough to spend a whole day there, especially if you love trains.
Maybe tomorrow, you can go to the Golf Course by train for a change?
The Railway Museum
Address | 3-47, Onari-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama-shi, SAITAMA |
TEL | 048-651-0088 |
Open Hour | 10:00 – 18:00 (Last entry at 17:30) |
Close | Tuesday New Year Period |
Admission Fee | 【Adults】1,330 yen 【Elementary, Junior / Senior High School Students】620 yen 【3 – Preschool children】310 yen |
Website | https://www.railway-museum.jp/e/ |