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Sumida Hokusai Museum
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Sumida Hokusai Museum & Hokusai Katsushika

Opened in November 2016 in Sumida area, Hokusai Museum is dedicated to the Ukiyoe artist Katsushika Hokusai. Sumida is the district where Hokusai was born and spent most of his life. The four-story museum was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Sejima Kazuya of the architecture firm SANAA.  Katsushika Hokusai Katsushika Hokusai is one of the most famous Ukiyoe Painters in Edo period. His 36 sceneries of Mt. Fuji is well known around the world. During his life it is said he moved 93 times, married twice and lived to be 90 years old. The secret for long life even compared with the present life expectancy may be that he […]

Edo Tokyo Museum
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Edo-Tokyo Museum

Opened in 1993 Edo-Tokyo museum displays 400 years of history and life culture from Edo era to the present day using replicas. The museum consists of Edo Zone and Tokyo Zone. Edo Zone First we cross the Nihon bashi bridge of real size and reach the zone where life of ordinary people in Edo are lively replicated.  “Edo”, now Tokyo flourished as the political and cultural center of Japan for over 400 years after Tokugawa Ieyasu located the shogunate at Edo in 1603. Life of Townspeople In 18th century Edo became one of the world’s leading cities with population of 1 million, and its own unique culture blossomed. Many young […]