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Shizuoka City History Museum

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3.9 (441)

4-16 Ōtemachi, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka, 420-0853, Japan

This museum, in front of Sumpu Castle Higashi Gomon Tatsumi Yagura (the southeast turret), was opened in January 2023 to promote the history and charm of Shizuoka. In the free area on the first floor, there is an in situ display of the remains of a road and stone walls from the late Sengoku (Warring States) Period, which were unearthed from this site. In the exhibit rooms on the second floor, you can find an introduction to the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (the first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate) and the history of the Imagawa Clan (who laid the foundations of Shizuoka). From the observation lounge on the third floor, you can enjoy the view of Sumpu Castle Park.

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Mondays: Closed

Tuesdays: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Wednesdays: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Thursdays: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Fridays: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Saturdays: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Sundays: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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篠原可亮 3 weeks ago

This museum is located in the southwest of Sunpu Castle Park. I didn't have any special plans to stop here, but after stopping at Sunpu Castle Park, I took a break here. In the atrium on the first floor, there were recently discovered ruins of a road from the castle town era, and perhaps someone from the museum was giving a detailed explanation to the people inside the museum. The commentators had good knowledge and speaking skills, and I learned a lot from them. 2024/2/23 (Friday) 1550-1620 Used for break

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noto 2 months ago

General 600 yen A special exhibition is held on the third floor. Extra charge. You can take photos in the observation lobby on the third floor. There are remains of a road from the late Sengoku period. You can see it up close. The building is beautiful. Softly There is a museum shop and a cafe.

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森昭二 2 months ago

The content is pretty much the same as other people's reviews, but I also think it's okay to prohibit photography on the 2nd and 3rd floors. There was also a museum shop where the cafe was, but to be honest, it was pretty crappy. It may be that the museum has just been built and there is nothing to sell, but when I first saw it, I thought it was a cafe shop. Is this museum related to the museum that used to be located at Sengen Shrine? As an outsider, I don't know if there is one or not, but this museum is certainly large, new, and state-of-the-art. The previous museum may have been small, old, and dilapidated, but I think it was better in terms of displaying authentic historical materials. This is just my personal opinion. Not bad.

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伊藤郁明 3 months ago

It is located in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, northwest of JR Shizuoka Station and southeast of Sunpu Castle. It is relatively close to Shizuoka Railway Shin-Shizuoka Station. The building is large, and the floors have plenty of room both vertically and horizontally in many places. It hasn't been that long since it was built, so the inside and outside of the building is still clean. There are several exhibits as soon as you enter the entrance, but the first floor is dominated by the remains of the road, and there is a ticket sales counter next to it. The main exhibition rooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Go up the long slope and show your ticket near the entrance to the exhibition area to enter each exhibition room. As it is a local area, there are overwhelmingly many exhibits related to Tokugawa Ieyasu. The restored armor and other exhibits were very interesting to see, including explanations of the manufacturing process. Unfortunately, the restored telescope exhibit does not have a lens. The exhibits on foreign trade and explanations of the region were very interesting as they had equipment that I had never seen before, including various videos. I think parking lots, bicycle parking lots, etc. will be similar to surrounding facilities.

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Pamu Suu 4 months ago

It is more of a Tokugawa Ieyasu Memorial Museum than a history museum in Shizuoka City. The road remains on the 1st floor are surprising, but the paid exhibits on the 2nd floor are filled with trendy displays such as projection mapping, which are a bit of a surprise. Most of the exhibits are replicas and there are not many of them, which is not enough for museum lovers. It looks like a learning facility for children. There's a mysterious ban on photography and the staff members speak too fast to understand what they're saying. I didn't know there was an affiliated parking lot, so when I checked the website later, there was a banner all the way down. lol Since there is no parking lot, I would like to be informed about such services in an easy-to-understand manner.