Takayama Showakan

Farah Mahardika 2 months ago

A small but interesting museum. You don’t have to live in the Showa period to really inmerse in the museum. It has lots of fun and interactive elements, good for kids! Items and exhibits were in a good condition, some are still functioning. I really enjoy my visit, but the movie theatre is a little bit unsettling when I enter by myself lol. Worth the ¥1,000 entrance fee!

Maya Fey 2 months ago

The front area is a cute little toy/candy shop you can enter for free, while the back is the museum proper. They offer a 200 JPY discount if you follow the museum account on Tiktok or Instagram. The museum area itself is small, but it's absolutely full of stuff! There are so many different rooms (living room, game room, classroom, barber shop, slot machine shop, cinema, music shop, and so on!) all capturing that Showa era vibe. There are so many trinkets on display too. There's even a room with a collection of various camera models. You can interact with some elements, like entering a phone booth and playing with the slot machines. On the second floor, there's a working famicom with Super Mario Bros that you can play with. Really enjoyed this place :)

Sam Liew 4 months ago

A unique museum that showcases the Japanese lifestyle during the Showa period (1920s-1980s). The museum has a huge collection of cultural artefacts that you can relate to, if you are born and grow up during those period of times, and has in contact with those items one way or another. It offers retro interactive experiences such as video games, pinball machines & etc. One can spend hours here if you want to get nostalgic feelings of the old times, like walking back in the old street of everyday Japan. Absolutely recommended 👍🏼

Thomas Delemarre 5 months ago

Fantastic museum in the center of Takayama that takes you back to the 60's, 70's and 80's Japan. Lots of items from those periods to see and there are even some interactive parts in the museum as well. You can play on old pachinco and slots machines, you can play old video games and even do a dress up party. If you're in Takayama this is a must see and do museum. Entrance fee is small and a visit worthwhile!

iris soh 10 months ago

It's worth every penny. Be prepared to spend hours in there look at all the details and experience what life is like back in the days. The old candy shop when you walk in is free, you pay a ticket to go into the museum. If you don't have time, just a visit to the Cady shop is good too. Experience picking out small, cheap snacks like a little kid in Japan. I absolutely love this place, the feeling of this place, the beauty, all the old items you can touch and play with. It's like you walked into a movie or an actual street of old Japan.