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Row House
9 NEED TO KNOW
Tenement
Today’s living conditions MAP H3 • 1-4-1
in Tokyo may be a little Yokoami, Sumida-ku
• 3626-9974 • www.
cramped, but during the
Edo period townspeople edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp
• Ryogoku, Toei Oedo
had to make do with
incon ceivably small subway, JR Sobu line
homes (left). An example Open 9:30am–5:30pm
of a typical tenement row Tue–Sun (to 7:30pm Sat)
house from this era can and public holidays
be viewed on the fifth Adm
floor of the museum.
• A small, refundable
deposit is required for
borrowing earphones
that provide audio
commentary.
• Volunteer guides
are available for tours
in English, French,
German, Spanish,
Chinese, and Korean.
Call the museum
at least 2 weeks in
advance to reserve
a guide.
• The Japanese
restaurant-café
Sakura-Saryo on the
seventh floor serves
modern takes on
Edo-period recipes
Museum Guide
Ticket counters are on
the first floor beneath
the main build ing, and
outside on the third-
floor terrace to the left
of the main building.
An escalator takes
visitors up to the
permanent exhibitions on
the fifth and sixth floors.
The sixth floor focuses
on the Edo-period city,
and the fifth floor
explores Edo’s later years
Woodblock
Kabuki
8 0 and transition to Tokyo.
Theater
Printing
Descend to the first floor
This superb replica of Re-creations of a printing for special exhi bitions
the Nakamura-za Kabuki shop and Edo-era book- and the impres sive
theater recreates stage store on the fifth floor are museum store.
scenes from the mid-17th complemented by display There is also a Sumida
century, animated by life- cases containing printing Ward souvenir store
size models (above) of equip ment, books, and featuring local crafts.
all-male actors. woodblock prints.

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