Edo-tokyo Museum

The Edo-tokyo museum shouldn't be an hour waster. Japanese culture has its lifestyle are examined and there's look at the growth of commerce and industry. The exhibition is housed on the fifth and sixth floors are divided into zones. The Edo Zone focuses on the 15th to mid 19th century, while the tokyo zone looks at the mid 19th century onwards. Edo castle has been reconstructed together with the city's Nihonbashi Bridge area and some typical houses. The life-style reconstructin of the Kabuki Theatre is particularly beautiful. Built in 1890 by the Mitsubishi company, the officers were designated to look like those of Lombard street in London. "Moral Education for Women" is a title find amonst the many schoolbooks on display. At the Tokyo zone and western influences begin to creep in Have a look at the model of "ItchoRondon", or in English, "London Town". The exhibits shows the washing machines, television sets, hoovers and a modern house, with western style furniture. The miniature working model of a Kabuki theatre demonstrating the hidden secrets of the stage, various industries are also examined advertising and publishing, importing and travel and tourism.