Visitor’s Information

Adult… 2000yen/Child of fifteen and under...700yenYou may enjoy the museum(and planetarium) any number of times for one year from the purchase. If you request, send a museum letter to you for one year.（Domestic shipment only）

Show Times for Planetarium

＊You can't enter in the planetarium after started show, Please enter as early as possible.

KATSUSHIKA CITY MUSEUM3-25-1 Shiratori, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-0063, JAPANPhone +81-3-3838-1101 / FAX +81-3-5680-0849http://www.museum.city.katsushika.lg.jp/

Train

B u s

8 minits walk from Ohanajaya station(KS08),Keisei line25 minits walk from Kameari station(JB07), JR Joban line / Subway Chiyoda line

there are limited numbers of a car park, Please use train or bus.

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Access

　 3 minits walk from "Shiratori Wakaba Park" bus stop　 (Rainbow Katsushika 有71・有72 or Keisei Town Bus 有70)

　 5 minits walk from "Kamichiba Shogakko" bus stop　 (Keisei Town Bus 有57)

　 5 minits walk from "Kyoei Gakuen" bus stop　 (Keisei Town Bus 有57)

Open

Close

Fee

( ) Indicate prices for those in groups of 20 or more.

Adult… 350 (280) yen/Child (6-15years)… 100 (80) yen/little child… 50 (40) yen*Free admission on Saturday for children under 15years.*Persons with disability and two person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.*Free admission on May 5 and November 3.

　 　　　 ( ) Indicate prices for those in groups of 20 or more.

Adult… 100 (80) yen/Child (6-15years)… 50 (40) yen/little child…Free

Mondays(except Holidays)/2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month (If it is Holiday,the museum is open the day and closed the following day instead.)/Year-end holidays(December 28-January 4, except January2,3)

9:00-17:00 (On Fryday and Saturday except holiday, open until 21:00) (Last entry 30 minutes before closing)

Floor Guide KATSUSHIKACITY MUSEUM

Visitor’s Guide

Weekdays

Saturday

Sunday & Holidays

Weekdays duringSchool Vacation

11:30 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30

Kids Show

Kids Show

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Encore Hour

Encore Hour

Encore Hour

school and group reservation only

Seasonal Show

Seasonal Show

Seasonal Show

Seasonal Show

Seasonal Show

Seasonal Show

Seasonal Show

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Encore Hour

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(Tuesday-Friday)

(Revival Show)

(Revival Show)

(Revival Show)

(Revival Show)

Admission

Planetarium

Annual Passport

Planetarium closed for reopen after renovating.August 18, 2017 to August 19, 2017

Diner Restaurnt

Post Office

Hikifune RiverWater Park

JR lineKameari Sta.

Narita

Matsudo

Hikifune 13th Bridge

Convenience Store

Keisei lineOhanajaya Sta.

Kitasenjyu

Katsushika City Museum

Nippori

Kyoei Junior&SeniorHigh SchoolBicycle Parking

Parking

Astronomicalfloor

Planetarium

Water andKatsushika

History of Katsushika

Life in Katsushika

Water andKatsushika

History of Katsushika

Life in Katsushika

Special or Plannedexhibitions room

Reference corner(Library)

Lecture hall

EntranceEntrance

Astronomicalexhibition room

AstronomicalObservatory

ExperientialLearning room

Localexhibition room

5F

3F

2F

1F

Localfloor

Bicycle Parking

Parking

Hall

Bicycle ParkingBicycle Parking

Information desk

Baby crib Baby chair Baby changing (1F. Women's Restrooms) (1F. Accessible toilet) (2F. Accessible toilet)

Elevators

Baby feeding

Men’s RestroomsWomen’s Restrooms

StoreVending machine

PC for viewingHP of the museum Copy machine

Accessible toilets

Benches

Drinking water coolers

Coin lockers

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Various Activitiesof Museum

Once you step into our museum, your exciting journey will start.

In the exhibition hall of local history, you will learn the history and culture of Katsushika. We have three themes --- the Water and Katsushika, the History of Katsushika, and the Life in Katsushika. You will travel to the 1950's Katsushika and experience the life of that era.

You will also visit the world of the stars.In the planetarium theater you can enjoy a starry sky which you can not see in the city nowadays. The very latest planetarium system takes you to various places exceeding time and space --- to the sky of the past, to the future, even to the face of the planet not yet explored.

You are about to start your travel.

Enjoy your journey in our museum.

Enjoy our original shows with live presentation

in our cutting edge planetarium.

Through a large telescope, let's observethe universe from Katsushika.

Katsushika city is a surrounded area inmany rivers. So culture and life here

are also related to a river.

There is an ancient burial mound in Katsushika city. There was also a castle that samurai (warri- ors) constructed.

In late modern period, Katsushika city were changing from an agricultural district into a city.

The reconstruction of a typical house in the 50'sModern industrialization (1945-) drastically changed people's lives in Tokyo. From the 50's, home appliances became popular.

Kasai-Bune (Kasai boat) Scale:one-half

From the middle of the Edo period (18C-), the farmers made good use of feces as a fertilizer in Japan. The human feces were brought to Katsushika from Edo (capital of Tokugawa goverment) by Kasai boats. Thanks to them, people could produce delicious vegetables at Katsushika.

Artifacts from Kasai- jo (Kasai Castle)Period : unknown- 1590K a s a i c a s t l e w a s a n important base in Sengoku period (15-16c). We excavated for investigation and found many relics.

Haniwa (terracotta clay figures)These burial goods are found from an ancient burial mound built in the 6th cen- tury.

Nikon 25cm coude focus refractor telescopeYou can enjoy Night Sky Tour with this telescope every Friday and Saturday eve- ning (19:30-20:30).

There are astronomical display -the display whichi shows phase of the moon, orbital motion of the planets in the solar system, constel lat ions of the four seasons.You can observe real- time images of solar te lescope in many wavelengths.

Our planetarium has a 18m diameter, 15 digree-tilted dome with 165 seats, and is equipped with a Konika Minolta Model "Geministar III Katsushika". It is a hyblid system of optilcal planetarium and digital planetarium.

Planetarium Observatory

Waterand Katsushika

Histo ryof Katsu shika

Lifein Katsushika

Astrono micalExhibitio n Hall

The present sun obse- rved from solar telescope, meteorites , solar system..... Explore the world of astronomy.

Planetarium closed for reopen after renovating.August 18, 2017 to August 19, 2017