Folk Museum
The museum exhibits local materials of Ota City and permanently exhibits “Magome Writers’ Village”; it organizes various events such as special exhibitions and hands-on experience workshops.
Address
5 Chome-11-13 Minami-Magome
Access
About an 8-minute walk from Nishi-magome Station of Toei Asakusa Line, about a 2-minute walk from “Manpukuji-mae” bus stop of Tokyu Bus for “Ebaramachi Station Entrance” from Sanno Exit of Omori Station of JR Keihin Tohoku Line
Closed
Mondays (open when it falls on a holiday), New Year holidays, temporary closures for exhibit change, etc.
Kumagai Tsuneko Memorial Museum
Tsuneko Kumagai is known as the first modern female kana calligrapher. The museum exhibits her works and other materials such as former study and mementoes.
Address
4 Chome-5-15 Minami-Magome
Access
About a 10-minute walk from Nishi-magome Station of Toei Asakusa Line, about a 5-minute walk from “Manpukuji-mae” bus stop of Tokyu Bus for “Ebaramachi Station Entrance” from Sanno Exit of Omori Station of JR Keihin Tohoku Line
Hours
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (entrance closes at 4:00 p.m.)
Closed
Mondays (following day when it falls on a holiday), New Year holidays, temporary closures for exhibit change, etc.
Admission fee
Adults (aged 16 or older) 100 yen, children (aged 6 or older) 50 yen. Children under 5 and senior over 65 are free.
Ryushi Memorial Museum
It is the museum of Ryushi Kawabata, a great master of Japanese painting. The hall was designed by himself, and his former residence, atelier, and garden (Ryushi Park) are also open to the public (Limited hours).
Access
About a 2-minute walk from “Usuda Sakashita” bus stop of Tokyu Bus for “Ebaramachi Station Entrance” from Omori Station Sanno Exit of JR Keihin Tohoku Line, about a 15-minute walk from Nishi-magome Station of Toei Asakusa Line
Hours
9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (entrance closes at 4:00 p.m.)
Closed
Monday (following day when it falls on a holiday), New Year holidays, temporary closures for exhibit change, etc.
Admission fee
Adults (aged 16 or older) 200 yen, children (aged 6 or older) 100 yen. Children under 5 and seniors over 65 are free.
(Group of 20 and more: adults 160 yen, children 80 yen. Fees to be determined for each special exhibition)
Sanno Sodo Memorial Museum
Soho Tokutomi is a publisher of Kokumin no Tomo, Japan’s first general-interest magazine. The entrance and second-floor study of his former residence are preserved, and his manuscripts, letters, and other materials are exhibited.
Address
1 Chome-41-21 Sanno (In the Soho Park)
Access
About a 15-minute walk from Omori Station of JR Keihin Tohoku Line, about a 5-minute walk from “Magome Ginza” bus stop of Tokyu Bus from Omori Station West Exit of JR Keihin Tohoku Line or Magome Station of Toei Asakusa Line
Hours
9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (entrance closes at 4:00 p.m.)
Closed
New Year holidays, temporary closures
Shiro Ozaki Memorial Museum
Shiro Ozaki is famous for his works such as Jinsei Gekijo. He was one of the leading figures in the Magome Writers’ Village and lived almost whole of his writing life in Ota City.
His study was reproduced in his former residence site where he lived to the very end of his life.
A site tour with a curator is offered from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. on the first Saturday every month. No reservation required. Meet at the hall during the designated time.
Address
1 Chome-36-26 Sanno
Access
About a 10-minute walk from Omori Station of JR Keihin Tohoku Line, about a 3-minute walk from “Sanno 2-chome” bus stop of Tokyu Bus from Omori Station of JR Keihin Tohoku Line or Magome Station of Toei Asakusa Line
TEL
03-3772-0680（Ota City Ryushi Memorial Museum）
No entry allowed in the building. Visitors can look into the exhibits from the garden with benches and a rest room.
Closed
New Year holidays, temporary closures
APRICO Art Gallery
The gallery exhibits drawings under annual themes, such as by “motif” or “artist.”
Visitors can enjoy various drawings since the exhibits are seasonally changed.
Address
5 Chome-37-3 Kamata Ota City Residents Hall (Aprico) B1
Access
About a 3-minute walk from Kamata Station of JR Keihin Tohoku Line, about a 7-minute walk from Kamata Station of Keikyu Main Line, near the last stop of Keikyu Bus for Kamata Station from Tokyo International Airport
Hours
9:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.
Closed
New Year holidays, temporary closures
Tamagawadai Park Kofun Tomb Exhibition Room
Tamagawadai Park has a cluster of Kofun tombs, such as government-designated historic site “Kamenokoyama Kofun” and Tokyo-designated historic site “Horaisan Kofun” and “Tamagawadai Kofun-gun,” with the exhibition room offering comprehensive explanation about the Kofun tombs in the area of Den-enchofu.
Address
1 Chome-63-1 Den-enchofu
Access
About a 5-minute walk from Tamagawa Station of Tokyu Toyoko Line, Tamagawa Line, and Meguro Line
Hours
9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (entrance closes at 4:00 p.m.)
Closed
Monday (open when it falls on a holiday), New Year holidays, temporary closures
Omori Nori-no-furusato Museum
It is Japan’s only museum devoting to nori (seaweed lavers). Visitors can learn the history and techniques of nori making in Omori area that has been flourished with the nori industry since the Edo period.
Valuable exhibits, such as nori boats and tools, are nationally designated as important tangible folk-cultural properties.
Nori made in Omori is well known as a local specialty, and it was reportedly used as a gift to the shogunate in the Edo period.
It organizes hands-on experience events and sells nori products inside.
Address
2-2 Heiwanomori-Koen
Access
About a 15-minute walk from Heiwajima Station of Keikyu Main Line
Hours
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. from June to August)
Closed
Third Monday (following day when if falls on a holiday), New Year holidays
Showanokurashi Museum
The museum shows the life of the people in general in Showa using a former private residence built in 1951.
Address
2 Chome-26-19 Minami-Kugahara
Access
About an 8-minute walk from Kugahara Station of Tokyu Ikegami Line, about an 8-minute walk from Shimomaruko Station of Tokyu Tamagawa Line
Hours
10:00 am.–5:00 p.m. (entrance closes at 4:30 p.m.)
Closed
Monday to Thursday, early September, New Year holidays, temporary closures
Admission fee
Adults 500 yen, children below high school age 300 yen
Takasago Collection
It is a gallery at the 17th floor of Aroma Square where TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION has headquarters.
It exhibits the valuable cultural assets possessed by the company, such as the incense burners made by the designated Living National Treasures and the balm and incense bottles from all over the world.
Address
5 Chome-37-1 Kamata, Nissay Aroma Square 17F
Access
a 3-minute walk from Kamata Station of JR Keihin Tohoku Line, a 7-minute walk from Kamata Station of Keikyu Main Line, near the last stop of Keikyu Bus for Kamata Station from Tokyo International Airport
Hours
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (entrance closes at 4:30 p.m.)
Closed
Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, New Year holidays, temporary closures
(Note) Reservation required for a group of 10 or more
Sumi Gallery
Masudaya, a general trading firm of sumi (charcoal), has the gallery to disseminate a new sumi culture. It exhibits various sumi products, including Binchotan, leading-edge products, sumi for tea ceremony, and hibachi (charcoal brazier).
Address
2 Chome-5-3 Minami-Kugahara, Masudaya Co., Ltd.
Access
About a 1-minute walk from Kugahara Station of Tokyu Ikegami Line
Closed
Sunday, national holidays, New Year holidays, temporary closures
Music Jacket Gallery
The gallery operated by Kinyosha Printing Co., Ltd. exhibits 120 LPs on flat display shelves and 12 special packages in cubic display stands, including valuable LPs and CDs. Themes are changed every three months.
Address
2 Chome-8-4 Unoki, Kinyosha Printing Co., Ltd.
Access
a 3-minute walk from Unoki Station of Tokyu Tamagawa Line
Hours
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Online reservation required. Confirm opening days at the website.
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Kenji Igarashi Memorial Dry Cleaning & Laundry Museum
Kenji Igarashi is a founder of Hakuyosha and a pioneer of dry cleaning in Japan. The library exhibits his mementoes and books, and visitors can learn the history of the cleaning industry.
Address
2 Chome-11-8 Shimo-Maruko, Hakuyosha Honsha Building 1F
TEL
03-5732-5111（Main number）
Hours
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Closed
Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, New Year holidays, temporary closures
Access
About a 10-minute walk from Shimomaruko Station of Tokyu Tamagawa Line
Ikegami Honmonji Temple Reihoden (Sacred Treasure House)
The treasures brought to Ikegami Honmonji Temple are open to the public, including “Kabutogi Collection,” research materials about the Lotus Sutra collected by Shōkō Kabutogi.
Address
1 Chome-1-1 Ikegami
Access
About a 10-minute walk from Ikegami Station of Tokyu Ikegami Line, about 12-minute’ walk from Nishi-magome Station of Toei Asakusa Line
Hours
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (open only on Sunday with temporary closures)
Admission fee
Adults 300 yen, children 200 yen (separately charged for special exhibitions)
ART FACTORY JONANJIMA
It is an art & culture promotion facility operated by TOYOKO INN Co., Ltd.
The renovated building of former warehouse in Jonanjima has an art exhibition space and studios (atelier) for artists.
Access
3min. walk from the “Jonanjima 2chome (城南島二丁目) bus stop of Keikyu bus “Mori 32 keitou Jonanjima Loop （森32系統（城南島循環）”. The bus stops at JR Keihin-tohoku line Omori sta., Keikyu line Omori-kaigan sta. and Heiwajima sta. and Tokyo monorail Ryutsu-center sta.
Service hours
11am to 7pm on weekdays, 11am to 5pm on Sat., Sun. and public holidays
※Admission is until 30 min before closure time
※Each exhibition or event has its own opening time so as the studio’s.
Holidays
New year and other occasional holidays
Admission fees
Free of charge
※Note that there may be exhibitions and events requiring fees.
Website of ART FACTORY JONANJIMA
