Miraikan Museum
The Miraikan Museum opened in 2001 and is run by former astronaut Mamoru Mori. He works in Odaiba in Tokyo and serves as confirmation that Japan is traditionally famous for its technical achievements, innovations, and advanced technologies. Tokyo really is a place where you can see all the best developments of Japanese scientists and once again be convinced of Japan's leadership.
Brief description
The name of the Miraikan Museum means “Museum of the Future”, it is very difficult not to notice it. This is a grandiose six-story building that looks like an alien station. Each of the six floors will provide answers to many questions from young and adult visitors. The most famous exhibit of the Miraikan Museum is a humanoid robot that speaks fluent Japanese, plays football and even climbs stairs.
In addition, the visitor can model an ideal future for himself and his descendants. During the interactive game you can see what kind of planet our descendants will have in 50 years. Here you can see continuous direct data from seismometers located throughout Japan. Thus, the Japanese and visitors can see that the country is constantly experiencing small earthquakes.
Features of the Miraikan Museum
In an unusually spectacular domed hall, there is a demonstration of various cataclysms that civilization has faced throughout its history. It could be a tsunami, a volcanic eruption, a pandemic or a nuclear war. Exposure allows you to find out the essence of the problem and helps you learn how to find a way out in any situation. The unique spherical display is an interactive model of the globe. Cloud movements captured from satellites reveal an ever-changing Earth. Visitors to the Miraikan Museum seem to be watching it from space, as if they were astronauts. The panel also displays the weather, ocean water temperature, changes in the state of vegetation, as well as scientific and socio-economic processes. During the pandemic, the display showed data related to COVID 19.
Information for visitors
You can visit the Miraikan Museum without a guide. Almost everything in the museum can be turned on, touched and viewed from all angles. In each room there are specialists who will help and explain every question; everywhere there are signs, photographs and illustrations telling about new products and developments, including in English. It is recommended to allocate at least 2-3 hours to visit the museum.
The museum is open every day from 10:00 to 18:00. The ticket price is inexpensive; children under 18 years old receive a discount. On holidays, visitors are allowed into the museum absolutely free. On Saturdays, children, interpreters and accompanying persons also have the right to free entry, but in some of the halls you will have to buy an additional ticket. There is a restaurant on the top floor of the building where you can have a snack and relax.
