Tokyo
Travel
2020.02.13
At the Police Museum and Police Museum in Kyobashi, you can learn about the police from a variety of things, such as introducing the history of the Japanese police, searching for large-scale incidents from the past, and conducting actual investigations.
What kind of things, such as the police who are longing for children, the police who always keep our safety, mystery movies that both adults and children like, the investigation and fingerprint collection that appeared in criminal dramas If you come to the Police Museum, you can experience everything. Only one truth！
Want to experience the police life all day long? ! It is a place that can be enjoyed even on cold winters and rainy days.
The whole building is a 6-storey building, with each exhibit on each floor
Police Museum
| Phone: | 03-3581-4321 |
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| Opening hours: | 9:30-17:00 |
| Closed: | Mondays (the next day if a national holiday falls), New Year’s holidays (December 28 to January 4) |
| Admission fee: | Free |
Traffic access:
・Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Kyobashi Station (about 2 minutes on foot from Exit 2)
・Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Hibiya Line, Marunouchi Line Ginza Station (6 minutes on foot from Exit A13)
・Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Ginza-itchome Station (about 4 minutes on foot from Exit 7)
・Toei Asakusa Line Takaracho Station (about 5 minutes on foot from Exit A4)
・JR Yurakucho Station (about 7 minutes on foot from Kyobashi Exit)
・JR Tokyo Station (about a 10 minute walk from Yaesu South Exit)
When you enter the entrance, the first thing you’ll see is a cool police car, white motorcycle, helicopter, etc.
We also have uniforms for children, so change the uniforms of police and members, and experience a real helicopter and white bike! Let’s taste the real policeman!
If you feel like a police officer on the first floor, proceed to the second floor and you will be on the floor that “protects people and the city together.” Here you can learn about the most common incidents in the city. Remember where criminals are likely to hide from the entire town with a large model and think about what you should do to protect yourself.
You can also call 110 at the experience corner, and if you call 110 yourself, you will learn how to tell it well.
The third floor is the power to solve incidents and accidents. On this floor, various experience corners are set up. For example, you can actually experience the police box work that you often see in the police box experience.In addition, you can solve the case like a detective while taking various tools and notes, such as fingerprint collection and checkup experience. This floor is for adults to enjoy thinking with their children.
Protecting the capital. Police Agency now and in the future. Here, the introduction of the various departments of the Metropolitan Police Department allows children to learn that police also have their own jobs. Introduces police dog training at the mini theater and introduces the story of police and police dogs.
Police history with the times. This floor introduces the history of the Japanese police and displays actual police uniforms. Also, past cases can be searched. If there are any worrisome cases, such as the Salin case, 300 million unresolved cases, and the 311 Great East Japan Earthquake, why don’t you search by panel search?!
Event hall. The police also have various hobbies, such as calligraphy, and this floor will be the floor where special exhibitions on various themes will be held.
Notes：
＊Prohibition of eating and drinking in the building
＊No lockers installed
＊Photos can be taken from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor, but photography is prohibited on the 4th and 5th floors due to the presence of historic exhibits.
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