I think admission was 5 or 600 yen and I spent about an hour and a half here. Barely anything was in English, but I still watched their two 30 minute short films in the theater and looked at the exhibits. It was a very organized collection. I did get a cool book at the the souvenir shop/cafe and plan to read the tale of Genji eventually 2026/03/24

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Slight walk from the city centre area. Text description mostly in Japanese but there is audio guide available. There is also short film inside

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This museum was a pleasant surprise! We needed to get out of the rain for a bit and it was near where we were at. So we decided to check it out. We watched two of the short movies and they were very interesting telling the tell of Genji. Even my son enjoyed it. It is a small museum so definitely watch the movies. There were translation devices available.

I am a Japanese history and literature buff so I really enjoyed this museum; my friend who really doesn't know much about either of those things also enjoyed this museum. English options are available on the interactive screens. Information on the tale of Genji and also aristocratic life in the court during the Heian era. There was a sniff station where you can smell the various ingredients that go into incense, and also an incense stamp exhibit. It's a relatively small museum, if you don't get completely sidetracked in the Tale of Genji Library 😁 (all in Japanese, an astonishing selection of books about Tale of Genji and the Heian era ) you can probably finish it in about an hour.

Really surprised by the quality of the exhibits. There are immersive activities, a film to watch about the tale, incense ingredient smelling and a smart tablet audio guide for different languages. We left feeling like we could view Uji differently after the visit.

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