A local museum but I wasn't sure where the front door was, and whether it was even open when I visited.

Functionally, I think its purpose is to serve as a storehouse, but making the interior visible and using it as an exhibition space (museum) is a wonderful way to run it. Also, each exhibited (stored) item comes with a detailed explanation, which makes for a satisfying read. Unveiling them only on special days isn't bad either, but I think it's also good to make them feel familiar by having them visible on a regular basis. To pass valuable cultural assets on to future generations, proper management is a basic prerequisite, but I think it's also important for people to keep passing on their stories. Even if the objects remain, without records or memories about them, they end up being handled carelessly. I hope initiatives like this keep spreading.

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Mikoshi and other items used in the traditional festival handed down in Tsukuda—an area that retains its Edo atmosphere amid a cityscape lined with high-rise apartments—are on display.

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Once you cross Tsukuda Kobashi Bridge, with its vermilion railings that serve as the symbol of Tsukuda, the street gets noticeably wider. This is where the Bon dance is held every summer. At the end of that street is the Tsukuda Machikado Exhibition Hall. On display is a large senkan mikoshi. The doors are closed and you view it through the glass, but the senkan mikoshi is overwhelmingly large. To the right of the exhibition hall stands a stone monument to the Tsukudajima Ferry. From the Edo period until Tsukuda Ohashi Bridge was built, ferry boats went back and forth across the Sumida River. On top of that, there's plenty to see in Tsukuda: long-established shops selling tsukudani, which is known to have its roots here, Sumiyoshi Shrine, the town's guardian shrine, and charming rows of houses that escaped wartime damage.

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A senkan mikoshi is on display. You can't go inside, but since it's glass-walled, you can see it from outside. Old maps and old photos are also on display, so you can see those too.

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