江東区芭蕉記念館Basho Memorial Hall
The Koto City Basho Memorial Museum is a facility established to contribute to the cultural enrichment of ward residents by collecting and exhibiting materials related to Basho and promoting literary activities such as haiku. Koto City is a place associated with Matsuo Basho, who left great achievements in the literary history of our country. In addition to viewing various materials related to haiku literature, starting with Matsuo Basho, donated by the venerable Giju Manabe and others, the museum also serves as a hub for literary activities, equipped with a conference room and a training room. Closed on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Open on public holidays, closed the following day. There are also temporary closures for exhibit changes and for insecticide treatment and fumigation of materials. During the year-end and New Year holidays, it's closed from December 29 to January 1. This museum has no elevator…
- 1 Chome-6-3 Tokiwa, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0006, Japan
Today · 9:30 am–5 pm
- Wednesday: 9:30 am–5 pm
- Thursday: 9:30 am–5 pm
- Friday: 9:30 am–5 pm
- Saturday: 9:30 am–5 pm
- Sunday: 9:30 am–5 pm
- Monday: 9:30 am–5 pm
- Tuesday: Closed
- +81 3-3631-1448
- kcf.or.jp
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Great place to experience the tranquility beside the Sumida River. If you like haiku, don't forget to take an empty postcard beside the frog frame photos and stamp the first checkpoint there. The ticket was only 200 Yen per person. You can collect full stamp by visiting floor 2 and 3. Let me show you the full photos in this review. Also, I went there when the special exhibition was displayed. So, I couldn't take the photos. After you finished, you could buy merchandise and take a little walk to the Basho Heritage Garden via the museum back door. But beware, in the winter season, the wind is freezing cold. Hahaha. Enjoy haiga!
View on GoogleQuaint local museum, very well kept and easy to find. Equipped with English pamphlets and maps for all the local areas sights and a 6 part stamp card picture to assemble (each part on 3 different floors). Staff were very friendly and helpful, QR codes for English Info and audio tour
View on GoogleWent during Haiga Exhibition, so there was some art to go with the haiku. There is a video (about 25 minutes?) with English subtitles and an English pamphlet, but not much else if you don't read Japanese.
View on GoogleA museum narrowly focused on the life and writings of a cherished original haiku poet. Minimal information in English. There appears to be tremendous cultural and religious significance attached to his Haiku poems...but something is lost in translation.
View on GoogleThis museum is very small. The Exhibition is about a very famous "haikuist," Matsuo Basho.
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