One of the best little museums I've been to. Free and very informative as I was given a free audio guide. Superb items on display.

The museum is a bit difficult to find, because it is on the 33rd floor of a huge building full of shops, restaurants and offices. However, it is well worth the search. It's completely free, even the audioguide, and everything can be read in English thanks to QR codes. In a visit of about one hour, you learn about the struggles and lives of the japanese prisoners in Siberia after ww2. I recommend the museum to everyone interested in history.

This has been a great learning and definitely enriched our Tokio trip. First of all we were surprised that there was no charge at all- no tickets for entry to audio guide. The staff and the older security man were very lovely, he was explaining us some exhibits and it was really a wonderful experience to interact with this knowledgeable man. He was proud of his country and seemed happy we wanted to learn about it. We felt super welcomed and learned so much. I recommend visiting this museum to anyone who’s coming to Tokyo.

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Great museum about Japanese soldiers being stranded in the countries they terrorized after losing WW2. It was insightful to see their perspective and their struggle to get back to Japan. It is free and headsets are available to listen in English and other languages. As is the custom in Japan, the staff are kind and helpful.

We found out about the museum through our hotel. Coincidentally, I grew up in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where some of the buildings characteristics of its centre where built by Japanese war prisoners. It was quite interesting to find out about life and fate of the prisoners, much of which reminded a plight of Gulag prisoners out of USSR’s own citizens, such as my grand father. It’s a very informative museum containing a wide range of artifacts. However, the museum doesn’t acknowledge or appears to be even half apologetic about the very circumstances why Japanese troops ended up in the Soviet Union in the first place.