Back to explore
nubobo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Railway Museum (Omiya)
鉄道博物館Saitama · Kanto
The Railway Museum in Omiya is a large indoor museum of Japanese railway history operated by the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Its main hall holds dozens of preserved locomotives and carriages, from Meiji-era steam engines to early Shinkansen cars, arranged around a working turntable, with further floors on rolling-stock engineering, signalling and railway operations. Driving simulators and a miniature train circuit can be booked, and the museum has its own station on the New Shuttle line from Omiya.
- Crowd level
- Popular
- Rating
- 4.5· 18,568 reviews
- Opening hours
- Daily 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Admission
- Same-day tickets: adults 1,600 yen, elementary to high school students 600 yen, preschool children aged 3 and over 300 yen. Tickets bought in advance cost 1,500, 500 and 200 yen.
- Nearest station
- Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station · 2 min walk
- Website
- railway-museum.jp
Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.
Today
10:00–17:00Stored weekly hours
Daily 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
How to get there
From Tokyo Station · ~48 min by car
Tags
museumrailwayindoorfamily-friendlyrainy day
Location
More in Kanto
Continue exploring
Your turn
Plan a trip like this — free
Built from 2,650+ verified hidden places — real routes, ferries, and events matched to your dates. Yours takes about a minute.
No credit card, plan your first trip now!