Electricity Museum Nagoya
Electricity Museum Nagoya in Fushimi is an educational and fun visit for parents with young children. It has dioramas and hands-on equipment on electricity.
Electricity Museum Nagoya でんきの科学館
Nagoya's Electricity Museum in Fushimi in the center of the city is an educational and fun visit especially for parents with young children.
Exhibits
The four-story modern building, maintained by Chubu Electric Power Company, has dioramas and hands-on equipment on all aspects of electricity: its production, transport and use. Kids (and their parents) can learn about the pioneers behind the development of electrical power including Thomas Edison and Alessandro Volta.
Leonardo da Vinci wall panel
The Ohm Theater has a large screen with interactive games and quizzes for the audience. Tours can be arranged in English if you reserve one week in advance.
There are similar museums dedicated to electricity in Japan and run by the regional electricity generating companies, including the TEPCO Electric Energy Museum in Shibuya (closed after the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima).
Exterior of the museum
Access - Getting There
Electricity Museum (www.chuden.co.jp/e-museum)
Sakae 2-2-5
Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0008
Tel: 052 201 1026
Hours: 9.30 am - 5.30 pm; closed Monday
Admission: Free
The museum is a short walk from Fushimi Station on the Tsurumai (blue) and Higashiyama (yellow) subway lines. Take Exit #4 from Fushimi Station. The tourist loop bus stops nearby at Hirokoji-hommachi.
The museum is close to the Nagoya City Science Museum and Nagoya City Art Museum both of which are in nearby Shirakawa Park.
Nagoya Loop Bus outside the museum in Fushimi, Nagoya
