Gas Science Museum Tokyo
Tokyo Museums: Gas Science Museum
Gas Science Museum ガスの科学館
The Gas Science Museum (Gas no Kagakukan in Japanese) in Toyosu, Tokyo is a child-friendly, hands-on, free museum popular with families at the weekends and organized elementary school groups during the week.
Gas Science Museum Exhibits
The Gas Science Museum is definitely aimed at younger children, those of elementary school age, and might not be of interest to junior or high school students, though adults can certainly be entertained.
The spacious lobby has a fun demonstration of a hot air balloon which rises up to the ceiling every so often powered by the gas burners underneath. The rest of the first floor has a series of hands-on exhibits geared to keep your kids hooked on gas for an hour or two at least. At regular intervals there are interactive science quizzes in the auditorium lead by a teacher.
The second floor is dedicated to energy and heat and lets your kids experience cooking by gas on large computer screens. Flip the computer-generated frying pan to cook up some tasty fried noodles.
Gas Science Museum, Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan
Hot Air Balloon, Gas Science Museum, Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan
Take the elevator to the roof garden where there are fantastic views from the lawn out over Tokyo Bay, over to the Lalaport shopping mall and even as far as the new Tsukiji Market close to Shin-Toyosu Station on the Yurikamome Line.
For a complete child-friendly day, combine your trip to the Gas Science Museum in Toyosu with an extended stay at Kidzania, where you can prepare your offspring for the challenging world of adult work ahead, located on the 3rd floor inside the vast Lalaport shopping mall, one of Tokyo's largest shopping malls.
Lalaport is choc-a-bloc with restaurants, cafes, fast food joints, brand stores and amusements and only a short walk from the Gas Science Museum, across the pleasant seaside Toyosu Park.
Gas Science Museum, Toyosu, Tokyo
Hands-on Exhibits, Gas Science Museum Shop, Toyosu, Tokyo
Gas Science Museum Access
Gas Science Museum
6-1-1 Toyosu
Koto-ku
Tokyo 135-0061
Tel: 03 3534 1111
Admission: Free
Hours: 9.30am-5pm; closed Mondays or on Tuesday if Monday is a national holiday.
The Gas Science Museum is located just a six minute walk from Toyosu Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Exit 7 or a similar six minute stroll from Toyosu Station on the Yurikamome Line North Exit.
From Tokyo Station, take the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line to Yurakucho and then the Yurakucho Line to Toyosu. Journey time is about 10 minutes. The Yurikamome Line runs from Toyosu Station to Shimbashi Station in Shiodome in a general U-shape via Odaiba.
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Hotels in Toyosu close to the Gas Science Museum include the Ginza Capital Main Hotel, the Ginza Creston Hotel, both in nearby Ginza, the Oakwood Apartments Ariake, and the 3-star APA Hotel Tokyo Shiomi Ekimae.
View from the Gas Science Museum in Toyosu to Toyosu Park and Lalaport Shopping Mall, Tokyo
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The Gas Science Museum in Toyosu, Tokyo is a child-friendly, hands-on, free museum popular with families at the weekends and organized elementary school groups during the week.
