The Railway Museum
The Railway Museum is a railway museum in Saitama, Saitama, Japan, which opened on 14 October 2007. It was built and is operated by the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of the East Japan Railway Company.Photo: Lover of Romance, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: railway museum in Saitama, Saitama, Japan
- Also known as: “Railway Museum”, “Teppaku”, “tetsudo hakubutsukan”, and “tetsudō hakubutsukan”
- Address: 3丁目, 大宮区, さいたま市, 埼玉県 330-0852
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station and Kita-Ōmiya Station.
Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station
Railway station
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Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station is a passenger railway station on the New Shuttle located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by the Saitama New Urban Transit Company. Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station is situated 100 metres southwest of The Railway Museum.
Kita-Ōmiya Station
Railway station
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Kita-Ōmiya Station is a passenger railway station on the Tōbu Urban Park Line in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. Kita-Ōmiya Station is situated 730 metres southeast of The Railway Museum.
Hikawa Shrine
Shinto shrine
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Hikawa Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Musashi Province. Hikawa Shrine is situated 1¼ km southeast of The Railway Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kita-ku and Nisshincho 2-chome.
Kita-ku
Suburb
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Kita-ku is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northwestern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 148,935 and a population density of 8800 persons per km2.
Nishi
Suburb
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Nishi-ku is one of ten wards of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the far western part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 93,527 and a population density of 3200 persons per km2. Nishi is situated 3½ km west of The Railway Museum.
The Railway Museum
- Categories: railway museum, history museum, corporate museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Omiya-Ku, Saitama, Saitama, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.92138° or 35° 55′ 17″ northLongitude
139.61814° or 139° 37′ 5″ eastOperator
公益財団法人東日本鉄道文化財団Open location code
8Q7XWJC9+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 30614323OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q846106
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“The Railway Museum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Muséu del Ferrocarril”
- Chinese: “铁道博物馆”
- Chinese: “鐵道博物館”
- Dutch: “Railway Museum”
- French: “Musée du chemin de fer”
- French: “Railway Museum”
- French: “tetsudo hakubutsukan”
- French: “tetsudō hakubutsukan”
- German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Saitama”
- Japanese: “てっぱく”
- Japanese: “鉄博”
- Japanese: “鉄道博物館”
- Korean: “철도 박물관”
- Korean: “철도박물관”
- Spanish: “Railway Museum”
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