Maritime Museum

The Maratime museum or Fune-no-Kagakukan as it is know, is everything nautical, the building is even shaped like a giant ship.  There are several levels of interatctive displays and a huge outdoor area, an obserbatory and a seaside pool which is open during sumer and is very popular on a hot day.

The museum has a weath of interesting items it is a comprehensive museum display featuring all aspects of mans quest with the oceans. The lower levels are dedicated to engineering and design of ships, with displays on ship building, ship propulsion an ship design. There is a hall dedicated to marine symbols and also a meeting hall.

The upper decks have displays on sailing the seas and many models of Japanese boats, including submarines, ferries, supertankers, container ships, and wooden ships. There is a really cool radio controlled boat corner where children love to play with these little boats.

Outside is home to a lot of larger historical artifacts which portray many of the important milestones in japanese maratine history. Most of the information is in Japanese but it is fairly easy to understand what is going on with many of the exhibits. One exhibit not to miss is a ship moored nearby is the Soya, constructed in 1938 as a cargo icebreaker; it served as Japan’s first Antarctic observation ship.

The centre also features a giftshop, cafe and restaurant which is a great place to end the museum tour, which takes about an hour to complete.

Train is the easiest way to get to the museum, take the Yurikamome Tand depart at Funenokagakukan (Museum of Maritime Science) Station it takes about from 16 minutes from Shinbashi Station. You cant miss the giant ship like museum.

Official Website
http://www.funenokagakukan.or.jp/