The futuristic building is a museum of history of Edo-Tokyo actually contains the features of the old warehouse buildings, and inside the museum collected a lot of evidence about the life of the Japanese capital, once bore the name Edo. The museum was opened relatively recently - in March 1993. The height of the museum buildings - 62, 2 meters, the same height and has an ancient Edo Castle.

The city was founded in 1590, the governor and warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, and in 1868 in connection with the move of the Emperor Mutsuhito from Kyoto was renamed Tokyo, and received the status of the new capital of Japan.

Actually, the main exhibition of the museum is devoted to the two main periods in the history of the capital - the Edo period and the period of Tokyo. Here you can see how the fishing village into a modern, high-tech and densely populated metropolis.

In the section of the museum devoted to the Edo period, visitors enter through a copy of the famous Nihonbashi bridge, which in ancient times served as the "zero" kilometer - from it reckoned all distances in the country. Also in this section display are copies and models of urban houses, kabuki theater, as well as a model of Edo Castle, more than 2,500 original manuscripts and scrolls, clothing, maps, tools of artisans, things noble citizens, and more. With these items, you can learn how to live shoguns, soldiers and ordinary people a few centuries ago.

The section on Tokyo, contained copies of the mid XIX century art, documents and items of the Meiji, World War II, the certificate of Great Kanto Earthquake and the impact of the European world in the traditional culture of Japan. Here you can find out which was the famous Japanese electronics at its very beginning, in the 50s of the last century.

The museum has many interactive exhibits and visitors at the end of a visit to show a film about modern Tokyo and residents of the capital.

History Museum Edo-Tokyo is located in Ryogoku, next to him is the National Stadium "Ryogoku Kokugikan", where the sumo competitions.