SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, Chubu, Japan

4.5 (1.053 reviews) Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #2 in Chubu Speciality Museums

Awesome exhibits but...

Awesome exhibits that will wow you how much train has evolved in a short span of time, and much of it due to Japan. Here's the BUT. The place is massive and there is so much to see. So if you plan to really learn more about everything, go first half of the day so you have the option to stay for the full day. I went late and had to rush through some of it before closing. Secondly, limited / lacking in English explanation is also a problem.
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Address

3-2-2, Kinjofuto, Minato-ku, Nagoya 455-0848 Aichi Prefecture

Mobile

+81 50-3772-3910

Website

http://museum.jr-central.co.jp/

Working hours

Monday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday :
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Saturday, May 11, 2024, 3:41

User Ratings

4.5 based on (1.053 reviews)

Excellent
48%
Good
39%
Satisfactory
10%
Poor
2%
Terrible
1%

Reviews

  • 5Buckster21 5:00 PM Jan 8, 2023
    Excellent railway museum
    It is worth the journey to get from the city centre down the Aonami line to see this great railway museum. There is a large range of trains from the earliest days to the latest Maglev designs with detailed explanations of everything you can see. There are simulators for many different kinds of train and the vast railway diorama shows off what can be done with railway modelling if you have enough space, and presumably time and money. We came away having been on many of the exhibits and learnt plenty from our enjoyable visit.
  • 5David S 5:00 PM Jan 4, 2020
    So much to see
    Our second Japanese railway museum after visiting the one in Kyoto on our last Japanese holiday. Take the non JR Aonami line from Nagoya station - cant use JR pass - to Kinjfuto station and short walk from there. Yen 1000 entry fee to museum and we were lucky enough to be able to get a timeslot for our 12 year old on the Shinkansen simulator, and for Yen 500 he was able to have the time of his life. Heaps to see and a great cafe up on the second floor where we enjoyed some extremley tasty Bento boxe lunches. Japan is famous for its trains and visiting this museum or the one in Kyoto provides some wonderful memories.

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