Tokyo Hydrogen Museum

Finding the Tokyo Hydrogen Museum

While at the Koto Nature Festival for kids we came across a rather strange stamp collecting paper. We were at a hydrogen fueled car being exhibited and we got a small paper with two stamps. If we got both stamps then they gave us a hydrogen filled balloon. My youngest daughter, Alice, really wanted one of those balloons. However, the next stamp was in a building across the street from the festival. I thought at first that this was a really bad way of getting people to leave. Especially as the name of the museum was written in Japanese roman letters: SuisoMiru. It looked to me like a sweets factory. At the end we went over to get our stamp and discovered a really new child friendly museum dedicated to explaining using hydrogen for energy and the hydrogen economy to children with exhibitions in multiple languages!

What’s at the Tokyo Hydrogen Museum?

On the first floor are several exhibitions in Japanese and English that show how can be used for energy for cars and for a cleaner environment. One such exhibition is a robot with a touch monitor that dances, another repesent creating hydrogen, storing it, and then using it, and another is a kind of quiz type activity using a giant touch screen to show and answer questions about energy usag and the environment. The second floor has an open library, exhibition booths with the latest in hydrogen technology, hydrogen generating bicycles, and a lecture room.

Hours and Location

Address

1-3-2 Shiomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0052

Telephone

+81-03-6666-6761

Open hours

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Last admission: 4:30 pm)

Closed

Mondays, and year-end and new year period (December 28 to January 4)
* Open on Monday if a national holiday, and closed on the following weekday

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Tokyo Hydrogen Museum Website

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