In the basement, life-size robots act out the story of the Meiji Restoration.
The museum stands in the Kajiya-machi district, the same area that was the birthplace of Saigō Takamori and Ōkubo Toshimichi, two of the ‘three great heroes’ of the Restoration, as well as of the future admirals Tōgō Heihachirō and Yamamoto Gonnohyōe: the historian Shiba Ryōtarō described it as a district that on its own spanned ‘from the Meiji Restoration to the Russo-Japanese War’. In the basement, a theatre with life-size robots and an audiovisual set-up stages the story of the Restoration several times a day; on the ground floor, exhibits on Atsuhime (Tenshō-in) and on the traditional samurai education of Kagoshima.
Opened on 28 April 1994, a reinforced-concrete building of 2,543.99 m² that cost about 3 billion yen, 8 minutes’ walk from Kagoshima-Chūō Station.
ℹ️ Open 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), all year round, except for an announced closure for renovation work from 24 November 2026 to 22 January 2027. Ticket price to be checked on the official site.
🚉 Kagoshima-Chūō · 9 min walk
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