Tokyo

Stationery Museum

Free: All time At the Stationery Museum in Tokyo, expect to exhibits ranging from a tablet from the Mesopotamia to the papyrus from Egypt to the abacus from China and to today’s modern stationery from Japan....

December 23, 2013 By BT Travel
Stationery Museum

Stationery MuseumFree: All time

At the Stationery Museum in Tokyo, expect to exhibits ranging from a tablet from the Mesopotamia to the papyrus from Egypt to the abacus from China and to today’s modern stationery from Japan. One of the highlights from the museum is a human-height writing brush weighing 14kg and made of the tail-hair of 50 horses. All descriptions are in Japanese.

Address: 1-1-15, Yanagibashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 111-0052
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm; Closed Saturday and Sundays
Direction: Train JR Asakusa, Sobu Lines to Asakusabashi Station east exit
Phone: +81 3-3861-4905
Website: www.nihon-bungu-shiryoukan.com

Photo credit: LIG.co.jp