NHK Museum of Broadcasting

Minato, Tokyo · Japan

NHK Museum of Broadcasting, Japan
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round
Budget
$
Accessibility
wheelchair-accessible
Coordinates
Open in maps

Standing on the Atago hill where Japan's first radio broadcasts were transmitted in the 1920s, this is the world's first museum devoted to broadcasting. Its galleries trace the story of radio and television in Japan through vintage equipment, historic recordings, and interactive displays, including archived programs visitors can watch. Free to enter, it offers a compact, family-friendly look at how the national broadcaster shaped a century of media, and its hilltop setting beside a historic shrine makes for an easy combined visit.

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