Children’s Day Event(2025)

Children’s Day Event

Join us for many exclusive events at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, featuring nostalgic games and activities perfect for both adults and children! Discover endless fun this Golden Week surrounded by the stunning green landscapes of the Museum!

May 4 (Sun., national holiday) Greenery Day and 5 (Mon., national holiday) Children’s Day May 4 (Sun., national holiday) Greenery Day and 5 (Mon., national holiday) Children’s Day

Carp Streamer Exhibition

Duration:
April 22 (Tue.) to May 6 (Tue., national holiday)
Location:
East Square, next to Visitor Center
Carp Streamer Exhibition

Paper Craft
of Buildings

Time:
10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Registration open until 3:30 p.m.)
Location:
Farmhouse of the Yoshino Family

Create paper crafts of the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum’s reconstructed buildings!

*Limited to 500 participants each day (first-come, first-served basis)

Paper Craft of Buildings

Shitamachi District
Shopping Errand Game

Time:
10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Registration open until 3:30 p.m.)
Location:
Shitamachi-naka Street, etc.

Search for items listed on your memo and go shopping using the “Tatemono Yen.” Collect all the stickers to get a souvenir prize! Can you do the shopping all by yourself?

*Limited to 700 participants each day (first-come, first-served basis)

Shitamachi District Shopping Errand Game

Challenge yourself
with games of the past!
Hula hoops / Spinning top / Stilts

Time:
10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Hula hoops: Front garden of Farmhouse of the Yoshino Family
Spinning top: East Square
Stilts: Empty lot next to Mantoku Inn

All ages are invited to join in the fun!

Challenge yourself with games of the past!
On May 4 only

A Children’s Zoo
in the Backyard of a Private Home

Held only on May 4 (Sun., national holiday) *Cancelled in the event of rain

Time:
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(Break time for animals from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
Location:
Back of the Farmhouse of the Tsunashima Family

Interact with rabbits, chabo (a Japanese chicken breed), chicks, and other animals in the backyard of a private home!

A Children’s Zoo in the Backyard of a Private Home
On May 5 only

Carpenter Experience

Held only on May 5 (Mon., national holiday)

*Limited to elementary school students (accompanied by a parent/guardian)

Time:
(1) 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
(2) 11:40 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.
(3) 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
(4) 2:10 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
(5) 3:20 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Carpenter Experience

*Tickets distributed 30 minutes before each session (first-come, first-served basis)
*20 participants per session (5 participants for session (5) only)

Location:
East Square

Get a taste of planing, sawing, nailing, marking, and other carpentry techniques!

Carpenter Experience

Craft Workshop:
Make an Animal Brooch

Time:
10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Registration open until 3:30 p.m.)
Location:
Farmhouse of the Tenmyo Family

Use timber from Tokyo’s Tama area to make a brooch!

*Limited to 300 participants each day (first-come, first-served basis)

Craft Workshop: Make an Animal Brooch

Shobu-yu (Sweet Flag Bath) [Exhibition]

Time:
10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Public Bathhouse Kodakara-yu

The Shobu-yu will be held in the men’s bath at Kodakara-yu.

*No bathing allowed.

Shobu-yu (Sweet Flag Bath) [Exhibition]

Carp Streamers in the Sky
– Let’s Aim for 1,000!

Location:
Second House of the Nishikawa Family, Farmhouse of the Tsunashima Family

Download the craft sheet from the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum website. Make your own carp streamer and bring it with you. Let’s decorate the museum with carp streamers brought by everybody!

Carp Streamers in the Sky – Let’s Aim for 1,000!
Free admission for children *Junior high school students and younger

*Please be aware that at busy times, you may need to wait.
*There may be changes to the schedule or event contents due to weather or other circumstances.