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Hongo, Bunkyo

Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum

Urban infrastructure / museum
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Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum
Image source: 東京都水道歴史館 (40423).jpg / Syced / CC0

A free museum tracing Tokyo's water system from Edo conduits to modern infrastructure, with wooden water pipes and well exhibits.

Category
Urban infrastructure / museum
Area
Hongo, Bunkyo
Address
2-7-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Access
Ochanomizu Station (JR Chuo-Sobu Line / Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line), about 8 min on foot
Why it is deep
Less a standard attraction than a way to read the city's backstage systems and understand how Tokyo became a metropolis.
Official site
Official site

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