Special exhibitions and corner exhibits
Special exhibition "The Railroad Continues to Sakai" will be held
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Special Exhibition: The Railroad Continues to Sakai -Tracing the History of Railways in the World, Japan, and Sakai through Toys and Real Objects-
Dates: September 20, 2025 (Sat) - December 14 (Sun)
Hours: 9:00-18:00 (last entry 17:30)
Closed: Third Tuesday of every month (October 3st (Tue) and November 21th (Tue)
Venue: Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko Special Exhibition Room
Admission fee: 300 yen for adults, 200 yen for high school students, free for junior high school students and younger
*You can view it with admission tickets to the Sen no Rikyu Tea Ceremony Museum and the Yosano Akiko Memorial Museum.
* Free admission for people with disabilities and their caregivers, and those aged 65 or older who live in Sakai City.
Organized by: Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko
Cooperation: Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Hankai Electric Tramway Co., Ltd., Sakai City Museum, Sakai City Central Library, Let's connect to the future! Sakai Chinden Association, NPO RACDA Osaka Sakai, NPO Hamadera Park Station Building Preservation and Utilization Association, NPO Hamadera Suwamori Consideration Association
Hours: 9:00-18:00 (last entry 17:30)
Closed: Third Tuesday of every month (October 3st (Tue) and November 21th (Tue)
Venue: Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko Special Exhibition Room
Admission fee: 300 yen for adults, 200 yen for high school students, free for junior high school students and younger
*You can view it with admission tickets to the Sen no Rikyu Tea Ceremony Museum and the Yosano Akiko Memorial Museum.
* Free admission for people with disabilities and their caregivers, and those aged 65 or older who live in Sakai City.
Organized by: Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko
Cooperation: Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Hankai Electric Tramway Co., Ltd., Sakai City Museum, Sakai City Central Library, Let's connect to the future! Sakai Chinden Association, NPO RACDA Osaka Sakai, NPO Hamadera Park Station Building Preservation and Utilization Association, NPO Hamadera Suwamori Consideration Association
[Exhibition Introduction] Look back on 200 years of railway history!
Commuting to school, work, and travel - the railways we use every day were born in England exactly 200 years ago.
This exhibition will display both toy and real railways, and will take you on a journey through the history of railways around the world, Japan, and Sakai.
This exhibition will display both toy and real railways, and will take you on a journey through the history of railways around the world, Japan, and Sakai.
[Toys]
You can see railway toys from the collection of Teruhisa Kitahara, a tin toy collector who is well known on television.
From nostalgic tin toys to overseas model trains that are rarely seen in Japan, we will introduce you to the history of railways in Japan and around the world.
Enjoy the nostalgic and warm Kitahara Collection that will soothe anyone's heart.
From nostalgic tin toys to overseas model trains that are rarely seen in Japan, we will introduce you to the history of railways in Japan and around the world.
Enjoy the nostalgic and warm Kitahara Collection that will soothe anyone's heart.
【Actual item】
You can see historical materials related to Sakai's railways, including the driver's cab of a streetcar that ran through Sakai 100 years ago (open to the public for the first time).
We will look back on the history of Sakai's railways from its inception to the present, focusing on Nankai Electric Railway, Japan's oldest private railway, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, and Hankai Electric Tramway, home to Japan's oldest active electric train, the Mo 161.
We will look back on the history of Sakai's railways from its inception to the present, focusing on Nankai Electric Railway, Japan's oldest private railway, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, and Hankai Electric Tramway, home to Japan's oldest active electric train, the Mo 161.
[Profile of Teruhisa Kitahara]
Born in Tokyo in 1948. Known worldwide as a leading tin toy collector.
During his university years, he studied abroad skiing in Europe, where he encountered a culture of people who valued things, and began collecting old clocks, antiques, posters, etc. Later, he came across tin toys displayed as interior décor in the home of a designer he knew, which sparked his interest and led him to start collecting. He energetically collected tin toys that had been lying dormant in local toy stores, and his collection became known in the media. Then, inspired by an event, he opened the "Tin Toy Museum" in Yamate, Yokohama in April 1986, with the desire to "allow many people to see and enjoy his collection." From November 2003, he held the "Tin Toy Stories Made in Japan" event at Disney World in Florida for six years.
He currently appears as an appraiser on TV Tokyo's "Kaiun! Nandemo Kanteidan." He is also active on radio, in commercials, and giving lectures around the country.
During his university years, he studied abroad skiing in Europe, where he encountered a culture of people who valued things, and began collecting old clocks, antiques, posters, etc. Later, he came across tin toys displayed as interior décor in the home of a designer he knew, which sparked his interest and led him to start collecting. He energetically collected tin toys that had been lying dormant in local toy stores, and his collection became known in the media. Then, inspired by an event, he opened the "Tin Toy Museum" in Yamate, Yokohama in April 1986, with the desire to "allow many people to see and enjoy his collection." From November 2003, he held the "Tin Toy Stories Made in Japan" event at Disney World in Florida for six years.
He currently appears as an appraiser on TV Tokyo's "Kaiun! Nandemo Kanteidan." He is also active on radio, in commercials, and giving lectures around the country.
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