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Japan Spinning Top Museum
The Japan Spinning Top Museum (日本独楽博物館) is a toy museum located in the city of Nagoya, central Japan. History The spinning top, called ''koma'' (独楽) was and still is a popular traditional toy in Japan and the Chubu region. The museum has a collection of over 20,000 spinning tops not only from Japan but all over the world, many pieces which are very old. Toys that are sold in ''dagashiya'', which are old-fashioned candy stores, and other traditional toys such as gyroscopes from around the world are also part of the collection. Visitors are also shown and taught how to play with the toys. The museum has a store attached to it that is family-run, where visitors can buy the toys. Access by public transport is Tsukijiguchi Station on the Meikō Line, or Inaei Station on the Aonami Line. External links Homepage of the Japan Spinning Top Museum Museums in Nagoya Toy museums Children's museums in Japan {{japan-museum-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba. It is the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million in 2020. In 1610, the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, moved the capital of Owari Province from Kiyosu to Nagoya. This period saw the renovation of Nagoya Castle. The arrival of the 20th century brought a convergence of economic factors that fueled rapid growth in Nagoya, during the Meiji Restoration, and became a major industrial hub for Japan. The traditional manufactures of timepieces, bicycles, and sewing machines were followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyroscope
A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος ''gŷros'', "round" and σκοπέω ''skopéō'', "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity. It is a spinning wheel or disc in which the axis of rotation (spin axis) is free to assume any orientation by itself. When rotating, the orientation of this axis is unaffected by tilting or rotation of the mounting, according to the conservation of angular momentum. Gyroscopes based on other operating principles also exist, such as the microchip-packaged MEMS gyroscopes found in electronic devices (sometimes called gyrometers), solid-state ring lasers, fibre optic gyroscopes, and the extremely sensitive quantum gyroscope. Applications of gyroscopes include inertial navigation systems, such as in the Hubble Space Telescope, or inside the steel hull of a submerged submarine. Due to their precision, gyroscopes are also used in gyrotheodolites to maintain direction in tunnel mining. Gyroscope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukijiguchi Station
is an underground metro station located in Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway's Meikō Line. It is located 5.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Meikō Line at Kanayama Station. History Tsukiji-guchi Station was opened on 29 March 1971. Lines * ** (Station E06) Layout Tsukiji-guchi Station has two underground opposed side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...s. Platforms There is one set of gates, beyond which there are four exits. Each platform has an up escalator and an elevator. There are coin lockers near Exit 2. There are bathrooms near Exit 1 and Exit 4, and near Exit 2 and Exit 3. The bathroom near Exit 2 and 3, and the gates, is also handicapped-accessible and has a baby changing area. On Platform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inaei Station
The is a third-sector railway line in the city of Nagoya operated by the . Officially called the , it connects Nagoya Station with Kinjō-futō Station, and was a freight branch line of Tokaido Main Line, converted for passenger usage in October 2004. This line is still operated as a freight line by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) between Nagoya and Nagoya Freight Terminal, and so the section between Nagoya and Arako Station is used for both passenger and freight traffic. Stations There are two services on the line: Local and Non-stop. Non-stop services only stop at Nagoya and Kinjō-futō. Rolling stock Services on the line are operated by a fleet of eight four-car 1000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains. History The Nishi-Nagoyakō Line opened on 1 June 1950 as a freight branch of the Tokaido Main Line between and operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). Nagoya Freight Terminal opened on 1 October 1980, and with the closure of Sasashima F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aonami Line
The is a third-sector railway line in the city of Nagoya operated by the . Officially called the , it connects Nagoya Station with Kinjō-futō Station, and was a freight branch line of Tokaido Main Line, converted for passenger usage in October 2004. This line is still operated as a freight line by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) between Nagoya and Nagoya Freight Terminal, and so the section between Nagoya and Arako Station is used for both passenger and freight traffic. Stations There are two services on the line: Local and Non-stop. Non-stop services only stop at Nagoya and Kinjō-futō. Rolling stock Services on the line are operated by a fleet of eight four-car 1000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains. History The Nishi-Nagoyakō Line opened on 1 June 1950 as a freight branch of the Tokaido Main Line between and operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). Nagoya Freight Terminal opened on 1 October 1980, and with the closure of Sasashima Frei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba. It is the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million in 2020. In 1610, the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, moved the capital of Owari Province from Kiyosu to Nagoya. This period saw the renovation of Nagoya Castle. The arrival of the 20th century brought a convergence of economic factors that fueled rapid growth in Nagoya, during the Meiji Restoration, and became a major industrial hub for Japan. The traditional manufactures of timepieces, bicycles, and sewing machines were followed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Museums
A toy museum is a museum for toys. They typically showcase toys from a particular culture or period with their history. These are distinct from children's museums, which are museums for children, and are often interactive – toy museums may be aimed at children or adults, and may have interactive exhibits or be exclusively for display. Notable toy museums The following lists only museums specializing in toys, whose collections are open for public viewing. Some museums such as the American Museum of Natural History have toys on display in their permanent collection, but are not full-fledged toy museums and as such are not listed here. Also, organizations. such as The Doll and Toy "Museum" of New York City that hold toy collections but are not open for public viewing are not listed here. Africa *Toy and Miniature Museum, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Americas ;North Canada *National Toy Museum of Canada, Victoria, British Columbia USA *The National Farm Toy Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
