Original link: https://blog.othree.net/log/2023/05/04/the-railroad-museum/
The Omiya Railway Museum (referred to as Tiebo) is also a well-known scenic spot, and there are a lot of introductions on the Internet, so in addition to our travel notes, this article will also have some content other than the museum itself.
The Omiya Railway Museum is basically the museum of JR East Japan. In fact, there are museums of other companies in downtown Tokyo, such as Tokyo Metro has an underground railway museum , and Tobu also has its own Tobu Museum . However, JR still carries more memories of most people. , plus the blessing of the Shinkansen, the Omiya Railway Museum is still the first choice for us to visit, but since it is a museum in JR East Japan, when I inquired about the traffic, a question mark appeared, why did I go to Omiya Station and take another one Can you get to the Railway Museum without JR’s New Shuttle (Ina Line) ?
In the cab of the New Shuttle train, there is special inbound music when the train arrives at the station, which seems to be the theme song of Galaxy Railway 999.
I studied the map for a long time, and felt that it was actually a walkable distance, but fortunately, I didn’t really use it that day. In fact, the distance is super long, so don’t use it! But if you really want to use it, there is actually a steam locomotive D51 No. 187 on the side of the road. It seems to be the No. 1 locomotive produced by the Omiya Factory.
The track of New Shuttle is very special. It seems to be added on both sides of the elevated railway of JR. I started to study it when I came back to Taiwan, and found that New Shuttle is actually a joint venture between Saitama and JR East Japan. Because it is a major shareholder, it is justified It is not a problem at all to use the Railway Museum for publicity. The picture on the homepage of the official website is the Shinkansen, New Shuttle and Railway Museum together in the frame.
As can be seen from Google Street View, the New Shuttle track appears to be additionally hung next to the main JR track structure.
You can take one stop from Omiya to the Railway Museum Station. There are many capsule machines in this station, all of which are based on railways. If you are interested, you can take a good look here and go straight after exiting the station. It is in the direction of the Railway Museum, and no one should go wrong.
Now tickets have to be bought first (you can buy them at the machine in convenience stores), and they are not sold on the spot. More and more places in Japan use this ticketing mechanism, which can control the flow of people by the way. In addition, the tickets on the day will be more expensive. After entering the Railway Museum, the first thing that catches the eye is the locomotive of the emperor’s special train.
Then this side began to be divided into left and right sides. Briefly, after entering the hall, the left side is to the north hall, basically going to the children’s area, and the right side is to the south, which is the vehicle display area with many photos on the Internet.
There are a lot of vehicles displayed in the exhibition area, so I won’t introduce them one by one, but what I want to say is that you can walk out in this area. There is a bento stand outside, and there is also a decommissioned Max Shinkansen outdoors. If there are children in the family who have bought Big Science, they should be familiar with it.
Then in fact, this outdoor area continues to walk down, you can go to the south hall, there are some experience activities outside this side, there are also 400 series and E5 series Shinkansen trains, these are active models, we did not notice that we missed it This area is a bit of a pity, except for these few Shinkansen, in fact, the first-generation round-headed blue-and-white Shinkansen also has an independent area for it (Taiwan also has one, but it’s just for storage and display…).
Then when it comes to bento stalls, there are actually two in the museum. They are outdoors in the direction of the South Pavilion and the North Pavilion. We passed by the South Pavilion that day and didn’t open it. We thought that there is no train bento now, so we went to the restaurant on the second floor to eat. , it turned out that the North Hall direction was actually open that day.
Because our children are still young, this day’s itinerary is not very in-depth. It belongs to the way of looking at flowers on horseback. The main reason is that many facilities that need to be selected for experience are all above elementary school, so the area we visited is the vehicle display area and Japan on the second floor. Cafeteria restaurant lunch, train model area, science area and mini train (adults can drive children to take it), so it’s more than two o’clock in the afternoon for a casual stroll. It’s inevitable to visit the souvenir shop on the return trip. At that time, there were still all over Japan. Anniversary SAR when IC is connected.
The Science Zone is very similar to the Science and Education Museum. There are many introductions to physical phenomena related to trains.
In particular, you can buy the mascots of each company.
I didn’t buy souvenirs here. Instead, when I returned to JR Omiya Station, I found another small railway merchandise store in the station. Instead, I bought some magnets here, and then there is a special display here. This is a Suica penguin product made with traditional Japanese techniques. It looks very attractive, but it says sold out, so I can only make a general note, and I want to check it later.
After I came back, I began to want to find the products I saw at the time. At the beginning, I learned that the souvenir shop in the museum is TRAINIART . The products in this shop are closer to life, and I saw that shop at Omiya Station. It’s not the same, so I searched for a while, and found that the souvenir shop in Omiya Station is Railyard . The products here are relatively undesigned and processed. Like the magnets I bought, they are used in the original form of those brands, but I found them. I searched for these two stores in the online store of JRE Mall, but I couldn’t find the product I was looking for, but I saw a very funny souvenir by accident:
こんな产品あったんだ#TRAINIARTでは、どこかでみたことある! ? Noodles and white products are on sale!
その名も・・・
【駅型内にあるゴミマルチポーチ (JR East Edition)】ですぜひホンモノのゴミと见比べてみてくださいpic.twitter.com/lhHoi300no
— TRAINIART（トレニアート）【Official】 (@trainiart) April 9, 2023
That’s right, it’s the oversized trash can on the JR platform that everyone was very familiar with. I didn’t see it in the few trips to JR this time. In fact, these oversized trash cans have been decreasing in the past two years, even in the railway museum. It was displayed, but I don’t know if it was there or because it is about to become one of the historical traces.
PS. In recent years, Japan has changed some things for the sake of environmental protection. For example, many shopping bags have changed to be paid for.
Going back to railway products, these two stores have a lot to do with JR. In addition to Omiya, TRAINIART also has a branch at Tokyo Station, while Railyard is at Akihabara Station. Settle in the capital. As for the item I’ve been wanting to find for so long, what happened to it? Later, I finally found it with an image search. It is a cooperative product of Yinchuan House:
http://www.jizaingxinden.com/product/suica.html
There is a specialty store at Tokyo Station, and there are some products online, but there are no black leather and black lacquer styles anymore (I saw the sold-out styles at Omiya Station).
In addition to railway product stores, Seria , a 100-yen store in many branches in Tokyo, also sells small tin boxes of JR containers. There are two sizes and three colors. I only saw smaller styles this time:
This is actually a product of Yamada Chemical . Yamada Chemical has a lot of plastic household products, and the quality is not bad. Like I bought several SIKIRI No. 10 storage boxes in the past, this small iron box is also, but JR This item is a product of cooperation with Seria, only Seria sells it.
At the end of the article, I would like to talk about two questions about Tiebo before I set off. The first one is where the New Shuttle comes from and whether it is necessary to take it. I have already mentioned it before. The second question is , why in Omiya? The answer to this question is also to have some ideas after arriving at the site. When taking the New Shuttle from Omiya to Tiebo, you can see the entire area of JR’s factory buildings on the road you pass. When you come back and study carefully, you can understand Omiya. There used to be the Omiya Factory, a place where vehicles were produced, and now it is a vehicle maintenance center. The Tiebo land used to be a vehicle dismantling factory, and Omiya City was once officially recognized as one of the 12 railway cities (because of the railway. developed).
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