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Firefighting places to visit / musea 2014/8/4 20:53
Hi all,

next November I will be going to Japan again for a holiday. This time, my travel companion is a firefighter (on a voluntary basis).
This is his first visit to Japan, so there will be plenty to see already :)

But I wonder if there are any things to do / visit with a relation to firefighting?
For instance like the Firefighting museum in Shinjuku (which is on our list :) ).

We will visit the following cities:
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Nagoya
Takayama
Tokyo

Thanks in advance!
Rebecca
by flugelh0rn  

Re: Firefighting places to visit / musea 2014/8/5 21:14
For Tokyo:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/12/17/lifestyle/a-museum-where-k...

Japanese firefighters have a colorful history that is still around today in the happi coats worn at Japanese festivals: http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&n...

You will often see examples of firefighting equipment and jackets in museums, like to Edo Museum in Tokyo: http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/english/

I have a friend who is a firefighter and while traveling he often will just walk right up to a fire station and introduce himself, often getting a tour of the station. Your friend should learn a few Japanese words and phrases related to firefighting and try doing this. Also, there are the Goodwill volunteer guides who probably can arrange a tour and translate. I have used Goodwill guides in both Tokyo and Kyoto and they were fantastic: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/travel/guide/list_volunteerGuides_a-...

Ann
by Midgeworld rate this post as useful

Re: Firefighting places to visit / musea 2014/8/5 23:32
The Tokyo Fire Dept. Museum is at Yotsuya 3-chome station on the Marunouchi subway line. There is a direct connection into the basement level of the museum. As you enter ther eis a small gift shop with lots of fire things to buy. The building is 10-storys tall. Part of the first floor is the entire 2nd floor is the main Yotsuya fire station. The rest of the building is the museum. The displays are on floors B1, 1 and 2 through 6. There is a cafeteria on on of the higher floors with nice views of that part of the city.
When you go up to the first floor there is a reception desk and they might get someone to show you around speaking English.
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