Fukuchiyama Railway Museum Poppoland

What it is

• A railway preservation facility established in 1998.
• Founded by the Shinmachi Shopping Street Business Cooperative.
• Displays items used by the Hokutan Railway.
• Building 1 reopened in 2023 as Fukuchiyama Railway Museum Fukureru.

What to see

• Building 1, originally the Mitsumaru Department Store from 1933.
• About 500 railway materials are exhibited.
• A third driving wheel of the C57 type 93 steam locomotive.
• Building 2 houses a preserved C58 type 56 steam locomotive.

When to go

• The new facility opened on August 26, 2023.

Getting there

• The new facility is in Fukuchiyama Castle Park.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.