Mizu no Seikatsukan Museum

What it is

• A water museum in Chita City, Aichi Prefecture.
• Opened in 1976 beside Saori Pond.
• Used an old wooden government building until 1994.

What to see

• Two-floor building.
• First floor: panels on prefectural waterworks history.
• First floor: materials on Saori Pond development project.
• First floor: Aichi Prefecture water and industrial water projects.
• Second floor: folk materials related to water.
• Second floor: dioramas of life before Aichi Canal completion.

When to go

• Dam cards distributed since February 1, 2014.

Getting there

• 10 minutes walk from Ume-no-yakata-guchi bus stop.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.