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Doshōmachi Pharmaceutical and Historical Museum

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Explore Osaka's rich pharmaceutical history, from Edo-era documents to modern medicine, in a unique museum.

Doshōmachi Pharmaceutical and Historical Museum
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What it is

  • A museum dedicated to Japan's pharmaceutical history.
  • Opened in October 1997 on Sukunahikona Shrine grounds.
  • Showcases Doshōmachi's role as a medicine town.
  • Doshōmachi became a medicine town in the Kan'ei era.

What to see

  • About 3,000 Edo period documents.
  • About 30,000 items from the Meiji era onward.
  • Various medicinal herbs.
  • Posters and premiums from the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Traditional medicine bags and tools.
  • Exhibits on crude drugs and home remedies.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

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