Mamoru Mohri

What is Miraikan?

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

(Miraikan) is a place where we can understand the things

happening in our world today from a scientific point of

view, and have discussions while considering the future

that awaits us. In addition to permanent displays and

exhibitions that provide people with a chance to enjoy

hands-on contact with science and technology, Miraikan’s

colorful line-up of offerings includes experienced based

classes, and talks. While exchanging opinions and ideas

with Science Communicators, visitors can experience

the technological progress of today, from simple day-

to-day questions, to the latest technologies, the global

environment, and space exploration.

Through these activities, Miraikan aims to share cutting-

edge science and technology as a cultural form with all

members of society.

The development of science and technology enriches life and helps us see challenges the Earth faces such as global warming and natural resources’ limitations. For 10 billion people to live on planet Earth, we must face these global issues with a global perspective. Miraikan will continue to review and present the evolutionary role of science, and accumulate wisdom from each part of our culture, share and combine those with wisdoms from other cultures so that together, humans can develop global solutions, and create hope for the future.

Message from the DirectorMamoru Mohri, Ph. D.

Chief Executive Director

National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation 2-3-6, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan TEL: +81-3-3570-9151 (Main)FAX: +81-3-3570-9150 URL http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/

2013.5

Group admissions

Please submit inquiries pertaining to group reservations, inspection of the facilities for study tours, and requests for information to the following. TEL: +81-3-3570-9188 * Available from 10:00 - 17:00 on days when Miraikan is openEmail: reservation@miraikan.jst.go.jp

Visitor & User Guide

10:00 - 17:00* Please make sure to enter at least 30 minutes before closing time. Opening days and hours are subject to change.

ClosedAs the museum may be open on Tuesdays that land on national holidays or during spring, summer, or winter break, please contact us beforehand.

Every Tuesday December 28 - January 1

Parking Available parking for 175 cars * 300 yen for the first hour; 100 yen for every 30 minutes thereafterBusiness hours 9:00 - 21:00 Available parking for 20 buses* 3,000 yen for the day; no reservations

Admission Fees

* Free admission for preschoolers under 6 years of age* Free admission for 18 year olds and under on Saturday

(excluding Special Exhibitions)* Free admission for those with a Disability Certificate and one

accompanying person* Special fees may apply for Special Exhibitions.* Friends of Miraikan may enter using their annual passes.

Individual Adults: 600 yen 18 years old and under: 200 yen Groups (8 or more people) Adults: 480 yen 18 years old and under: 160 yen

GUIDE

English

MAPTokyo Waterfront

New Transit YURIKAMOME 5-minute walk from “Funenokagakukan Station” 4-minute walk from “Telecom Center Station”

Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line 15-minute walk from “Tokyo Teleport Station”

Toei Bus: Get off at “Nippon Kagaku Miraikan Mae”; 1-minute walk

Permanent Exhibitions

Image Theaters (Registration Required)

Miraikan is equipped with two image theaters: The 6F Dome Theater GAIA, where visitors can enjoy planetariums and All Sky images; and the 5F VR Theater, where visitors can have a simulated, virtual space experience.

Every weekend, the Science Workshop conducts classes with participants ranging from children to adults. The Science Workshop conveys cutting-edge science and technology through interactive experiments and communication.

Science Workshop (Advance Registration

Required)

Many events are held within the permanent exhibition spaces, including Science Mini Talks, Geo-Cosmos demonstrations, and ASIMO demonstrations.

Floor Events

Special ExhibitionsSpecial exhibitions introduce science and technology from novel perspectives and context, including art, design, literature, philosophy, sociology, and city theory. The focus is placed on how science and technology changes society and our lives, and on a new world paradigm.

At Miraikan, we interpret science and technology on a grand scale from the universe to the Earth, to us humans. All permanent exhibitions are produced under the supervision of leading scientists and engineers.

Fun activities at MiraikanVisitor & User Guide

Science Communicators Science Communicators (SC) relay the new wisdom that science and technology has provided and encourage you to consider the direction of your future. Through explanations, demonstrations, and events on the exhibition floor, SCs engage in interactive communication to discover visitors’ thoughts and form an understanding of the new future ahead.

VolunteersMaking good use of their knowledge and specialist areas of expertise, volunteers respond to visitor questions and provide explanations concerning displays.

[Contact Information]Representative for Exchange Facilities (Available from 10:00 – 17:00 on days when Miraikan is open)TEL: +81-3-3570-9151kouryushisetsu@miraikan.jst.go.jp

The MIRAICAN Hall and other facilities are available for rent as conference halls or exhibition spaces. Please contact us for more information.

Original special exhibits, and the like, of Miraikan are rented to domestic and international science museums and various organizations.

(Maximum of four persons. The fifth person and above will be charged an additional 2,000 yen per person.)

(For all family members belonging to one household)

Annual fee

Annual fee

Individual: 5,000 yenFamily: 10,000 yen

Individual: 1,200 yenFamily: 2,400 yen

Club MiraikanThis is a membership program that aims to deepen visitors’ understanding of cutting-edge science and technology. Members receive privileges such as an Annual Passports to Miraikan, as well as opportunities to participate in a host of events and experimental classes.

Annual PassportsA free pass plan gives members unlimited free admission to the permanent exhibitions for one year from the date of joining.

Museum Staff

Facilities Exchange

Lending of Exhibits and Traveling Exhibitions

Membership

Rinkai Line Divercity Tokyo

FunenokagakukanStation

Tokyo InternationalExchange Center

TokyoTeleport Station

to Aomi Station

YurikamomeLine

EntranceP

Telecom Center

Telecom Center station

TokyoWangan

PoliceStation

Museum ofMaritime Science

Aomi FerryPassengerTerminal

RestroomsInformation Lobby

Free Bus Stop

Information ElevatorLockers

Nursingroom

Museum Shop Cafe Drinks Corner Drinking Fountain

Map Icons

Facilities

Café

The designer cafe allows visitors to sit back and relax with a book and coffee.Opening Hours are 10:00 – 17:00 (Last orders at 16:45)

Fast Food Shop

The fast food shop is equipped with a library and monitors that provide diners with information pertaining to science and technology.Opening Hours are 9:00 – 19:00(Until end March 2013)

Research Area

Miraikan is also home to numerous research and development facilities. Volunteers offer Research Lab Tours and provide explanations on the latest research projects on the 1st to 4th Saturdays to facilities that are normally unavailable to the public.

Museum Shop

The Museum Shop holds a large collection of goods that bring science closer to your life. Opening Hours are 10:00 – 17:00

Information

This interactive board allows you to access various Earth observation data collected from domestic and international scientists and research institutions. Let’s explore the Earth!(Open since June 2011)

Geo-Scope[TSUNAGARI] 3F

Geo-Cosmos[TSUNAGARI] 1F–5F

This is the exhibition that symbolizes Miraikan. Experience the Earth through the world’s first large, globe-like display using organic LED panels. (Open since June 2011)

Create your future Explore the frontiers

This exhibit visualizes the mechanism behind the transfer of information on the Internet and through cell phones through the movement of white and black balls. (Open since July 2001)

A Hands-On Model of the Internet

[Network]

This area introduces exhibits that link creativity and cutting-edge information technology. New exhibitions are introduced every few months. (Open since April 2008)

Laboratory for New Media[Digital Expression]

Creativity is necessary to actualize the products of our imagination. This exhibit introduces five types of creativity that bring about innovative technologies. (Open since April 2009)

The Driving Force of Innovation

[Innovation]

Spatial information science treats the location, movement, and voices of people (you!) as information. Come and experience a world that has fully incorporated this technology. (Open since August 2011)

Songs of ANAGURA[Information Society]

Welcome to Itookashi City, an imaginary city in 2050. We will learn how 35 cutting-edge technologies have benefited its inhabitants’ lifestyles. (Open since August 2011)

Lifestyle 2050[Lifestyle]

The International Space Station (ISS) is located in an environment humans cannot naturally survive. Its activities are supported by cutting-edge technology. (Open since July 2008)

This is ISS, go ahead[The Universe]

This exhibition takes a look at the nature of ‘the human as a living organism’ as seen through of neuroscience, primatology, and cognitive science, and contemplates the future of society.(Open since December 2012)

Stories of One, Everyone, and You

[Human]

You can view the probe plan for the moon and the planets on a glass wall filled with models and illustrations of the planets and the probe. (Open since March 2004)

The Probe Plan for the Moon and the Planets

[Our Solar System]

What is the genome? And what is its role? What does it look like? What happens when a genome undergoes a change? (Open since July 2001)

The Genome[Life]

This exhibit introduces the astounding progress of the medical field and medical technology. Additionally, we will consider the area of bioethics. (Open since December 2006)

Promoting Medicine Together

[Medicine]

The mechanisms of the Earth’s “circulation” support all life forms on Earth. We will approach environmental issues from the perspective of Earth’s circulation system. (Open since October 2008)

Earth Environment and Me

[Earth Environment]

Science Workshop [SWS]

The Science Workshop conveys cutting-edge science and technology through interactive experiments and communication. SWS classes and events are held every weekend. (Advance registration is required.)

VR Theater

Experience virtual space through the curved screen display and smooth, interactive operation.

(Please pick up your reservation ticket at the Information Station on the 5F.)

Exhibition Space a • b

Ticket Machine

Information Board

Entrance to Parking AreaEntrance

Service entrance

Fast Food Shop

Telecom Center Station

Funenokagakukan Station

Orientation Room [OR1 • 2]

Disaster-prevention center

1F

6F

Facilities for Exchange

Dome Ticket Machine

Conference Room 3 [CR3] Conference

Room 1 [CR1]

MIRAICAN Hall [HAL]

Innovation Hall [INH]

Lounge [LNG]

Conference Room 2 [CR2]

7F

1F

5F1F

Dome Theater GAIA [GAIA]

TSUNAGARI

VR Theater

5F InformationMedicine

The Universe

The Universe

Our Solar System

Earth Environment

The Earth

Human Life

Geo-Scope

TSUNAGARI

NetworkRobots

Information Society

Digital Expression

Digital ExpressionLifestyle

Innovation

Science Workshop [SWS]

3F Information

©Naoya Hatakeyama

The vaulted ceiling that stretches all the way up to the 5F allows a view of the Symbol Exhibit.

Guide to Permanent Exhibitions Facility GuideDome Theater GAIA [GAIA]

6F

A diverse program of visuals can be enjoyed in this spherical theater, including breathtaking images that fill the whole screen and Japan’s first All Sky super high precision 3D image planetarium.

[Viewing the Dome Theater GAIA]Reservations required. After purchasing an admission ticket, please receive a reservation ticket on the 6F. *1 reservation ticket will be given for each admission ticket in the order of arrival.

The Humanoid Robot ASIMO was developed to operate in the same environment as us humans. ASIMO currently works as a Science Communicator of Miraikan. (Open since January 2002)

ASIMO[Robots]

This display features a full size model of the Shinkai 6500, one of the world’s deepest manned research submersibles. You can even go inside for yourself. (Open since July 2001)

Explore the deep sea (Shinkai 6500)

[The Earth]

Miraikan“TSUNAGARI” ProjectUsing the three tools, “Geo-Cosmos,” “Geo-Scope,” and “Geo-Palette,” feel, explore, and create YOUR Earth. Discover what is happening to you and YOUR Earth now. Build a better vision for your own future and share it with the world.

Permanent exhibitions of Miraikan will focus on the areas of “Explore the frontiers” and “Create your future,” taking the theme of “TSUNAGARI” which look towards the future.

Geo-Palette

[TSUNAGARI] Online Service

3F

3F

5F1F-5F

5F

TSUNAGARISymbol Zone

TSUNAGARI

Create your future

Elementary particles are the smallest unit that comprises a substance. Extremely large, complex equipment is necessary to view these particles. This area of research attempts to understand the origins of the universe. (Open since March 2006)

Study of Elementary Particles and the Universe with a Particle Accelerator

[The Universe]

Permanent Exhibition:

Explore the frontiers

VR TheaterOval Bridge

Research Area

5F Information

• The Universe• Human• Life• Earth Environment• Our Solar System• Medicine• The Earth

5FSymbol Zone: TSUNAGARI

3F Information

Science Library [SCL]Oval Bridge

Science Workshop [SWS]Permanent Exhibition:

Create your future

Research Area3F• Network• Digital Expression• Information Society• Lifestyle• Innovation• Robots

Symbol Zone: TSUNAGARI

Symbol Zone: TSUNAGARI Research Area

Charged Zone Admission to the permanent exhibitions, Science Workshops, and Dome Theater GAIA (requires an admission ticket).

Food and Drink Please refrain from eating and drinking outside of the designated areas. Please consult the staff for the location of the designated eating and drinking areas. Customers in groups may use Orientation Rooms 1 and 2 on the first floor to eat lunch (with advance reservation).

No Smoking Miraikan is a completely smoke-free facility.

First-aid room If you feel unwell while visiting the museum, please tell a member of staff. They will guide you to the first-aid room.

Free rental Wheelchairs, communication tablets for the hearing impaired, and baby strollers are available for rent on the 1F. Please contact the Information Desk or the nearest attendant staff.

Nursing room The Baby’s Café nursing room is located in the back of the 5F café.

Coin lockers Coin Lockers on the 1F (money is returned after use)

Free Bus Between the hours of 11:00 and 20:00, a free bus runs every 15-25 minutes between the major facilities of Odaiba. (The bus stop is located near the staff entrance.)

AED (Automated external defibrillator)

AEDs are placed at the first floor entrance, the staff entrance (in front of the disaster prevention center), the elevator halls on the third and fifth floor, and in front of the entrance to the Dome Theater on the seventh floor. In an emergency, please alert a nearby member of staff.

Barrier-free Miraikan is a barrier-free building, constructed in accordance with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Access Law (Heart Building Law).

Explore the frontiers