Matsumoto City Clock Museum

Matsumoto City Clock Museum

Info

  • Address:
  • 1-21-15 Chuo, Matsumoto, Nagano
  • PublicTransportation:  
JR Matsumoto Station → 10-minute walk
  • CarAccess:  
2km 10 minutes from Nagano Road Matsumoto IC via National Route 158
  • Phone Number:  
  • 0263-36-0969

Business Hours

9 to 17 o'clock (entry is ~ 16:30)

Price

Entrance adults 310 yen, elementary and junior high school students 150 yen

Spot Category

Museums・Science Museums・Archives


Grand father clock made in England some 300 years ago


Baroque wind clock, 18th-century bronze watch that Tokugawa Yoshiki is said to have been given to him by Napoleon III of France


Measure clock, a portable Japanese clock with an attached dial like a yardstick and powered by a weight


Astronomical crystal pendulum clock/19th century British-made watch that can read time from both sides

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