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Happy Winter Tour Around Meiji-Mura

Happy Winter Tour Around Meiji-Mura

Date: Dec 20,2025(Sat) ～ Feb 23,2026(Mon)

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Feel the winter happiness

During the Happy Winter Tour Around Meiji-Mura event period, you can enjoy events with winter themes. Take part in the chance to learn about Japanese history as you solve mysteries with a special guidebook, toasty cuisine available in winter only, and a real mystery solving game. Find a little happiness at Meiji-Mura this winter!

Happiness Through Knowledge: 10 Mysterious Road Signs
Solve mysteries sketching in notes in your innovative mystery and education guidebook as you learn the history of Meiji-Mura's buildings.

• Event period: Sat, Dec 20, 2025–Sun, Mar 1, 2026 (excluding days the museum is closed)
Participation registration:
• Price: JPY 500 (separate admission ticket required)

Participation registration:
• Time: 10:00 am–3:30 pm (9:30 am–4:30 pm in Mar)
• Location: Main Gate, North Gate (admission ticket box office), and Imperial Guards Station Headquarters Annex Building (from 1:00 pm)

Report reception:
• Location: Imperial Guards Station Headquarters Annex Building
• Time: 1:00 pm–3:30 pm (1:00 pm–3:30 pm in Mar)

Toasty cuisine available in winter only
Enjoy cuisine perfect in the cold winter available for a limited time only.

• Dates: Sat, Dec 20, 2025–Mon, Feb 23 (national holiday), 2026

Notes:
• Excludes days the museum and stores are closed.
• Available while supplies last.

First Happiness: Village New Year
Tour of Traditional New Year Decorations and Shinto Ceremonial Ropes from Around Japan
Traditional New Year decoration and Shinto ceremonial ropes from around Japan help to ring in the New Year at various buildings around the museum.

• Dates: Fri, Jan 2–Sat, Jan 31, 2026 (excluding days the museum is closed)
• Venue: 8th High School Main Gate, Toumatsu Home, Uji-Yamada Post Office, etc.

Fortunes Through Quotes of Meiji's Greats
Try your luck in the New Year! Quotes by the greats of the Meiji period tell you your fortune.

• Dates: Fri, Jan 2–Mon, Feb 23, 2026 (excluding days the museum is closed)
• Location: Inside the Railway Bureau's Shimbashi Plant and in front of Meiji Jinja Shrine
• Price: JPY 200/drawing

Inuyama Biyori Collaboration: Kimono/Hakama Rental and Meiji-Mura Admission Bargain Set (advance reservation necessary)
Wear the kimono or hakama of your choice as you stroll around Meiji-Mura.

• Dates: Sat, Feb 7–Sun, Mar 22, 2026
• Location: Inuyama Biyori Rental Kimono & Yukata Building No. 2
• Price: JPY 6,500/person (Meiji-Mura admission, kimono/hakama rental, and dressing service included. Available to adults only.)
Contact Inuyama Biyori Rental Kimono & Yukata from the contact form.

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	10:00 am–4:00 pm (Meiji-Mura's operating hours) Note: • Reception, operating, and closing times differ by event and facility. Check the official website, etc. for latest information.
Place	Museum Meiji-Mura
Location	〒484-0000 1 Uchiyama, Inuyama-shi, Aichi
Fee	Admission fees • Adults: JPY 2,500 • High school students (student ID required): JPY 1,500 • Elementary school/Junior high school students: JPY 700 • Children (preschoolers) / Visitors born during the Meiji period: Free of charge
Parking	• Standard-size vehicles (900 spaces): JPY 1,000 • Buses (100 spaces): JPY 1,500 • Motorcycles (50 spaces): JPY 200
Restrooms	Available
Phone number	0568-67-0314

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

LINK

Aichi Now Museum Meiji-Mura page

ACCESS

Access by public transport

• From Inuyama Station on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line (board from Meitetsu Nagoya Station), take the Gifu Community Bus bound for Meiji-Mura (21-min. ride).
• From either Nagoya Station's Meitetsu Bus Terminal Platform 23 or Sakae Bus Terminal Platform 8, take the Meitetsu Bus bound for Meiji-Mura and get off at Meijimura Bus Stop (approx. 1-hr. 20-min. ride).
Access by car

• Approx. 19 min. (19.6 km) northeast from Komaki Interchange on the Meishin Expressway / Tomei Expressway via Routes 41, 158, 176, 188, and 16.
• Approx. 6 min. (4.2 km) west from Komaki-Higashi Interchange on the Chuo Expressway via Routes 49 and 16.