The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living

Japan’s first museum, specialized on the history and culture of life, was opened in April 2001. You can learn about housing and how people lived during Edo, Meiji, Taisho and Showa Periods.

On the 8th floor, Modern Osaka Panoramic Tour shows a modern town in Osaka from Meiji to Showa Periods with a diorama model and video. The architecture of the era, the life, culture and customs from the Cultural Revolution through the Dai-Osaka (Big Osaka) Era. The Living Theater "That Day That House -A Family's Relocation Story-" is an intriguing episode of a girl, who was born and grew up in Osaka Karahori Shopping Street. It shows how a family changed homes via video and models. Check it out.

On the 9th floor, “Saijiki of Naniwa Machiya (Time Slip to the Edo Period)” recreates the townscape in early 1830s in life-size. You can actually walk along the street with a public bath, kimono shop, book store, Pharmacy, etc. and step inside and handle the displays. (Closed for the ceiling repair until the fall of 2022)

The special display room will have exhibitions related to life from time to time.