What other travelers are saying about Kyoto Railway Museum
Great museum that will appeal to both children and adults! Great way to spend part of the day sheltering from the rain and cold if you happen to be visiting Kyoto in winter.
They have a variety of trains and memorabilia on display and have a few interactive activities, they even have proper train simulators! You can also purchase an add-on to the entry ticket to ride one of the restored steam locomotives.
Only negative feedback we had is the short opening of their cafeteria: it closes by 3pm so if you’re visiting in the afternoon do bring your own food for your children.
A fantastic experience!
This massive museum is full of lots of interactive exhibits.
Get up close to steam trains, old and newer Shinkansen and local trains.
Very informative displays.
There is an outdoor area where it's like a real Thomas the Tank Engine. A roundhouse full of steam engines.!
There's a chance to ride as steam engine.
You could easily stay all day and there is a restaurant there to refuel.
A minimum of 2 hours is needed to see the museum, and that's rushing it.
We left and went back in later, just show your ticket.
We had a blast here. There is so much to see, and so many of the exhibits are interactive. Many exhibits have QR codes that you can scan and get descriptions in English, both written and narrated. Do note that reading these will make your time spent here longer...we spent roughly 3 hours exploring without even reading all of the exhibition descriptions. Also be wary that going on a weekday means you will likely share the space with a lot of school children on field trips.
Fun fun fun for the kids who love their trains! So many different display and you only get this in Japan! All the era of trains on display, interactive play, even if you don’t understand Japanese it was fun enough for the kids. There is a souvenir shop at the exit, it was really crowded!
An exceptional railway museum by world standards. Sadly let down by almost no English signage/speaking staff.
Everywhere I looked there were wide eyes. However the signage and staff could cater for us!
Amazing model train diorama huge but again no English.
Great simulator but had to buy tickets via a clunky QR code yet able to by your entry tickets with credit cards assisted by someone with minimal English. Many wide eyes walked away as it was just too time consuming.
Cmon guys you can do better than this!
Amazing vintage trains in the round house and a great little steam ride and turntable exhibit. But again no English signage or description. Not even a small effort.
Amazing staff. Don’t think I’m picking on the staff. Quite the opposite. They’d tried their best but the management here needs to step up and check out their visitors and tune into their needs.
Just the same an amazing railway museum!
