List of facilities you can visit
This page introduces pharmaceutical factories, drug resource centers, museums, and other facilities that offer tours of their facilities.
For the most up-to-date information, please check the website of each facility.
Tokyo
Science Museum of Japan Kusurium (Pharmaceuticals Room)
In the exhibition room, which is designed to look like a pharmaceutical laboratory, visitors can learn about the history of drugs, various forms of drugs, and the mechanisms by which drugs act on affected parts of the body.
| Location | 〒102-0091
2-1 Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
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| Transportation | 7 min. walk from Exit 1b of Takebashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
10-minute walk from Exit 2 of Kudanshita Station on the Toei Subway Shinjuku Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line |
| For inquiries, please contact | TEL: 03-3212-8544 |
Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Museum
The Nakatomi Memorial Pharmaceutical Museum is a hands-on facility where visitors can learn about the functions and mechanisms of pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical production, and pharmaceuticals and the Nihonbashi Bridge from various angles in a fun and easy-to-understand manner.
| Location | Postal code 103-8426
3-5-1 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
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| Transportation | 2-minute walk from Mitsukoshimae Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line/Hanzomon Line), Exit A10
1 minute walk from Exit 5 of Shin-Nihonbashi Station on the JR Sobu Line Rapid train. |
| For inquiries, please contact | TEL: 03-6225-1133 |
Gifu Prefecture
Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science
The museum was established in 1971 by Toyoji Naito, founder of Eisai Co. The purpose of the museum is to collect, preserve, research, exhibit, and disseminate historical materials and books related to the history and culture of pharmaceuticals.
It is a comprehensive museum about medicines, consisting of an exhibition hall, a library, and a herb garden, which tells the history of medicine in Japan.
| Location | Postal code 501-6195
1 Takehaya-cho, Kawashima-cho, Hashima-gun, Gifu |
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| Transportation | 25 minutes by Meitetsu bus bound for Kawashima from Owari-Ichinomiya Station on the JR Tokaido Line or Meitetsu Shin-Ichinomiya Station on the Nagoya Railroad. 22 minutes walk from Kawashima-guchi Bus Stop (1.8 km). |
| For inquiries, please contact | Tel: +81-586-89-2101 |
Osaka Prefecture
Tanabe Pharma Museum of History
It introduces the history and culture of Doshomachi, known as the town of drugs, and the history of Tanabe Pharma from its establishment in 1678 to the present.
| Location | Postal code: 541-8505
3-2-10 Dosho-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka |
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| Transportation | 10-minute walk from Exit 8 or 13 of Yodoyabashi Station on the Midosuji Subway Line
(1 stop from Umeda, Osaka to Yodoyabashi Station on Midosuji Subway Line, 3 minutes) 10 minutes walk from "Yodoyabashi Station" of Keihan Electric Railway |
| For inquiries, please contact | Tel: 06-6205-5100 |
Doshomachi Museum of Pharmaceuticals
The museum exhibits materials based on the concept of "Come here and you will understand Doshomachi," from the past activities and history of Doshomachi, a town of medicines, to the future.
Located on the third floor of the Shohikona Shrine building, the museum displays a variety of materials and panels related to Doshomachi.
| Location | 2 Doshomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0045
3rd floor, Shogun's Office Building, 2-1-8 Doshomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City |
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| Transportation | 2 minutes on foot from Exit 6 of Kitahama Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line
10 min. walk from Exit 12 or 13 of Yodoyabashi Sta. on Midosuji Line. |
| For inquiries, please contact | TEL: 06-6231-6958 |
Saga Pref.
Nakatomi Memorial Pharmaceutical Museum
The museum was established in commemoration of the 145th anniversary of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to preserve and exhibit the tools and documents of the Tashiro drug sales business that flourished in the mid-Edo period, and to pass on the culture of drugs to future generations.
The museum exhibits historical materials related to drugs in Japan and around the world, including materials related to the Tashiro drug trade that developed in the eastern part of Tosu City and Motoyama Town, Saga Prefecture. In 2016, some of the exhibited materials were designated as "Saga Prefecture Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties".
| Location | Postal Code 841-0004
288-1 Kanbe-cho, Tosu City, Saga Prefecture |
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| Transportation | 10 minutes by car from Tosu Station on the JR Kagoshima Main Line, or take the Tosu City Minibus and get off at Nakatomi Kusuri Kinenkan Mae (Nakatomi Pharmaceutical Museum).
3 minutes by car from Yayogaoka Station on the JR Kagoshima Main Line |
| For inquiries, please contact | TEL: 0942-84-3334 |