The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum

Decide before you go

A short summary made from the official facts below. Check the rows for details.

Getting there

Train / Bus / Car

Admission

Paid (see the price below)

Closing days

Has closing days (see below)

Booking

Some things need booking (see the rows below)

Before you go

Only facts we confirmed on official sources are shown. Anything else is listed under “Not yet confirmed”.

Opening hours

9:00-17:00 (last entry 16:30).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Closed

Tuesdays (if a holiday, open and closed the next weekday), Dec 29 - Jan 3. Also closed Feb 24-27, 2027.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Admission

Adults 600 yen, school students 300 yen, preschool free (no booking needed). Groups of 20+: 480 / 240 yen (booking required). 20% off with an Aquamarine Fukushima ticket or a local pro-sports ticket, among other discounts. Reduced admission for holders of a disability certificate (physical, intellectual or mental); see the museum's discount page for details.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Getting there

Limited express Hitachi to Futaba Station: about 3 h 10 min from Tokyo, 1 h 20 min from Sendai. From the station about 2 km (25 min on foot) or 5-6 min by the Futaba town shuttle bus. Car navigation may not find the museum by its phone number; search by the address (39 Takata, Nakano, Futaba-machi). About 10 min by car from Joban-Futaba IC.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Parking

Free parking for about 110 cars and 10 coaches.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Payment

Cash, cards (Visa, JCB, AMEX, Diners), e-money (transport IC cards, QUICPay, Rakuten Edy, nanaco, WAON) and QR payments (PayPay, d-barai, Rakuten Pay, AEON Pay).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

Accessibility

Strollers and wheelchairs can be used. Three wheelchairs to borrow. The prologue theater from the 1st to 2nd floor is a ramp. The multipurpose toilet is ostomate-friendly. Assistance dogs allowed.

Checked 1 Oct 2026 on the official site

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Address: 39 Takata, Nakano, Futaba-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima

Official site: https://www.fipo.or.jp/lore/

Location

Approximate location: this pin comes from Wikidata (a public database), not from an official page. We checked that it is close to the official address.

Location source: Wikidata (CC0)

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Crowds

Not yet confirmed

Crowd level, Best time to visit, Peak time, Busiest days, Busiest season

no official source yet, and not enough traveler reports.

Latest traveler report

None yet

Traveler crowd data by time of day appears after 5 traveler reports (0 so far).

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Verification log

• 1 Oct 2026First check · Official website · https://www.fipo.or.jp/lore/faqRead from the FAQ on the official site of the foundation that runs the museum.
• 25 Sept 2026First check · Official website · https://www.fipo.or.jp/lore/admissionHours, closing days, temporary closures, admission, payment, discounts, access and parking read from the official admission page. Its car count (110) differs by one from the access page (111).
• 25 Sept 2026First check · Official website · https://www.fipo.or.jp/lore/accessAccess, parking and address read from the official access page.