
1F South Floor Map
The Japan Gallery South Exhibition Room on the 1st floor will be closed for partial renovation from Tuesday, December 16, 2025, until May 2026 (tentative).
Techniques in Observing Nature
The people of the Japanese Islands have been sensitive in observing the richness and diversity of nature around them since the beginning of their history. Our daily life in harmony with nature has also enabled us to acquire uniqueness in manufacturing and industry. Tools, instruments, crafted objects and literature handed down from their own time to the present, demonstrate our activities in the fields of science and technology.
1.Astronomical Observation:Astronomy/Celestial Glove
Japanese Calendars
Celestial and Terrestrial Globes in Edo Period
What We Have Observed with Telescopes2.Earthquake Measurement: Seismograph
To Read Motion of the Ground
Development of Seismographs
Evolving Seismographs3.To Measure Time:Clocks and Watches
Temporal Hours and the Japanese Clock, Wadokei
Modernization of Clock Industry4.Tiny Miracles:Microscopes
Scientific Ideas Inspired by Curiosity
Challenging the Minimum: Ultramicroscopes







