11 railway spots in Kanto
- Admission ranges from free to ¥1,600 for adults, and closed days cluster on Tuesdays.
- Admission for a family of four is ¥4,400 on the day at Railway Museum, and ¥600 at Tram and Bus Museum and Tobu Museum.
- SL Moka is suspended until the end of March 2027; steam trains running in winter are SL Taiju and SL Paleo Express (until December 6).
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If you want to see or ride trains around Tokyo, admission ranges from free to ¥1,600 for an adult, and the closed days cluster on Tuesdays. This page compares 8 railway museums and 3 trains you can still ride in winter by fare, closed day and how close they are to a station.
For a family of four, admission is ¥4,400 at the Railway Museum on the day, and ¥600 at the Tram and Bus Museum and the Tobu Museum, a difference of more than 7 times. The Moka Railway’s SL Moka is suspended until the end of March 2027, so the steam trains you can ride in winter 2026 are SL Taiju and SL Paleo Express (until December 6).
In short
- A full day with small children: the Railway Museum (tickets with a booked slot for the mini train and simulators are available).
- Lowest cost: the Keikyu Museum is free, and the Tram and Bus Museum and Tobu Museum cost ¥200 for an adult.
- Going on a Tuesday: the Tram and Bus Museum, Tobu Museum and Yokohama Municipal Tram Museum are open (the Railway Museum, Romancecar Museum, Keikyu Museum and Usui Pass are closed on Tuesdays).
- Riding a real steam locomotive: SL Taiju takes about 35 minutes from Shimo-Imaichi to Kinugawa-onsen, and SL Paleo Express takes about 2 hours 40 minutes one way from Kumagaya to Mitsumineguchi.
Checked with official pages on November 1, 2026 (Japan time).
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1. Fares, closed days and nearest stations of the 8 railway museums
Admission for a family of 4 ranges from free at two places to ¥4,400 at the Railway Museum. The 4-person figure is the on-the-day price for 2 adults and 2 elementary school children, added up by this site. The Tobu Museum figure uses the IC card (transport e-money) price. Tap a facility name to jump to its section.
| Facility | Pref. | Adult | Family of 4 | Closed | Nearest station, on foot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railway Museum | Saitama | ¥1,600 | ¥4,400 | Tue | Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station, 1 min |
| Romancecar | Kanagawa | ¥1,100 | ¥3,000 | Tue | Next to Ebina Station |
| Keikyu | Kanagawa | Free | Free | Tue | Yokohama Station, 7 min |
| Tram and Bus | Kanagawa | ¥200 | ¥600 | Thu | Directly connected to Miyazakidai Station |
| Tobu | Tokyo | ¥200 | ¥600 | Mon | Next to Higashi-Mukojima Station |
| Yokohama Tram | Kanagawa | ¥300 | ¥800 | Wed, Thu | About 7 min by bus from Negishi Station |
| Usui Pass | Gunma | ¥900 | ¥2,800 | Tue | Next to Yokokawa Station |
| Old Shimbashi Station | Tokyo | Free | Free | Mon | Shimbashi Station, 3-5 min |
How holidays are handled is in the table under each section.
2. Fares and booking start dates for the 3 steam and open-air trains in winter
For all three, seat tickets go on sale one month before the day you ride. The price is for the seat only. The fare for the section you ride is charged separately.
| Train | Section | Seat ticket (adult) | Booking opens |
|---|---|---|---|
| SL Taiju | Shimo-Imaichi to Kinugawa-onsen | ¥1,000 | 1 month before, 9:00 |
| Paleo | Kumagaya to Mitsumineguchi | ¥1,000 | 1 month before, 0:00 |
| Wasshi | Kiryu to Mato | ¥700 | 1 month before, 11:00 |
3. Things to know when choosing (closed days, parking, winter service)
- Closed days cluster on Tuesdays. The Railway Museum, Romancecar Museum, Keikyu Museum and Usui Pass Railway Heritage Village are all closed on Tuesdays.
- Many places are close to a station, and parking differs by facility. The Romancecar Museum has no car park of its own, and the Railway Museum charges ¥1,000 a day and can be full on holidays. Usui Pass has 220 spaces, free for visitors. The Tobu Museum has 12 free spaces, and the Yokohama Municipal Tram Museum has 16 free spaces.
- Service is reduced in winter. SL Paleo Express runs in 2026 only until December 6, and the open-air train at Usui Pass runs only on weekends and holidays from March to November, plus the mid-August Obon period. From November to the end of February, Usui Pass closes earlier, at 16:30.
- The Moka Railway’s SL Moka is suspended until the end of March 2027, according to the announcement of January 19, 2026.
4. Highlights and fares of the 8 railway museums
Railway Museum, Omiya, Saitama
One minute on foot from Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station on the New Shuttle. Advance tickets bought by the day before are ¥1,500 for general admission, ¥500 for elementary to high school students and ¥200 for young children, and on the day each is ¥100 higher. Advance tickets are sold on the museum website and at Seven-Eleven, Lawson and Ministop, and on-the-day tickets are sold from 10:00 at the museum’s ticket machines.
Admission tickets with a booked experience slot for the “Mini Train”, “E5 Simulator”, “D51 Simulator” and “Conductor Simulator” are sold only through Seven Ticket. The car park is ¥1,000 a day and closes when the museum closes.
| Name | Railway Museum |
|---|---|
| Address | 3-47 Taisei-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30; closed Tuesdays and New Year holidays) |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Romancecar Museum, Ebina, Kanagawa
Next to Ebina Station on the Odakyu Line, about 50 minutes from Shinjuku Station to Ebina Station. Individual visitors can enter without a reservation, and online tickets are also sold on Odakyu’s “EMot” app. On top of admission, the Romancecar simulator “LSE (7000 series)” costs ¥500 per try.
There is no car park of its own, so by car you use the partner car parks at Vina Walk or LaLaport Ebina.
| Name | Romancecar Museum |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-3 Megumi-cho, Ebina City, Kanagawa |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–17:00 (closed Tuesdays) |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Keikyu Museum, Yokohama, Kanagawa
On the ground floor of the Keikyu Group headquarters, 7 minutes on foot from the east exit of Yokohama Station. Admission is free. You can see the early-Showa Deha 230 car and the Keikyu Line diorama, about 12 m long. Running the diorama’s models, a train simulation using the cab of the New 1000 series, and the “My Car Factory” craft corner are paid.
| Name | Keikyu Museum |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-2-8 Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30; closed Tuesdays; open on public holidays and closed the following day) |
| Phone | 045-225-9696 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Tram and Bus Museum, Miyazakidai, Kanagawa
Directly connected to Miyazakidai Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line. Admission for children aged 3 and over is ¥100, and children aged 2 and under are free. From April 1, 2026 the ticket machine takes cash only. To pay with an IC card, ask at the window beside the ticket machine.
The 8090 series driving simulator is ¥300 per try and the N-gauge Park is ¥200 for 20 minutes. Both are booked after you enter, and for the simulator you book first come, first served at the reservation ticket machine on the 1st floor of Building A. As of March 2026, Building B (Kids World) is closed and only Building A can be entered.
| Name | Tram and Bus Museum |
|---|---|
| Address | 2-10-12 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–16:30 (last entry 16:00; closed Thursdays, or the following day if Thursday is a public holiday; closed December 29–January 3) |
| Phone | 044-861-6787 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Tobu Museum, Higashi-Mukojima, Tokyo
Next to Higashi-Mukojima Station on the Tobu Skytree Line. Re-entry is not allowed, and you eat food you bring in at the rest corner, so prepare lunch before you go in. There are 12 free car park spaces under the elevated tracks, about 150 m from the museum entrance toward Kanegafuchi Station.
| Name | Tobu Museum |
|---|---|
| Address | 4-28-16 Higashi-Mukojima, Sumida City, Tokyo |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–16:30 (closed Mondays, or the following day if a public holiday or substitute holiday; closed December 29–January 3) |
| Phone | 03-3614-8811 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Yokohama Municipal Tram Museum, Isogo, Kanagawa
About 7 minutes by city bus (routes 21, 78 and 133) from JR Negishi Station, and you get off at “Shiden Hozonkan-mae” and it is right there. You can see tram cars as they looked in service, and there are tram simulators and an N-gauge running corner. People aged 65 and over pay ¥200 on showing a Hamatomo Card or a senior pass. The free car park has 16 spaces for vehicles up to 2.2 m high, and it is busy on holidays.
It is closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays, but open on public holidays and during the spring, summer and winter breaks of Yokohama city elementary schools.
| Name | Yokohama Municipal Tram Museum |
|---|---|
| Address | 3-1-53 Takigashira, Isogo-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa |
| Hours / Closed | Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and summer vacation 9:30–17:00 (last entry 16:30), weekdays 10:00–16:00 (last entry 15:30). Closed Wednesdays and Thursdays (open on public holidays, no substitute closure; open daily during spring, summer and winter breaks of Yokohama city elementary schools); closed December 29–January 3 |
| Phone | 045-754-8505 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Usui Pass Railway Heritage Village, Yokokawa, Gunma
Next to Yokokawa Station on the JR Shin’etsu Line, about 35 minutes from Takasaki Station on a local train. Children under elementary school age are free with a guardian. The open-air train in the grounds costs ¥700 one way for junior high students and older and ¥400 for elementary school students, or ¥1,200 and ¥600 round trip, and runs on weekends and holidays from March to November and in the mid-August Obon period.
There is a course to try driving the electric locomotive EF63. You enter a lottery for the training session, and the announcement for January sessions is on the official news page. The car park holds 220 cars and is free for visitors.
| Name | Usui Pass Railway Heritage Village |
|---|---|
| Address | 407-16 Yokokawa, Matsuida-machi, Annaka City, Gunma |
| Hours / Closed | 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), November 1–end of February until 16:30 (last entry 16:00). Closed Tuesdays (except August; if Tuesday is a public holiday, closed the following day); closed December 29–January 4 |
| Phone | 027-380-4163 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Old Shimbashi Station Railway History Exhibition Room, Shiodome, Tokyo
A free exhibition room in a building that recreates the exterior of the Shimbashi station building that opened in 1872. The special exhibition “Showa 100th Anniversary: Station Scenes of the Showa Era” runs until Monday, November 23 (holiday). The room is closed while exhibits are being changed, so check the official page for the next exhibition dates before you go. The last entry is 15 minutes before closing.
| Name | Old Shimbashi Station Railway History Exhibition Room |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-5-3 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato City, Tokyo |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–17:00 (closed Mondays; open on public holidays and closed the following Tuesday; closed during New Year holidays, exhibition changes, and facility inspections) |
| Phone | 03-3572-1872 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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5. How to ride the 3 steam and open-air trains
SL Taiju, Shimo-Imaichi to Kinugawa-onsen, Tochigi
It runs the 12.4 km from Shimo-Imaichi Station to Kinugawa-onsen Station in about 35 minutes. The reserved seat fee for a child is ¥300. “SL Taiju Futara”, which runs through to Tobu-Nikko Station, is ¥1,150 for an adult for the through ride. On days when a diesel locomotive pulls the train (DL Taiju), the fee is ¥750 for an adult and ¥200 for a child.
Tickets go on sale at 9:00 one month before the riding day, at Tobu Line stations and on “Tobu Ticket”. Since August 27, 2026, internet purchase has moved to Tobu Ticket. Operating days differ by month, and there are DL days and special illumination runs, so choose your day from the official operating calendar.
| Name | SL Taiju |
|---|---|
| Address | Shimo-Imaichi Station, Nikko City, Tochigi |
| Hours / Closed | Check the official operating calendar for operating days |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
SL Paleo Express, Kumagaya to Mitsumineguchi, Saitama
In 2026 it makes one round trip a day, mainly on weekends and holidays until Sunday, December 6. It leaves Kumagaya Station at 10:15, and the whole line takes about 2 hours 40 minutes one way. For now all cars are reserved seats, and you can book from 0:00 one month before the operating day until 30 minutes before departure from the boarding station. The SL reserved seat ticket is the same price for adults and children, one way: ¥1,000 by credit card on the “Chichibu Railway SL reservation system”, or ¥1,100 in cash at a station window. Booking closes when the number of tickets on sale is reached.
By car, the hourly car park at the south exit of Kumagaya Station has a daily maximum of ¥900 (¥1,000 on weekends and holidays), and if you show your SL ticket at the Kumagaya Station window you get a 3-hour free parking ticket. The 2027 operating days have not been announced yet.
| Name | SL Paleo Express |
|---|---|
| Address | Kumagaya Station, Kumagaya City, Saitama |
| Hours / Closed | In 2026, runs mainly on weekends and public holidays until December 6 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
Toroko Wasshi, Kiryu to Mato, Gunma and Tochigi
An open-air train that runs the full length of the Watarase Keikoku Railway. The stops are Kiryu, Aioi, Omama, Mizunuma, Godo, Sori, Tsudo, Ashio and Mato. The numbered ticket for the open-air train was revised on September 1, 2026 to ¥700 for adults and ¥350 for children, and a separate ordinary ticket is also needed.
Tickets go on sale at 11:00 one month before the riding day, at stations including Aioi, Omama and Tsudo, and end when the train is full. On operating days from December to March 14, 2027, it runs on the winter timetable.
Facility information checked: November 1, 2026 (Japan time). Prices and hours may change.
| Name | Toroko Wasshi |
|---|---|
| Address | Kiryu Station, Kiryu City, Gunma |
| Hours / Closed | Operating days from December to March 14, 2027 run on the winter timetable; check official seat availability |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
Sources
22 pages we checked
- Railway Museum: visitor information
- Railway Museum: access
- Romancecar Museum: visitor information and access
- Romancecar Museum: fees
- Keikyu Museum: Yokohama tourist information page
- Tram and Bus Museum: Tokyu area guide
- Tram and Bus Museum: admission information
- Tobu Museum: opening hours and admission
- Tobu Museum: access
- Yokohama Municipal Tram Museum: visitor information and access
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Village: fees and hours
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Village: access
- Old Shimbashi Station Railway History Exhibition Room: East Japan Railway Culture Foundation
- SL Taiju: fares and how to buy
- SL Taiju: operating days and timetable
- SL Paleo Express: operating days and times
- SL Paleo Express: how to board
- SL Paleo Express: access
- Watarase Keikoku Railway: Toroko Wasshi
- Moka Railway: notice of full suspension of SL Moka (Jan 19, 2026)
- Old Shimbashi Station: access
- Japanese version of this page (日本語版)
Checked with official pages on November 1, 2026 (Japan time).
