Last updated March 31, 2024
Retro taste of Showa era, Arts and Literature
31. Ome
Ome is well known as a “Showa era retro atmosphere town”, and for many years several streets were decorated with hand-painted movie billboards. At the present days they had been removed but with this course you can still enjoy the nostalgic remains of that atmosphere of the past and admire many articles from the Showa era, as well as the Arts and Literature works connected to the town.
- Tama
- Culture/History
Route
Select a spot to see details such as tourist information and barrier-free information.
- Start JROme Station
- Spot1 JR Ome Station
About 5 min. on foot
About 300 meters - Spot2 Showa Retro Goods Museum
About 9 min. on foot
About 550 meters - Spot3 Ome City Museum of Art / Ome City Kojima Zentaro Museum
About 3 min. on foot
About 180 meters - Bus Stop Toei Bus 梅01・梅76丙Taki-no-ue Bus Stop
About 15 minutes by bus
16th stop - Bus Stop Toei Bus 梅01・梅76丙Yugi Bus Stop
About 1 min. on foot
About 70 meters - Spot4 Yoshikawa Eiji Memorial Museum
About 2 min. on foot
About 90 meters - Bus Stop Toei Bus 梅01・梅76丙Yugi Bus Stop
About 20 minutes by bus
18th stop - Bus Stop Toei Bus 梅01・梅76丙JR Ome Station Bus Stop
About 1 min. on foot
About 70 meters - Goal JROme Station
- Information used in the creation of this website was current as of January 2023
- Indicated route travel times are calculated based on a speed of about 60 meters/minute
Route Details
There is also useful information for when you actually visit a spot, such as the time required, details on restrooms, and travel time between spots.
Explanation of PictogramsNote Items are indicated in dark blue if applicable.
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- Wheelchair-accessible restroom (located within the ticket gates at train and subway stations unless noted otherwise)
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- Nursing area (with diaper-changing table, unless noted otherwise)
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- Written communication possible through communication boards or paper
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- Osotomate-friendly facility
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- Parking for the impaired
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- Explanations, etc. available through tactile maps or in Braille
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Start JR Ome Station
The course starts at JR Ome Station.
For station details, refer to the JR East website. -
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Spot1 JR Ome Station About 10 minutes
The station is decorated with old movie signs. You can see the remnants of that time on the Showa Retro signboards that used to be in the city of Ome.
Accessibility Information
You can use the elevator to move between the ticket gate floor and the platform.Multi-purpose restroom available.
Restroom Information
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Facility Information
- Telephone number
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- Address
- 192 Honcho, Ome-shi
- Hours
- from the first train to the last depart
- Closed days
- none
- Official Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/index.html
*This information was current as of January 2024. Contact individual facilities to confirm details.
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About 5 min. on foot
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Spot2 Showa Retro Goods Museum About 30 minutes
It is a wooden building that used to be a furniture store. Now displays around 1.000 of miscellaneous articles, in a lineup of nostalgic household goods such as toys, posters, drink cans, etc., centered on product packages such as sweets and medicines from around 1955 to 1965 (only stairs to the 2nd floor).
Accessibility Information
The showcase of articles is on the 1st floor. On the 2nd floor, there is the “Snow woman room”, with an exhibition of materials that tell that the origin of Lafcadio Hearn’s ghost story “Yuki-onna” was in a legend handed down in Ome.
Restroom Information
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Facility Information
- Telephone number
- 0428-20-0234
- Address
- 65 Sumiecho, Ome-shi
- Fee
- ¥350
- Hours
- 10:00–17:00
- Closed days
- From Mondays to Thursdays (except Holidays)
- Official Website
- https://twitter.com/gentokan
*This information was current as of January 2024. Contact individual facilities to confirm details.
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About 9 min. on foot
About 550 meters Travel Tips Ome City Museum of Art and Ome City Zentaro Kojima Museum are located at the bottom of the slope. There are no sidewalks. Please note that there is a gentle but long downhill. -
Spot3 Ome City Museum of Art /
Ome City Kojima Zentaro Museum About 1 hour
The Museum exhibits around 2,300 cultural assets and artworks, centered in Japanese paintings, foreign paintings and woodcut prints from the beginning of modern times until now. There are about 4 Exhibitions per year, some of them Regular Exhibitions with items hold in the own Museum, sometimes Special Exhibitions with items borrowed from outside and sometimes Exhibitions in collaboration with others entities. 4 or 5 items of the works of artists related to the town, Kojima Zentaro (painter of western style) and Fujimoto Yoshimichi (craftsman) are exhibited regularly in rotation.
Accessibility Information
There is a slope for wheelchair in the main entrance. Wheelchair users can access the 2nd Floor Exhibition Room by elevator. There are also free to borrow wheelchairs.
Restroom Information
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Facility Information
- Telephone number
- 0428-24-1195
- Address
- 1346 Takinouecho, Ome-shi
- Fee
- ¥200 Different fees for Special Exhibitions (Impaired visitors with one caregiver: Free)
- Hours
- 9:00–17:00
- Closed days
- Mondays (in case of National Holidays, the following day)
- Official Website
- https://www.city.ome.tokyo.jp/site/art-museum/
*This information was current as of January 2024. Contact individual facilities to confirm details.
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About 3 min. on foot
About 180 meters Toei Bus 梅01・梅76丙 Taki-no-ue Bus Stop
About 15 minutes by bus
16th stop Toei Bus 梅01・梅76丙 Yugi Bus Stop
About 1 min. on foot
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Spot4 Yoshikawa Eiji Memorial Museum About 1 hour
Yoshikawa Eiji (1892–1962) is considered one of Japan’s greatest historical novelists. He wrote more than 100 books during his prolific career, starting as a newspaper journalist before moving into historical fiction. He is credited with making Japanese history accessible to a wide audience, and a number of his novels such as Musashi have been translated into several languages and made into popular films. Yoshikawa’s home has been preserved as a museum. He purchased the property in 1944 from a wealthy silk producer. He wrote several novels there, including The Heike Story. The house is spacious, with sliding doors that allow the rooms to be opened up onto the gardens. A room immediately inside the entrance to the house was used as a study. Yoshikawa’s main study is a semi-detached Western-style room laid out just as he used it, with a low table and chair, his papers, and writing implements. A tray holding his cigarettes and an ashtray—which still contains the ash of one of his last cigarettes—are beside the chair. The museum has a complete collection of Yoshikawa’s more than 100 books, as well as film posters, illustrations, and photographs of Yoshikawa and his friends. Yoshikawa was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1962 for his contributions to Japanese literature.
Accessibility Information
At the entrance of the main house there are some steps. Wheelchair visitors please view it from outside. The gardens are wheelchair accessible but in some places you will find steep slopes. Those who use the elevator, please notify first to the staff. There are also wheelchairs to borrow.
Restroom Information
Men: Urinal 3 Western-style 2
Women: Western-style 5
Toilet for anyone 1/Facility Information
- Telephone number
- 0428-74-9477
- Address
- 1-101-1 Yugimachi, Ome-shi
- Fee
- ¥400 (Impaired visitors with one caregiver: Free)
- Hours
- 10:00–17:00 (Enter up to 16:30)
- Closed days
- Mondays (in case of National Holidays, the following day)
- Official Website
- https://ome-yoshikawaeiji.net/
*This information was current as of January 2024. Contact individual facilities to confirm details.
This house at Ome offers a condensed view of Yoshikawa Eiji. We will be happy if you can feel in Yoshikawa Eiji Memorial Museum the man behind the writer.
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About 2 min. on foot
About 90 meters Toei Bus 梅01・梅76丙 Yugi Bus Stop
About 20 minutes by bus
18th stop -
Goal JR Ome Station
The course finishes at JR Ome Station.
For station details, refer to the JR East website.
Sightseeing spots around Ome
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Spot5 Plum Tree Park
A famous place to admire plum blossoms. In 2014 due to a virus infection all the plum trees were cut down, but later were replaced planting 1,200 new plum trees.
Accessibility Information
Multi-purpose toilet available. Assistance dogs allowed. There are some paths with steep stairs but there is also a route through the Park accessible to wheelchairs and baby carts.
Restroom Information
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Facility Information
- Telephone number
- 0428-22-1111
- Address
- 4-527 Baigo, Ome-shi
- Fee
- Free to explore
- Hours
- Free to explore
- Closed days
- Free to explore
*This information was current as of January 2024. Contact individual facilities to confirm details.
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Spot6 Gyokudo Art Museum
This Museum preserves most of the works of Kawai Gyokudo, one of the masters of modern times Japanese painting.
Accessibility Information
The Museum is barrier-free. There is a lift at the entrance. There are multi-purpose toilets in the building.
Restroom Information
There is a wheelchair-accessible restroom.
Facility Information
- Telephone number
- 0428-78-8335
- Address
- 1-75 Mitake, Ome-shi
- Fee
- ¥600
- Hours
- Mar–Nov: 10:00–17:00; Dec–Feb:10:00–16:30 (admission until 30 minutes before closing)
- Closed days
- Mondays (in case of National Holidays, the following day)
*This information was current as of January 2024. Contact individual facilities to confirm details.