(left to right)
Signpost in front of subway entrance pointing the way to the museum

Tunnel and Stairs.
Arrows point to signs that will guide visitors to the museum.

up these stairs

Front of NHK Museum

Tokyo Tower in distance

The museum
from Tokyo Tower

Index
Cameras
(see the Anselmo pages for more cameras from Japan, Germany, and France!)

Before I start I will say that this is not the entire museum. Although the museum does have an extensive collection of material and property I did not shoot pictures of everything in the building.

(Note: These pictures are from 1983, and I was using existing light, no flash. Thus, some pictures are out of focus. However, you can see the vintage TV cameras that NHK used in their early days. (see cameras.html...link at bottom of page.)

(Note#2: I do not know if the museum allows picture taking in their museum. I didn't think to ask at the time. If they are offended, I apologize.)

Here's what I didn't get. I did not get a picture of an RCA transmitter (circa 1920) that was built by General Electric. I did not get a picture of a room that was dressed to look like a radio studio out of the same period. I did not get a wall of monitors that played film and tape of major news events.

However, I did get one wall that was dedicated to Radio Japan (NHK's shortwave broadcast service) complete with a large map of their target areas, and a speaker that carried the General Service broadcasts.

I found this wall when I heard the familiar Interval Signal melody. (The Interval Signal is a song, or brief musical signature, that is repeated for a period of time prior to the start of a broadcast.) I thought I had been imagining the music, but after I checked my watch and found out it was time for the next hourly program to be broadcast that I went looking for the source.

For the shortwave radio enthusiast, I did find a Sony ICF2001 receiver that was about five feet wide (see picture). And it really worked!

Anyway, the museum is very interesting, and most everything is in Japanese. Fortunately, my wife is fluent in Japanese. Unfortunately, she was fascinated by the library of major news events! Therefore, I went exploring on my own.

The museum is a short walk from the Kamiyacho Subway Station in Tokyo. Just walk up a flight of stairs that are to the left of the tunnel. If it's raining, or you don't feel like walking, find a taxi driver that knows where it is and ride up the hill.

NHK Broadcast Museum is located on a hill called Atago near Kamiyacho Subway Station. Tokyo Tower is nearby.

Obviously, you can see the tower from the museum, but from the tower the museum is but one of many buildings in crowded Tokyo.

To see the cameras from the museum please see the Camera page. (Link to that page is at the top of this page, left side.)

(left to right)
For large picture--click on the left picture

For a smaller version of the same picture--click on the right picture.