Perched on the seventh floor of Sunshine City's Culture Center, the Ancient Orient Museum offers a peaceful retreat into antiquity amidst Tokyo's commercial energy. Established in 1978, the compact museum houses around 4,000 artifacts spanning ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, and Gandhara, from delicate pottery and gold jewelry to statues and a replica of the Code of Hammurabi stele. Visitors can also explore a reconstructed 3,600-year-old Syrian household based on archaeological digs the museum helped excavate. Easily explored in an hour, it is an engaging, family-friendly detour that provides a rare glimpse of ancient Eurasian history in Japan.
- Museums
- History & Culture
- Artifacts
- Archaeology
- Ancient History
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