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The experience of war and air raids
Today, less than 10% of the Japanese has experienced war. Tolearn about the reality of war and air raids, we have to findout for ourselves, learn, and share our experiences andknowledge. It is important to do so. We wish this center
would be a center of learning and exchange for all of you
who wish to pass on the experience of war, and it is a place
where people can learn and exchange ideas.

〈2nd Floor Exhibition Room〉

The exhibition room focuses on the experiences of the people who were affectedby the air raids in Tokyo. Divided into four sections, the exhibition is displayed inchronological order before, during and after air raids.

４ Revival from the Air Raids

Director Yutaka Yoshida

Origins and History of the Center
The Center is a museum attached to the Institute of Political
Science and Economics. Since the 1970s, the Association for
Recording Air Raids in Tokyo has been collecting materials
and damaged goods related to air raids and war damage.
They had asked the Tokyo metropolitan government to build
a war museum. However, they couldn't.
In order to establish a facility for the preservation ofmaterials, storytelling and learning, the "Recording Group"and the Institute of Political Economy had been working
together to appeal for private donations and received thehelp of over 4,000 people. Then, on March 9, 2002, theCenter opened, and Katsumoto Saotome, the one of thefounders of the "Recording Group, was appointed director of
the museum; in 2019, historian Yutaka Yoshida will be thenew director. Mr. Saotome passed away in 2022.
The purpose of the center is to clarify and exhibit thedamage to civilians caused by air raids and wars, including
the Great Tokyo Air Raids. We hope to contribute to building
a peaceful world without repeating the horrors of war.

Membership fee and Donation
to support the center
The Center, which is privately owned and operated, issustained and managed by the membership fees anddonations from the public, and carries out a variety ofactivities, such as exhibition, document organization andpreservation, research activities, publication and editing, andvarious events. Please donate to our dues and fundraisingefforts. Thank you very much.
● Membership fee :Individuals: JPY2,000〜, Groups: JPY10,000〜*Members will receive a bi-annual bulletin and free admission to the museum.
● Post 0ffice Transfer Account: 00170-6-123225

Scan the QR code of the document with your mobile
device to use the related video and audio.

３ Video
Reference
LibraryThis is an audiovisual room that
includes videos of
air raid survivors
recounting theirstories.

The damage and problems caused by air raids that havecontinued after the war are on display: the temporary burialof air raid victims, war orphans and food shortages, themovement for compensation and air raid records, and thehistory of the establishment of the Center.

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The Facts of the Air Raids
There are real and model incendiarybombs used in air raids, and you canfeel the weight of them. In the center,
there is a display of testimonials,
drawings of the experience, photos anditems from the disaster after dawn.

〈1st Floor, Video and Lecture Room〉
It will be used as a venue for video screenings and events. It's alsoa place where you can take a group tour and hear stories frompeople who have experienced air raids. To give you an overall
picture of the air raids, there is a large downtown disaster mapand a timeline of air raids up to the present day.
The reception lobby can be used as a reading room with books
and picture books about air raids.

１ Daily life under the wartime
After recovering from the Great Kanto Earthquake,
Tokyo was gradually involved in the wartime
system. There are exhibitions of life in those days,
school activities, items related to air defense,
rooms under light control (reproduction), etc.

Tokyo, Japan and Air Raids
March 10, 1945, at the end of the Asia Pacific War, there wasan indiscriminate bombing raid called Great Tokyo Air Raid,by the U.S. military. It lasted for over two hours anddestroyed an area of downtown Tokyo, killing about 100,000people.
On the other hand, Japan also bombed China and othercountries after the Manchurian Incident. Many people wereburned, damaged, and lost their lives in air raids. Most ofthem were civilians, including women, children and theelderly.
Even today, Air Raids are still being carried out around theworld.

ACCESS▼ From JR Akihabara Station: Bus stop #2 at the left side of the central ticket
gate of JR Akihabara Station. Take the Toei Bus 《Kasai Station-bound》 (Aki 26),
35 min, get off at "Kitasuna 1-chome", 2 min walk.

▼ From Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line or Toei Subway Shinjuku Line, Sumiyoshi
Station : Take exit B1 and walk for 18 min.
*It is located at the crossing of Iwai-bashi Higashi-zume intersection on Kiyosu-bashi Street,next to the Iwai-bashi Clinic.

Two Statues for Peace
There are two statues at the entrance of the center,"Children's Peace in the World" and "Mother and Child".
"Children's Peace in the World" was raised and designed
by junior and senior high school students in Tokyo, wholearned about air raids and the atomic bombing. "Motherand Child" represent the wishes of mothers living in Koto
City for peace.

Striving for Peace in the Future by Communicating the Horrors of War

公益財団法人 政治経済研究所 付属

東京大空襲・戦災資料センター
The Center of the Tokyo Air Raids and War Damage

Information
Closed: Monday, Year-Ends and New Year's Days

"Children's Peace in the World"by Mitsutetsu Okamura*Besides Tokyo, they were also
made in the U.S., Hiroshima
and Kyoto etc. .

*If Monday is a holiday, the museum opens on Monday and close on Tuesday.
*Open on March 9 and 10“Mother and Child”
by Arata Kono

Annual Event Schedule
Around March 10 : Tokyo Air Raids Meeting(Talk Event of Air Raids Survivors, Center's Activity Report, etc.)

Around May 5 : Statue of "Children's Peace in the World"
Meeting
Around August 15 : Summer vacation special projects(free research, community and citizen conversation etc.) for a week
*For the latest information, please check our website and Twitter.

Open hours: 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Admission: Adults：300JPY Jr. / Sr. high school students：200JPY
Elementary school students：100JPY
Preschoolers and disabled persons：FreeRemarks :*For groups of more than 10 people, please contact us in advance.
*There is a wheelchair elevator, a toilet, and a parking lot.
There is no public parking available.
* For groups, We’re available for consultation after hours and on closed days.

The Center of the Tokyo Air Raids and War Damage〒136-0073 1-5-4 Kitasuna, Koto, Tokyo
TEL: +81 3-5857-5631/FAX: +81 3-5683-3326
Web: https://tokyo-sensai.net/

The Center of the Tokyo
Raids and War Damages

Near Kitasuna and Ojima, Koto-ku,Tokyo, September 1945
(photo by the U.S. Military )