Location and Access

Introduction of the historyof statistics in Japan

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URL : https://www.stat.go.jp/library/english/

Opening Hours : 9:30am-5:00pm（Admission Free）
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays,
the year-end and New Year holidays

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Seibu-Shinjuku
Sta.

Higashi-Shinjuku Sta.
Tokyo Metro
Meiji-dori
Fukutoshin LineE-mail : stat_museum@soumu.go.jp

ShinjukuNishiguchi Sta.

Shin-Okubo Sta.

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After 150 years, the importance of statistics is furtherincreasing. Let's start a journey to ﬁnd the signiﬁcanceand attractiveness of statistics, which constitute theinformation infrastructure of society and common
property of all people!

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Valuable documents concerning statistics andhistory of tabulation equipment

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History of the Population Census

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is introduced with panels and valuable historicalmaterials.

Okubo
Bus stop

Shin-okubo
Bus stop

Seibu-Shinjuku Line

JR Yamanote LineJR

The history of Japan's government statistic startedwith the establishment of the Statistics Division(Seihyo-ka), the predecessor of the Statistics Bureauof Japan, in the Central Chamber (Sei-in) of thepre-constitutional Meiji government (Dajokan) in1871.

Tokyo Metro
Tozai Line

police box

Statistics
MuseumWaseda Sta.

Waseda Univ.
Toyama campus

Toyama Park

Kokuritsu-Kokusai-Iryo-Kenkyu
Center Bus stop

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WakamatsuKawada Sta.

police box
Toei Oedo Line

Yochomachi
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Address :19-1 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8668 Japan(on the premises of the Statistics Bureau of Japan)
Trafﬁc guide■ Access by Subway・Toei Oedo Line: 5 min. walk from
"Wakamatsu-Kawada Station", Kawada exit.
・Tokyo Metro Tozai Line: 15 min. walk from "Waseda Station", 2 exit.
・Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: 10 min. walk from
"Higashi-Shinjuku Station", Elevator exit.
■ Access by Bus・From JR Shin-Okubo Station or JR Okubo Station
Get on the Toei Bus bound for “Shimbashi Station” or“Iidabashi Station” and get off at the“Kokuritsu-Kokusai-lryo-Kenkyu Center” stop (approx. 10-min. ride).
The Museum is right near the bus stop.

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Statistics MuseumThe history of government statistics in Japan

Museum Guide
Great ﬁgures inThis shows the trajectory of statistics.
7Special exhibitionboothExhibitions under speciﬁc themes
are held and the results of statisticalsurveys are displayed in aneasy-to-understand manner.

Hands-on activity

Proﬁle of the greats who
contributed to the development ofstatistics in Japan.

The 150-year history of Japan's
statistics is introduced in the form ofa chronological table.

History of theHistorical documents and

3 Population Census

4 materials related to statistics

Historical materials andquestionnaires since the ﬁrst
Population Census (in 1920) aredisplayed.

Valuable documents, etc. since
early Meiji era are introduced.

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6Exit

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Visitors can touch and try ”Statistics
Dashboard” and other contents
relating to statistical data.

2 table of statistics

MAP

Entrance

8 boothChronological

1 statistics

5Equipment and devices as

5 milestones in the history of statistics

6 Theater room

Historical equipment and devices
to tabulate the results of statisticalsurveys.

Videos can be seen on a large
screen.

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