Museum Exhibit Guide

１FAqua Park■’WakuWaku’ Mountain■’UkiUki’ Pool

This mountain, which is the symbol of the Water
Science Museum, stands tall in the central atriumof the museum. A waterfall descends from the ten
meter tall rocky mountain, and you can also viewit from behind after entering the tunnel!

There is a large touch pool with numerous
features on the base of ‘WakuWaku’ Mountain,
where children can play excitedly.

Aqua Showcase
The Aqua Showcase is located next to Aqua Park, and serves as a multipurpose space anda rest area. The film library allows visitors to not only view its archived media, but also gain
water-related knowledge that can be useful in their daily lives.

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Aqua TourThis is a guided tour and exploration of Ariake Water Supply
Station, which is actually located below the museum.
How does water arrive at our homes? This tour of an actual
functioning facility shows you how water arrives at your houseand also includes a number of hidden attractions in addition to awater leak detection game.

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1 Aqua Trip

“From the forest to your home - the journey of water”■ “Hear the Song of Water” (Film Title)
The excited scenes are projected on four screens; located on theforward, left, and right walls plus the ceiling at the newly designed
video theater, allowing the audience to feel as if it is in the middle ofthe scene. They finds themselves experiencing a voyage, feeling as
if they have become a drop of water and traced “the Big cycle ofWater”.

2 Aqua Forest“The forest– the source of our water supply”■Aerial views of the Forestand some of Water it harbors
Aerial photos, which shows water resource areas in Okuama fromthe up stream of Tama River to Hamura Water Intake Weir. There
are also pictures waterfalls, large trees, rivers and other featuresthat demonstrate natural scenery of Okutama area.
You can understand relation between people and the naturesituated around the water resource from the water point of view.

■Nature and Waterin the Forest■Protecting the Forestsand its Water

This exhibit illustrates certain indispensable
tasks carried out by forests in the process ofwater generation, and the deep relationshipbetween the two.
Furthermore, it is introduced Tokyo has pureand high-quality water as a gift of great nature.
Therefore you have to understand importanceof preserving nature.

The vast forest area located around upper reaches of TamaRiver is managed by the Tokyo Bureau of Waterworks as awater resource forest. This exhibit shows the importance ofprotecting and fostering healthy forests to preserve stablesupplies of high-quality raw water.
Additionally, you have the opportunity to deepen yourknowledge of the work involved in protecting water resource
forests while you enjoy quizzes at the Forest Work Q & Acorner.

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3 Aqua Laboratory“Amazing experiences with water”■The Secret of tasty water
How is drinking water created? This exhibit introduces how
through a combination of elements focused on water purification
processes and related technology.
Furthermore, three water treatment technologies in particular,“Flocculation” “Ozonation Treatment ” and “Biological ActivatedCarbon Adsorbing Treatment” have been adapted into games.
While enjoying these games, you can understand the processes
create tasty water.

■ Lab forWater experiments■The wonders ofWater
Five types of experiments concerned with water quality
are prepared. Through these experiments with fun, anumber of wonders regarding water can be uncovered,deepening children’s interest in water and fostering theirintellectual curiosity and motivation to learn.

The staff carries out a number of demonstrations.
Among these, the water vacuum experiment, which
employs large-scale lab equipment, is most attractive.
The demonstrations change regularly, so any time you
visit you'll be able to see something new!

4 Aqua Town “The role of water in our everyday lives”■Water in everyday LifeWith a motif based on spaces that utilize water in your everyday
life, such as the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room, this exhibit
allows one to see water commonly-used fixture from a newperspective and to foster further recognition of the environment andone’s relationship with water.

■Water supports
the urban way of Life

■Water Quiz Q&A

Employing miniature houses, schools, offices, factories, andother buildings, this exhibit introduces various scenes regarding
water and related instructions based on four themes, “Bureau ofWaterworks Efforts”, “Water and Daily Life”, “Water and theEnvironment” and “Water and Industry”.
Through these demonstrations, you can be aware of such things
as how the Bureau of Waterworks delivers tasty water to houses
and as how the ever-expanding and multiple uses of water makepeople's lives easier and better.

You can obtain various knowledge
about water and waterworks enjoining
Q&A quiz of 5 categories. Answering
all the questions correctly will result in a
fanfare sounding and the release of
mist from the giant tap!