Showa Life: Postwar Phase

Three objects offer a useful route through the exhibition. A visitor guide to the 1949 Takamatsu Tourism Exposition links the rebuilding of a city damaged by wartime air raids with the promotion of local sights and products. A 1956 Toshiba ER-5 electric rice cooker, used in a household in what is now Higashikagawa, brings that story into the kitchen. A hand-knitted sweater from the Showa 30s, roughly 1955–1964, adds the perspective of someone who learned knitting and dressmaking after work and followed a pattern in Kurashi no Techo magazine. Together, these objects let you compare public reconstruction, domestic technology and handmade clothing. The earlier prewar and wartime phase ended on 6 September; the current display is the postwar phase.

Reservation

Reservation requirement not confirmed. Check the official page before visiting.

Tickets / booking

Adults pay ¥500, or ¥400 per person in adult groups of 20 or more. Admission is free for high-school students and younger visitors, Kagawa residents aged 65 or over, and holders of the specified disability or medical certificates and their caregivers; bring proof. During the run of Otoroshii Mon, its special-exhibition ticket also covers this permanent-gallery display. Museum talks on 26 September and 25 October at 14:00, and the 23 September night talk at 18:30, have no additional fee but require an exhibition ticket.

Price note

Adults ¥500; adult groups of 20+ ¥400. High-school students and younger visitors, eligible Kagawa residents aged 65+ and specified certificate holders with caregivers enter free with proof.

Access

Go directly to the second-floor permanent exhibition rooms 4 and 5. Kataharamachi is the shortest listed station walk at 500 metres; the JR Takamatsu and Takamatsu-Chikko approaches are 900 and 800 metres. The construction notice affects east-side parking and bicycle access, so consult it if arriving by car or bicycle. Otoroshii Mon used a different gallery but ended on 4 October and is no longer a current same-building pairing.

Rain

This indoor display works on its own when rain makes the optional Tamamo Park walk impractical. On ordinary current open days, last admission is 16:30. The late opening on 19–23 September, until 20:00 with last admission at 19:30, is historical and must not be used for an October visit.

Crowds

The library corner and learning room restrictions on 19–20 September are past facility notices, not current crowd evidence. A museum talk remains useful only when its published date is still upcoming; otherwise the three highlighted objects provide a self-guided route through the postwar phase.

Nearby spots

Tamamo Park is an optional outdoor contrast to the exhibition's account of domestic and civic change, not a required continuation of the visit. Otoroshii Mon was once an indoor same-building pairing, but that overlap ended on 4 October; do not plan it as a current second exhibition.

Itinerary hint

Use the 1949 exposition guide, the 1956 rice cooker and the hand-knitted sweater as three checkpoints: public reconstruction, electrified domestic life and personal making. This display now stands on its own rather than as a pairing with the ended Otoroshii Mon. Check the closure list carefully because 16–21 October is a continuous closure inside the advertised run.