This museum specialises in the Edo period of the capital, and has exihibitions that might be of specific interest to Nakasendō hikers. First and foremost, they have a life-sized replica of the Nihonbashi bridge as it looked in the early parts of the 19th century. The museum has been closed for renovations for years, but is finally opening again on the 31st of March of 2026!

“The Nihonbashi Bridge was approximately fifty-one meters in length and some eight meters in width. This model reproduces the northern half of the bridge, according mainly to records of reconstruction from 1806 and 1829. Bridge piles, beams, cross beams, and newel posts are made of zelkova; handrails and floorboards are fashioned from Japanese cypress. The two bronze ornamental handrail tops are modeled on existing ones, which contain an inscription dated 1658.”

From the Edo-Tokyo museum website https://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/en/p-exhibition/6f

I’ll make a pitstop at the museum before heading out along the path, in the middle of April just after it has opened again.