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Museum in Tokyo, Japan

Tobacco & Salt Museum
たばこと塩の博物館
Tobacco & Salt Museum
LocationTokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°42′20.9″N 139°48′30.7″E / 35.705806°N 139.808528°E / 35.705806; 139.808528

The Tobacco and Salt Museum (Japanese:たばこと塩の博物館) is located in Sumida-ku, Tokyo. It was established in 1978 and is run by Japan Tobacco. The museum was originally located in Shibuya but, in 2015, it was relocated to Sumida. The museum has about 38,000 artifacts that show the history of tobacco and salt both from Japan and overseas. It holds a 1.4 tonne block of rock salt from Poland along with other blocks of rock salts that have been brought from various parts of world. There is a replica of a Mayan shrine from South America to show where tobacco was first used.

The museum also has a ventilated smoking room, a workshop room, a reading room and a museum shop.

References

  1. ^ "Home". Tobacco & Salt Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Tobacco & Salt Museum". Live Japan. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. "Tobacco & Salt Museum". Japanistry. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. "Tobacco & Salt Museum (Tabako to Shio no Hakubutsukan)". Guides-Japan. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2024.


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