Sendai City Science Museum
A science museum greeting you with an allosaurus skeleton cast, its exhibits built to be handled.
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Sendai City Science Museum
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Its subway simulator runs the real stretch of line that ends at the museum's own station.
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The third floor, remade in 2025, holds seven zones. In Challenge Lab you can stand inside a giant soap bubble or push magnetic fluid about with a magnet. A three-meter tornado machine marks the entrance to the disaster zone, whose theatre replays the shaking Sendai recorded in the Tohoku earthquake. The vehicle garage has a real aircraft and a formula car to sit in, plus a subway driving simulator. Upstairs, Miyagi's nature is shown through fossils and specimens you may touch.
| Stroller friendly | Yes | Strollers are lent out — ask at the main reception. Note the walk from Asahigaoka Station includes a long staircase; use East Exit 1, which has a lift | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kagakukan.sendai-c.ed.jp |
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| Nursing space | Yes (3) | Nursing rooms on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors — the 3rd and 4th are by the toilets. For the 2nd-floor room (the sick bay) ask at the office or reception | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kagakukan.sendai-c.ed.jp |
| Diaper changing table | Yes (3) | Baby beds near the wide-access toilets on the 3rd and 4th floors (east side) and by the 2nd-floor toilets / office (west side) | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kagakukan.sendai-c.ed.jp |
| Diaper disposal bin | Yes | A nappy bin is provided alongside the baby beds | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kagakukan.sendai-c.ed.jp |
| Family restroom | Yes | 'Hirobiro' wide-access toilets on every floor. Those on floors 2 to 4 have a baby seat to strap a child into safely | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kagakukan.sendai-c.ed.jp |
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Worth a look before you go
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Why families come back to Sendai City Science Museum: best from kindergarten to primary school
Four or five visits between kindergarten and second grade, about two hours each; exhibits are there to touch and work.
littlekagetsu.com2026
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Recommended with children: a visit to the Sendai City Science Museum
Near-empty on a weekday and done in an hour: strollers are lent out, and staff let you into the nursing room.
yururico.com2021
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Five minutes from the science museum: a good-value lunch at Keyaki-no-Mori Cafe & Arts, with a free drink for families
A five-minute walk from the museum: kids' plate ¥750, and a Miyagi parenting passport gets one free soft drink.
loco.kufu.jp2025
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HOKUSHU Sendai City Science Museum: from what age is it fun, and how crowded does it get?
On a holiday the car park can take 30-60 minutes to get into; the quake theatre needs 120cm and the simulator age 3.
yunxyunnoouchi.com2026
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[Miyagi with kids] Is this an amusement park? A very good day at HOKUSHU Sendai City Science Museum
A Thursday in the summer holidays: busy, but with so many exhibits you can move to a free one. Eat before going in.
travel.leisurely-days.blog2025
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- Fee：Permanent exhibition: ¥550 for adults, ¥320 for high school students, ¥210 for primary and junior-high pupils. Pre-school children are free when accompanied by a guardian. Groups of 30 or more pay ¥430 / ¥260 / ¥170. Special exhibitions are charged separately. Children up to junior-high get in free on Children's Day, and everyone gets in free on Culture Day. Payment is cash or cashless on the day only — no coupons, no later transfer. With a same-day ticket you can go in and out as often as you like■
- Hours：9:00-16:45, last admission 16:00. Closed Mondays (open if it is a public holiday), the day after a public holiday (except Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and the day after the second Monday of October), the fourth Thursday (except public holidays and December), and 28 December to 4 January. It can open or close at short notice — check the official closed-days calendar■
- Time needed：150 min
- Booking：Groups arrange numbers and a time in advance, though coming without a booking is also possible and may mean waiting if it is busy■Official booking site ↗
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