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name: "Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center"
lat: 35.58327
lng: 138.92592
official_url: "https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/"
fee: "The two buildings are priced differently. Wakuwaku Yamanashi Kan is free. Doki Doki Linear Kan charges ¥420 for adults and university students, ¥310 for high school students and ¥200 for junior high and primary pupils; pre-school children go in free. Groups of twenty or more pay ¥340, ¥250 and ¥170. Pupils and students of primary, junior high, high and special-needs schools go free on Saturdays, and so do people with a disability certificate together with one carer. Prices change on 1 April 2027 — the figures here are the ones before that."
last_verified: "2026-08-15"
---

# Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center

A prefectural center in the hills of Tsuru, built to watch test runs on the Yamanashi maglev line. On the ground floor stands the vehicle that reached 581 km/h in 2003. The second floor has a mini maglev floating on magnets and a game that puts a child's face on screen. Upstairs a theater carries the shake of a 500 km/h run, and the lounge faces about 40 m of track. Times are never published and some days have none, so seeing one is never guaranteed.

- Area: yamanashi
- Type: sightseeing
- Average stay: 120 min
- Hours: Open 9:00-17:00, last admission 16:30; the shop keeps the same hours. Mondays are closed, but the rule bends around public holidays and the official pages themselves differ on it, and closures can change — so check the calendar on the official site for the day you plan to go. The days after public holidays are also closed unless they fall on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and 29 December to 3 January is closed. Some of the buses from Otsuki Station do not run on closed days.
- Last verified: 2026-08-15

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing space | Yes | One room, on the first floor of Doki Doki Linear Kan. Inside it are a hot water dispenser for making up formula, a nappy changing table and a nursing room. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/facilities.html) |
| Diaper changing table | Yes | In the nursing room on the first floor of Doki Doki Linear Kan, and also in the multi-purpose toilet on the third floor. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/facilities.html) |
| Family restroom | Yes | A multi-purpose toilet on every floor, built so wheelchair users can use it. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/facilities.html) |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Yes | Inside the kids' corner on the first floor of Doki Doki Linear Kan. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/facilities.html) |
| Stroller friendly | Yes | Ramps run through the building, so wheelchairs get around — the official pages say nothing about pushchairs specifically. Wheelchairs are lent free at the first-floor reception of Doki Doki Linear Kan, in small numbers and with no advance booking. Coin lockers are on the same floor. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/facilities.html) |
| Steps & slope caution | Barrier-free | Ramps through the building and a multi-purpose toilet on every floor. Fifteen accessible parking spaces, and if someone in the car finds walking hard you can drop them off beside Doki Doki Linear Kan. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/facilities.html) |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor & outdoor | The exhibitions, the theatre and the viewing lounge are indoors; the second-floor viewing terrace, where you feel the test run go past, is outside. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/linear-info.html) |
| Outside food allowed | Yes | Eating is allowed in part of the third-floor viewing lounge of Doki Doki Linear Kan and on the second and third floors of Wakuwaku Yamanashi Kan, and nowhere else. There is no restaurant inside — only vending machines with drinks, ice cream, bread and snacks. Michi-no-Eki Tsuru, about 600 m away, has one. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/links/faq.html) |
| English support | English menu & signs | Displays are captioned in English, Chinese and Korean. The Linear Theatre puts subtitles beside the screen and the Linear Diorama has them at each part of the display. A free app called UDT carries the captions for the exhibits in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/language.html) |
| Best-fit ages (guide) | Yes | Pre-school children go into Doki Doki Linear Kan free, and Wakuwaku Yamanashi Kan is free for everyone. The kids' corner on the first floor shows railway DVDs and doubles as a rest space, with a children's toilet inside. On the second floor a mini maglev shows magnetic levitation you can try, and Linear de GO! puts the child's own face into the game. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/facilities.html) |
| Stroller access notes | Yes | Parking is free — 140 ordinary spaces, 15 accessible, 10 for coaches. From Otsuki Station on the JR Chuo Line a bus runs to the centre in 15 minutes, ¥380 one way for an adult and half for a child, though some services do not run on closed days. From Kasei Station on the Fujikyuko Line it is about 1.6 km, a 20-minute walk; from Tanokura about 2.3 km, 25 minutes; neither station has taxis waiting. A taxi from Otsuki runs about ¥2,500-3,000. Pets cannot come in, carriers included; assistance dogs can. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.linear-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/facility/access.html) |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Elevator | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Stroller rental | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Child switch (rider swap) | Not checked yet |  |  |  |