Karuizawa Erz Toy Museum — Attraction in Karuizawa

Children are free and adults are 600 yen. Kind of expensive considering there are really only two rooms to the whole thing. The first room had some blocks the kids could play with. The second had more for them to play with, but it didn't have much and the toys to play with didn't seem to have any relation to the toys on display. Both rooms were full of display cases of wooden toys, apparently made by Germans. Everything is in Japanese and there is next to no English. Overall it wasn't really worth it unless you are really interested in German toys and can...

An interesting place. We came here because it was only an additional 200 yen more for the combo ticket with the picture book museum, and it was quite interesting. The exhibits themselves are small, but jam packed with hand made toys. No pictures are allowed, but some of the toys are available in the gift shop. I think it's a good deal if you're going to the picture book museum as well; otherwise, just take a look around the gift shop and see some of the...

During Christmas season, the curated exhibits are really pretty and transports you momentarily to the European Christmas markets! You can purchase an entrance fee for the picture book museum and the toy museum for a bundled discount...