点评:The Hara Model Railway Museum is a model railway museum in Yokohama. The museum houses the extensive collection of model trains built and amassed by the Japanese model railway enthusiast Nobutaro Hara, covers an area of approximately 1,700 m², with the display area covering an area of approximately 1,200 m². It can be reached from JR Yokohama station by a 15 mins walk (through an elaborate maze of crowds and shops) or by a 1-stop MRT ride using the Minatomirai line.
Approximately 1,000 items from Hara's private collection of more than 6,000 model railway items are on a rotating display. The collection also includes the original models of Thomas the Tank Engine and several of the other characters from the production of Thomas & Friends prior to 2009 when the show was switched to CGI animation.
For entrance tickets purchase there are 2 choices: 1. getting it from the Family Mart at the ground floor (museum is located on the 2nd floor), 2. Getting it from the ticket vending machine in front of the museum entrance. We used the 2nd option (we did not know that there was a vending machine) which was a breeze as a there is an English option.
There 3-4 sections in the museum (train models on display, history of the museum, the diorama and a miniature Yokohama diorama). We where in a awe of the collection and the trains (i used to play these with HO Gauge), so i was instantly transported back to my childhood. They provided benches, so you just can sit there and look at the trains passing by. My wife, who is not a train enthousiast, even mentioned that there is something soothing of looking at the diorama, see and hear the train passes in front of you.
The only disappointment we had was that the Thomas collection was not on display as they were in Kyoto for the Thomas exhibition in the Kyoto Railway Museum.
翻译:原铁道模型博物馆是横滨的一家铁道模型博物馆。博物馆收藏了日本铁道模型爱好者原信太郎建造和收集的大量火车模型,占地面积约1700平方米,其中展览面积约1200平方米。从JR横滨站步行15分钟即可到达(穿过错综复杂的人群和商店迷宫),或乘坐港未来线(MRT)一站即可到达。
原信太郎私人收藏的6000多件铁道模型中,约1000件正在轮流展出。馆内还展出了托马斯小火车的原版模型,以及2009年《托马斯和朋友》动画化之前制作的其他几个角色的模型。
门票有两种购买方式:1. 从一楼的全家便利店购买(博物馆位于二楼);2. 从博物馆入口前的自动售票机购买。我们选择了第二种方式(我们之前不知道有自动售票机),因为有英文选项,所以很方便。
博物馆内有三四个区域(火车模型展示、博物馆历史、立体模型和微缩横滨立体模型)。我们对馆内的藏品和火车(我以前用HO Gauge玩过这些)赞叹不已,瞬间回到了童年时光。他们提供了长椅,你可以坐在那里看着火车驶过。我的妻子虽然不是火车迷,但她甚至提到,看着立体模型,看着、听着火车从眼前驶过,会让人感到心旷神怡。
唯一让我们感到遗憾的是,托马斯藏品没有在京都展出,因为他们当时正在京都参加京都铁道博物馆的托马斯展览。