Tokorozawa Aviation Museum

Inside the building shaped like a jet engine, the museum displays aircraft and helicopters that were actually used, including the first successful domestically produced aircraft, Kai-shiki No. 1.

In addition, there is a large video hall showing model animations and the Tokorozawa Memorial Gallery, which introduces the history of Tokorozawa and its role as the birthplace of aviation.

Japan’s first airfield, the “Temporary Military Balloon Research Institute Tokorozawa Test Center,” was established in April 1911, where Japanese aviation research, aircraft manufacturing, and aviation education began. In 1993, an exhibition hall was opened in Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park to commemorate this “birthplace of aviation in Japan.

This exhibition hall takes advantage of its location in Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park to display a number of actual aircraft, making it a distinctive exhibit. It is equipped with a large screening facility, showing works related to the sky and science on a large screen measuring 15 meters in length and 20 meters in width. Also on display is a simulated flight simulator, as well as the history of aviation in Japan and around the world. In addition, visitors can experience gravity using a sports walker.

In the exhibition hall, visitors can experience the history of aviation in Japan based in Tokorozawa and the principles of flight through experiments and equipment. The exhibits are designed to arouse interest in aviation and provide visitors with an enticing gateway to aviation.

Visitors can also see YS-11 and C-46 aircraft on display outdoors.

The indoor exhibits include

There is an exhibition hall (on the right side of the building) and a large video hall (on the left side of the building).

On the first floor, actual aircraft are on display (including suspended display aircraft). The aircraft on display are as follows

Kai-Shiki No. 1 (replica)
Nieuport 81E2 (replica)
North American T-6G
Hughes OH-6J
HU-1B
Kawasaki KAL-2
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
Piper L-21
Stinson L-5E
Glider Kirigamine Type Hato K-14
Ultra Light Plane
Hang Glider
Sikorsky S-55/H-19
“H-21B” V-44 Bartle
Fuji T-1B medium training plane
Type IX fighter (the only surviving aircraft in Japan. The first aircraft certified as an aviation heritage)
Fuji Bell 204B-2

The following exhibits are located on the 2nd floor

Simplified operational flight simulator
Introduction of radar and control equipment in the “Control Tower
The “Tokorozawa Memorial Gallery” displays the history of Tokorozawa Airfield and related materials.

The hanger, an annex, is open to the public several times a year. Please refer to the official website for the opening schedule. The aircraft on display are as follows

Mi-8 Hip
V-107 Bartle
F-86D Sabre
Cessna 170
Bell 47
Piper J-3C-65
Tohoku University Glider

There is also a café-restaurant “Ecotoco Farmer’s Café” and a museum store in Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park.