About
Japan is opening a museum inside a real historic prison built in 1908, opening April 27, 2026.
Why go
- Explore more than a century of prison history
- Question the idea of freedom
- Learn about japan's push to modernise its prison system
Must try
- Explore the former prison cells
- Exhibitions and contemporary art
Pro tips
- 15-Minute bus journey north from Kintetsu Nara Station
- Part of a new Hoshino Hotel opening on the twenty fifth of June
Good to know
- Prison closed down in twenty seventeen
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