Toyota Museum in Nagoya, Japan

It’s been a while since my last post, so I will try hard to write more posts near future regarding Japan-Lifestyle, culture, foods and travel spot and tips especially in Nagoya (as currently I residing here). For this post, I would like to write about TOYOTA Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology where my Architectural History Professor has brought us there to review its design and construction yesterday. :D

Maybe many of you didn’t know that Nagoya is a city of Toyota where Toyota headquarters (HQ) and its factories mostly located here as well as the Museum. Here’s a short brief about Toyota Museum establishment.

Circular loom

The Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology was established jointly by the 13 companies that make up the Toyota Group. The Museum is located at the site of the former Toyoda Spinning & Weaving Co., Ltd headquarters plant, which was the place where the Toyota Group had its beginning. The building was thus preserved as a valuable industrial resource.

The Toyota Group originated from Sakichi Toyoda the inventor of the automatic loom and his oldest son Kiichiro Toyoda, who began production of looms and automobiles. Their aims were to pour all their strength into developing the economy and society through “Making Things” and through “Being Studious and Creative.”

In recent years, as production activities have become more and more sophisticated, opportunities to actually witness the process of “making things” have decreased. The Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology was established to give today’s young people, who must shoulder the burdens of the future age, a glimmer of an understanding, if possible, of the importance of “Being Studious and Creative” as well as to inspire them with the wonder of “making things”.

With a special pass (photo below), we were able to walk in and out of the Museum without any restriction. Mainly, the Museum has divided into two different pavilion; Textile Machinery Pavilion and Automobile Pavilion. All the machines, prototypes will be shown separately according to its categories. Besides, you also can find restaurant, video library, exhibition hall and souvenir shop. The Former Toyota Group Building also located just next to the Museum only.

My VIP pass hehe :D

Textile Machinery Pavilion

Automobile Pavilion

Future Automobile. Its cool right!!

Robotech Technology

Although the purpose of this visiting was to review the Museum architecture and construction design but somehow my focus still keep on those steam engines, automobiles and cars model. :D Oh, what a bad student!! Anyway, I'm also have took some video clip on it. Just enjoy :D