Minato City Local History Museum Special Exhibition "Sweets in Life Exhibition"

Today's confectionery has a wide variety of shapes and flavors, pleasing people's eyes and tongues. In ancient times, it was considered a meal and sacred food for the upper classes such as emperors, aristocrats, and samurai families, but with the times, it changed by incorporating dim sum and Nanban sweets, and it became something that ordinary people ate on a daily basis. In the Meiji era, Western sweets, which had been eaten only in limited places such as Dejima in Nagasaki, spread to various places, and had a great influence on Japan's confectionery culture. When confectionery was mass-produced through mechanization, more people were able to enjoy it as it is today.
In this exhibition, we will look at the transition from the beginning of confectionery in Japan to the present, as well as introduce confectionery made as event food and seasonal traditions from ukiyo-e depicting annual events and festivals, confectionery-type sketch books, and confectionery wooden molds. In addition, from shopping guides from the Edo period and advertisements from the Meiji period onwards, we will follow the changes in confectionery shops in the port area and explore the relationship between people's lives and confectionery.

【Event Overview】
Date: October 18 (Sat) ~ December 14 (Sun), Reiwa 7 (2025)
*Closed during the exhibition period: November 20 (Thursday)

Venue: Special Exhibition Room

Opening hours: 9 a.m. ~ 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. on Saturdays only)
*Admission is accepted until 30 minutes before closing.

Admission fee
　　　　　　　　　　　　　Adult: Elementary, junior high, and high school students
　　　　　　　　　General Organization General Organization
Special exhibition only 400 yen 320 yen 200 yen 160 yen
Permanent exhibition only 300 yen 240 yen 100 yen 80 yen
Set ticket 600 yen 480 yen 200 yen 160 yen
*Group rates apply to 10 or more people.
*Admission fee is free for elementary, junior high, and high school students living in Minato Ward, people over 65 years old living in Minato Ward, and people with disabilities and their caregivers (1 person) living in Minato Ward (please bring something that can be proof of this).
*November 3 (Monday, holiday) is a free open day for Minato Ward residents (please bring proof of your residence in Minato Ward)

◆As a related program, the gallery exhibition "Inedible Sweets Exhibition" ( https://www.minato-rekishi.com/lectures/okashi-sample.html We are also holding it.
The museum shop also sells original goods for special exhibitions.