What other travelers are saying about Dakashiyanoyume Museum
A museum that displays many designs of rooms, buildings, goods, food, and vehicles that were popular in the showa era. local Japanese visitors can reminisce about the state of Japan at that time, and for overseas visitors can get good information and see a variety of items from that time. suitable for family entertainment during your visit with family to Bungotakada city.
We attend Showa romance warehouse, permanant exhibitions. There are many retro cars from the Showa era are on display. A bonnet bus is still running on weekends. (free area tour) We check out toy museum and 1960's everyday life msuem feature more than 60,000 rare items from that period.
Good experience here
You can see old toys here, good place to see how your parents play with
Some traditional candy and toy you can buy here
There are a place you can draw your own man and let it dance, it must be fun with children
Not a place for feeling exciting, but you can feel relaxing
We entered with a joint ticket for both museums.
There was a lot of Showa-era stuff and it was fun!
The number of exhibits was overwhelming!
Once inside, the staff taught us a lot of things.
The staff at the candy section were also talking to kids, which was heartwarming.
The Dakashiyanoyume Museum, translating to Candy Shop Dream Museum, is a specialty museum within the Showa Roman Gura complex in Bungotakada City, Oita Prefecture. It displays about 60,000 toys from the director's collection of over 300,000 candy shop toys, alongside vintage dagashi (penny candies), painted movie posters, and Showa-era memorabilia. The museum recreates the nostalgic atmosphere of traditional Japanese candy shops from the 1950s and 1960s, where children purchased affordable treats with their pocket money.
The museum features an indoor arcade with miniature recreated stores, a Showa-era classroom, and a replica house with synchronized lighting cycling through a regular Showa-era day. Visitors can explore multiple floors displaying toys, models, and old painted movie posters. The complex also includes the Showa Yumemachi 3-chome Building, where guests can experience period lifestyle through tatami mat rooms and play video games and board games popular during that era. A modern contrast comes from a TeamLab digital art installation where visitors color paper figures that animate on screens.
Some areas of Showa Romantic Collection are free to visit, but the Candy Shop Dream Museum, parts of Showa Yumemachi 3-chome Building, and TeamLab Gallery require admission. A combination ticket covering all three museums costs approximately $6, providing convenient access to the entire complex. This package ticket is recommended for those wishing to fully experience the Showa-era attractions.
The museum is located in Bungotakada City's Showa no Machi shopping district. It is accessible by about 1.5 hour drive from downtown Oita, or 10 minutes by taxi from Usa Station of JR Kyushu, Nippo Honsen Line. From Oita Airport, it takes about one hour by bus. The surrounding Showa no Machi shopping district is free to access, making it easy to combine the museum visit with exploration of the retro streetscape.
Weekend and holiday visits offer additional experiences. On Sundays and some Saturdays and holidays, there is a bonnet bus tour that runs several times a day free of charge. This vintage 1957 Isuzu bonnet bus takes passengers on a 15-minute tour around the Showa no Machi district and nearby river. The museum is part of a larger preservation project where over 70% of buildings date from the 1950s, creating an authentic retro atmosphere throughout the area. Visitors can also rent Showa-style clothing to fully immerse themselves in the period experience.
