The Kyoto Railway Museum is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum.
The museum entrance in October 2016
The Promenade area in May 2016
Exhibits in the main hall in May 2016
The Main Hall viewed from the second floor in May 2016
Shimogyō-ku (下京区) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku.
Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
Kyoto Tower is a landmark in Shimogyō-ku.