Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum

Set in the backdrop of Mount Fuji, located a 10 minute bus drive from Kawaguchiko station, enjoy a comfortable landscape and view of the volcano on your journey here. This place offers a wide variety of self playing musical boxes of all shapes and sizes. Contains many vintage pieces as well, with some instruments over 100 years old. Great place to visit, very quiet and clean, with opportunities to see Fuji in the background. Performances are held all day round, with the clerk explaining the history and information of these instruments. Bear in mind they only offer these in Japanese. An excellent visit to take your families or loved ones, enjoying the magnificent scenery of Fuji whilst enjoying a nice stroll and listening to calm and enjoyable tunes from a century ago.

It is a place that you simply must see while in Kawaguchiko(河口湖).A thrilling and unique experience is provided by various performances that use several music boxes coordinated together.

The performances take place at various times. Visit the Music Forest for two to three hours, and make sure to check the performance schedule to make the most of your time there.

The architecture and landscaping, with European influences, are very remarkable.

Well organized and maintained museum. Spent almost 3 hours here including lunch at the cafe’ restaurant and site tour to each building. You can enjoy the live piano performance and water dance at scheduled time table. It’s autumn time with lovely red maple leaf viewing and colorful leaves of multiple plant all companion with view of Mt. Fuji and the lake of Kawaguchi. Enjoy the wonderful moment at this music forest museum a lot.

This is a place you must visit if you are in kawaguchiko area, we watch two different session of the opera show and a sand shows. It definitely worth the ticket prices to enjoy the music box and the view is nice.
The place might be small but the activities can make u feel so nice for couple hour.
The music box souvenir shop is also a good place to purchase some gift for your friends.

Feel like going to Disney world...you could have a fairy tale lunch time there...also you can walk outside the garden gate to enjoy Mt. Fuji by the lake... What an amazing panorama view... ✨ P.s. don't forget to get fairy music boxes home from the shop inside... support the locals 💕

Second time visited this place since my kids are older and able to appreciate the amazing range of automated musical instruments that are kept here. The sand shadow art show is on the Cinderella story which I felt is not as good as the Hansel and Gretta how some 7 years ago. But it was great revisiting the place again. Sadly the rain kinda spoiled the many roses that are currently blooming.

Beautiful place with a few little buildings, but packed with much punch.

Concert, sand art performance etc. must go to the auto concert performance.

Great place for pictures.

This is a super duper hit place. You shouldn’t be missing it. If you are music lover then missing it is a crime😊. This place is located at bank of kawaguchiko lake, have a big size car parking lot just across the road in front of main entrance. Entry fee is 1800yen for adult and some discount. They run various music shows at Concert and Organ hall. Carefully check website for timings to schedule your visit. 3 hours would be enough to cover this site. Sand art show with violin 🎻 and piano background score is my favourite.

There are many exquisite crafts that are made from Europe.
The scenario over there just like travel the county in Switzerland.

A memorable visit in early April 2023 enjoying beautiful sakura trees in full bloom and snow capped Mt Fuji in clear weather. We stayed long enough and were rewarded with stunning sunset views of the lake and melodious birds singing in the cool evening air. Truly a magical music forest not to be missed!

Very cute little museum with several kinds of shows and concerts and attractions.

A must visit - spectacular place with plenty to see. The package includes 2 orchestration performances, a sandshow and an opera concert. You can easily spent 2-3 hrs here

Easy to get in and explore, beautiful European inspired architecture. Inside the concert and organ halls are beautiful performances. There’s amazing opera, automated instruments and sand art all to be experienced here. Great place to spend an hour or two at learning about and experiencing all types of music related things.

A wonderful place to visit. One can spend an entire day there if interested. It has various European style and era musical instruments and very knowledge artists playing them. The clock tower should not be missed at the stroke of every hour. The ticket prices vary depending on the time of your arrival. 1500 yen in the morning and 500 yen if you go after 4 pm. The picturesque Mount Fuji behind the Music Forest is the cherry on the cake.

This is highly recommended if you are into music. They have a series of performances that you can enjoy while you are there. Personally the lunch time concert is the most amazing performance whereby you can enjoy beautiful music while having lunch.

Its a beautiful place with a magical scenery, especially if Fuji san shows in the background. I really like the rose garden and the aesthetics of the place. With regards to the collection inside, it felt a bit racist and insensitive with their content; a black face Instrumental concert piece and painting exhibiting slavery of a child. It romanticizes Eurocentricity too much.

The music box collection is very large, very antique and beautiful. The surrounding atmosphere is also very instagrammable. In addition, they also have a shop that sells many accessories related to music.

If you like music boxes and automatic orchestras, pass by and listen to them play. They have some beautiful and impressive pieces on display.
And of course, keep hoping that Mount Fuji shows itself, because there are some nice photo possibilities.

Superb place. You should go early to be able to attend all the shows.
We had the shuttle bus from our hotel, which dropped us at the entrance.
We even got the Sid pint coupon from our hotel for the same.
Reminds you of glass museum from hakone.

Kids enjoyed all the shows and instruments.
They even have costumes on rent facility for kids as well as adults.

The place is beautiful, and there are some music shows in the music hall. U also can join the "finding hearts mission" in that place to get a little gift. The entrance fee is 1500¥ but you can punch holes on it and play the music with it using music boxes all around the place..