About the Hall of Halls Rokko
The Hall of Halls is a museum with a collection of antique musical boxes, automatic musical instruments, such as organs and violins, and automata that were made from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.
At the museum, there is a studio where visitors can experience the making of musical boxes. There is also another studio that produces custom made-to-order musical boxes, and a cafe and museum shop which specializes in musical boxes.
What are automatic musical instruments and musical boxes?
Best described by their names; automatic musical instruments are instruments that automatically play music by themselves, without the help of people. Within the grouping of automatic musical instruments, the devices that play music with tuned metal components (such as the devices that produce sound from the metal teeth of a comb) are called musical boxes.
Musical boxes were first created about 200 years ago within the Swiss watch making industry.
Outline of Operations
Trading hours: 10:00am ~ 5:00pm (Entry to the museum ends at 4:00pm)
* Opens at 9:00am on Sundays and public holidays between April to mid November, as well as the entire month of August.
All year round
Open 7days a week between mid March to the end of August
Closed on Thursdays between September to mid March
* Open on Thursdays which fall on public holidays
Admission fee
*1) Junior high school and up *2) Age 4 and up
| Ticket sales hours | Adult *1 | Child *2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admission to Hall of Halls Rokko only | 10:00am~4:00pm | 1,000 yen | 500 yen |
| Admission to Hall of Halls Rokko and Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden | 10:00am~3:30pm | 1,200 yen | 600 yen |
* Combined tickets for the Hall of Halls Rokko and the Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden are sold only from the middle of March to the middle of November.
* Same day re-entry provided upon presentation of tickets.
* No pets are allowed in the museum.
Please make group bookings in advance.
For groups of 15 or more people, please click here.
Parking fee
Parking fee: 500 yen for cars/ 2,000 yen for coaches and mini buses/ 300 yen for motorcycles
* Free parking on weekdays (Parking fees apply on weekdays from 21 July to 31 August)
Musical box concerts
You can look around our collection at the exhibition halls on level 2 and level 3.
There are 14 concerts with individual contents which are conducted each day by our staff. These concerts will introduce you to the sounds of automatic instruments.
(Entry to the concerts is included in museum admission fee and they are provided through out the day.)
Regular concerts (20mins each)
10:05am/ 11:00am/ 12:00pm/ 1:00pm/ 2:00pm/ 3:00pm/ 4:00pmSpecial concerts (15mins each)
10:30am/ 11:30am/ 12:30pm/ 1:30pm/ 2:30pm/ 3:30pm/ 4:30pm* Above concert times may change without notice.
A concert at the exhibition hall, level 2
Experience the making of musical boxes
At our studio located on level 1, you can experience with staff the making of a musical box. You can try fitting the comb yourself (it takes 30mins to an hour) and when you are done, you take your own musical box home. Fees start from 1,500 yen (depending on the course you take and type of musical box you make).
Make your own musical box!
Introduction of collections Some of our collections below
Full Orchestra
(Cylinder Musical Box)
From around 1880, Swiss made.
Orchestral Regina Style 6
（Disk Musical Box）
From around 1900,America made by Regina Co.
Ecrivain (Automaton)
1988, Swiss made by Michel Bertrand.
Wurlitzer Style O Photoplayer (Automatic Piano)
1920, America made by Wurlitzer Co.
Decap Dance Organ “De Kempenaer” (Automatic Organ [Dance Organ])
H4.6m W7.8m approximately.
1938, Belgium made by Decap Co.
Yumihiki Doji (Edo era automaton)
reproduction
