The Godzilla Museum, featuring dioramas and figures that re-create scenes from the monster movie series, opened Saturday at Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Island Park in Hyogo. Visitors can experience a close-up view of Godzilla for a limited time until Aug. 31.
The museum's size is about 310 square meters. With the cooperation of Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., which has been in charge of the movies' special effects, scenes from "Godzilla: Tokyo SOS" (2003) and "Shin Godzilla" (2016) have been reproduced in a powerful gigantic diorama. Starting with the figure of Godzilla, which is about 2 meters tall, there are about 80 monster figures, including Mothra and King Ghidorah.
In addition, 34 film posters are on display, including for the first movie, in which Godzilla was awakened in a hydrogen bomb test. The store has about 170 varieties of items including original T-shirts.
A new attraction called "Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji -- National Awaji Island Institute of Godzilla Disaster" is being installed on the site. The attraction was scheduled to open at the same time, but the completion of the attraction was delayed due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, so the museum opened first.
"Look at the exhibits and you can raise your expectations for the attraction," an official of the park's tourist facility, Nijigen No Mori, said.
Opening hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.. The entrance fee is 1,000 yen for those over 12 years old, and 800 yen for 11- to 5-year-olds (Both include tax).
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