Exhibition Guide
History Zone
・・・Last seen exhibit
Founders' Room
Hisashige Tanaka
The world of Karakuri Giemon
Childhood and "Karakuri"
Inventor, Giemon Tanaka
- 4 Mujin-to (Long-burning Oil Lamp)
- 5 Makura Dokei (Pillow-shaped Clock), Shaku Dokei (Ruler Clock)
- 6 Taiko Dokei (Drum Clock)
- 7 Shumisen-gi (Astronomical Clock)
- 8 Man-nen Dokei (Perpetual Clock)
- 9 Mushi-haguruma (Bug-shaped Gear System)
He strived for localization of Western technology
- 10 In Saga Days
Foundation of the machinery and electric machinery industry
Ichisuke Fujioka
Domestic production of incandescent lamps ~from research to business~
Growing domestic production business ~from electricity generation industry to electric railroad industry~
- 17 Japan's First Business-use Hydroelectric Power Plant
- 18 Japan's First Elevator
- 19 Japan's First Electric Train
Passion for the electric industry, the sprit that has been passed down in Toshiba
- 20 MAZDA Lamp
Toshiba First of their Kind
Inaugural period
Growing period
- 23 Japan's First Single-phase Watt-hour Meters
- 24 Japan's First X-ray Tube
- 25 Japan's First Triode
- 26 World's First Double-coil Bulb
The Great Kanto Earthquake and reconstruction
- 27 Radio Receiver
- 28 World's First Interior Frosted Bulb
- 29 Japan's First Electric Washing Machine
- 30 Japan's First Electric Refrigerator
- 31 Japan's First Electric Vacuum Cleaner
An integrated electric equipment manufacturer, "Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company", was born.
- 32 Japan's First Fluorescent Lamp
- 33 Vacuum Tube, Sora
- 34 Japan's First Gas Turbine for Power Generation
Incorporation of technologies period after the war
- 35 Electronic Digital Computer, TAC
- 36 Japan's First Automatic Electric Rice Cooker
- 37 World's First Helical Scan Video Tape Recorder
- 38 Refrigerator, Washing Machine, and Television Set
- 39 Japan's First Commercial-use Microwave Oven
Rapid economic development period
- 40 Japan's First Color Television Set
- 41 Japan's First Microprogrammed Computer
- 42 World's First Mail Processing Equipment
Stable development period
- 43 World's First One-tube Color Camera for Consumer Use
- 44 Japan's First Full-body X-ray CT Equipment
- 45 World's First Japanese-language Word Processor