Yosami Radio Transmitting Station

The Yosami Radio Transmitting Station in Kariya (then called Yosami Village, Hekikai-gun), Aichi, Japan was accredited the IEEE Milestone, in 2009, as the Japan’s first wireless telecommunication station with Europe built in 1929.


                    
                       
Yosami Radio Transmitting Station Memorial Museum, Floral Garden Yosami (Takasu-cho, Kariya)
               The The center is the 25m memorial tower of a 1/10 height of the original, and the right is the Yosami Radio
                             Transmitting Station Memorial Museum. 
                             The right back in blue is solar panels installed in the vacated site of the Yosami Radio Transmitting Station,
                             and the far back is a view of Kariya City center.
                                 (Photo: Osamu Kato, Shin Kato, November 29, 2019)    Copyright: Goodwill Guides for Yosami Radio Transmitting Station Memorial Museum
                                                                                

Yosami Radio Transmitting Station Memorial Museum

2 Ishiyama, Takasu-cho, Kariya, Aichi, Japan, 448-0812, Japan
In Floral Garden Yosami
 March 31, 2012, after three-month repair since December 26, 2011. The transmitting equipment was painted in black the original color when the facilities were shipped from Germany in 1928.

The Yosami Radio Transmitting Station Memorial Museum was built in 2007 to preserve and display the major equipment of the Station. In the building taking the appearance of the original transmitting building of Yosami, visitors take close looks at various transmitting equipment, which is now considered valuable industrial heritage, and learn about the changing history of the Yosami Radio Transmitting Station.

Yosami Radio Transmitting Station Memorial Museum, Floral Garden Yosami
2-1 Ishiyama, Takasu-cho, Kariya, Aichi 448-0812, Japan
Phone 0566-29-4330, Fax 0566-29-4331
Access: a 7-minute car ride or a 23-minute community bus ride from the south exit of Kariya station
Museum hours 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed: Mondays, except national holidays when the following Tuesday is closed, and December 29 to January 3
Admission free; No pets, nor eating and drinking allowed
Guide by Goodwill Guides for Yosami Radio Transmitting Station Memorial Museum
Guiding on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays, 10 a.m. - noon; 1- 3 p.m. or 2 -4 p.m. in July - September
For English and out of the hours, book in advance.

What is the Yosami Radio Transmitting Station like?

The Yosami Radio Transmitting Station was built as the Japan’s first wireless telecommunication station with Europe. The role and functions of the Station are described.

History of the Yosami Radio Transmitting Station

The changing history of the Yosami Radio Transmitting Station since its establishment in 1927 is described.

Truths of the Yosami Radio Transmitting Station

Untold episodes and facts of the Yosami Radio Transmitting Station are described.

 

 

 

 

     

 

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