New Tokyo Museum Showcases ‘Extinct’ Media Gadgets


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By Ryuzo Suzuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Photographer
A visitor takes a photo of an item at the Otemachi Extinct Media Museum in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where extinct or fast-disappearing technology and gadgets line the walls. “If visitors’ photos and videos of items on display are posted on blogs or recorded by various media somewhere in the world, then such imagery may live on forever — that’s one of our ultimate goals,” said museum director Takuya Kawai.

A private museum