Kanagawa Waterworks Memorial Hall (神奈川県水道記念館)

Kanagawa Waterworks Memorial Hall (神奈川県水道記念館)

The Kanagawa Waterworks Memorial Hall (神奈川県水道記念館) is a museum located near Samukawa-jinja Shrine in the Miyayama District of Samukawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.

The building was originally constructed in April 1936 as a pumping station for the Kanagawa Prefectural Waterworks, Japan's first wide-area water supply system, which began operation in 1933.

In March 1984, the site was repurposed as a museum and opened to the public, along with a Japanese garden called "Mizu no Hiroba" (水の広場), to mark the 50th anniversary of the prefectural waterworks.

Currently, due to COVID-19 restrictions, only the lobby is open to visitors.

The former stone entrance of the pumping station still stands on the site.

Former entrance

Nearby, a stone monument was erected in 1936 to commemorate the completion of Japan's first wide-area water supply system.

Stone monument