I went to the "Yanmar Museum" where I can experience many experiences such as tractors, construction machines, boat and roof medaka

We are sending a wide range of products such as agricultural vehicles and construction heavy machinery, small ships and energy systemsYanmarIs a facility that has filled the company's history and technology with Gyugyu "Yanmar Museum"In Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture. There was a chance to visit such a museum this time, but as I was actually visited, it was a facility that was able to do various exhibitions and experiences, so I tried to summarize how it actually looks like .

Yanmar Museum
https://www.yanmar.com/jp/museum/


The location of the Yanmar Museum is 6-50 Sanwa cho, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture. In the case of a train, it takes about 10 minutes on foot from JR Hokuriku main line "Nagahama station", and a free shuttle bus is operated only on weekends and holidays. (JR "Nagahama station" (West entrance) ⇔ black wall (travel place) ⇔ Yanmar museum) Also, in the case of a car, it is about 10 minutes by car from Hokuriku Expressway "Nagahama IC".


Arrived at the Yanmar Museum. In the building with the appearance of the glass, the rooftop and the roof part are greened and the surroundings are surrounded by moats that pounded water, the overall impression you receive is just the "museum" itself.


In front of the entrance, the words left by Yanaka Sonokichi, the founder of Yanmar "Thanksgiving for the beautiful world(of)From the bottom of my heartThe stone monument carved is greeted.


In addition, there is also an object engraved with a familiar "Yan bow mahou" now.


Yan Bou and Maho who were familiar for 55 years in "Yan Bur Maho weather forecast", but disappeared from the television on March 31, 2014 according to Yanmar's policy. Since then, it has almost disappeared as an image of the company, but it seems that it is still indispensable to the Yanmar Museum where the history of Yanmar was contained.


On top of the stainless steel object laid next to you, oniyamma (dragonfly) made of glasswork which is one of the specialties of Nagahama city is on. This is also the source of the company's name to be described later.


◆ Admission to Yanmar Museum
When entering the building, it is the diesel engine that it will be overwhelmed first, whether it is 3 meters high. Although this unit is designed to rotate with a motor, the actual engine had the ability to output 20 horsepower at a rotation speed of 180 rpm (!).


This is a symbol of the replica of the diesel engine donated to the Company as a proof of Japanese-German friendship from MAN in Germany in 1955 as a symbol. It is said that MAN, which succeeded in commercializing the diesel engine for the first time in the world for the first time, gave it to praise the achievement of Mr. Sanyaki Yamaoka who was able to reduce the size of the diesel engine.


◆ To the exhibition room at once
I will enter the exhibition room where many exhibits are placed. As an admission fee of 600 yen for adults and 300 yen for elementary and elementary school students to enter the museum, there are certainly many people who feel that there is enough value to pay this fee as described later.


When we visited the interview, we celebrated the achievement of 300,000 visitorsScratch lottery campaignIs held and visitors are given the opportunity to receive original goods and discount tickets of the adjacent cafe.


Just like other visitors, I actually attracted the lottery ... ...


What a lucky get a "Museum Award" second from the top. I got one of the original clear file or the marshmallow sticker, one of the missing, so I got a clear file this time.


I entered by saying that. The first thing we can see is the video content of a diesel engine as seen in the "engine theater" with a huge screen of 13 meters wide. It was an ultra-wide screen that surrounds the wall, allowing me to experience images that looked like entering the engine.


And the main exhibition space is spreading behind the engine theater. Although it is a state of seeing the inside of the building from the top, actual vehicles, agricultural vehicles, even pleasure boat are displayed in the building, and it is possible to actually touch it.


There were two old agricultural machines placed in the immediate space.


It can be said that it is a symbol of a farmhouse, a hand-operated type tilling machine. There are also a few adults who are getting excited by seeing a type of tilling machine that turns the steering wheel by hand with no longer being able to see it now.


And when it comes to Yanmar "red tiger", the tractor "YM 273" which was produced in the latter half of the 1960s. Kobayashi Asahi's commercial song "Red Tractor" is a tractor of Yanmar who gained popularity, but it is a state of shockpiece though it is a car body that will pass 50 years after production.


The actual type of "YT 5113" which is the latest model of such a tractor is also exhibited. The front face, the big-sized car body, the cockpit covered entirely with glass are just like the state-of-the-art tractor.


I tried sitting on the seat so I could actually get in on this car body.


The inside of the car looks like this. It was a feeling like a professional ride as it was truly as it was felt that the goodness of the car body was felt because all the surroundings are covered almost entirely by the glass with a very high eye gaze and a nice view. Also, it seems that the seat has become sinking as "floating", the driver's seat fully equipped with air conditioning and audio, and the image of the tractor is completely different from the image of the former "tractor" Wish level.


Cockpit experience is OK for children too. Rather, it is thought that this whole museum is considered to be enjoyable even for children, and it seemed impressive how many children came during the interview, touching the machine with a happy appearance.


The actual body is placed as it is, the body can be seen in the engine room. Anyway, experiences touching something "real" became museums of the concept.


It is also possible to go to the "rice transplanter" planting seedlings in a rice field. Just wear a straw hat placed for shooting makes the atmosphere full.


Since Yanmar's agribware (work clothes for agricultural work) is prepared, it seems to be able to have a little cosplay experience as well.


"Combine" which harvests seedlings planted with rice transplanters in the fall harvest season will also be exhibited. A slightly larger car body called "five-row harvest" that can reap rice five rows at a time.


This machine has become a type that can perform 3 roles of reaping, threshing and sorting with one unit, and the level of complexity inside is incredible. "What kind of minded brain people thought about this mechanism?" It is surprising that you will be surprised if you witness a real car.


The latest type of hand-plowing tiller that we saw at the beginning was so compact and stylish.


Yanmar said that he also developed an unmanned helicopter for agriculture, and actual equipment was exhibited.


◆ You can experience even in the construction corner
Next to agricultural vehicles, a corner of a construction machine that digs and carries earth. It is a pretty little mini bulldozer to pick you up.


Although it is a hand-push type bulldozer, the state of the two large crawlers instead of the tires and the "blade" attached to the whole surface and pressing the soil is exactly the bulldozer itself.


There is a strange excavator car beside it.


The biggest feature of this hydraulic excavator "YB 600 C" is the mechanism of a boom (arm) that can slide the mounting position to the left and right. A unique design that incorporates a boom, which is usually attached to the center of the car usually freely according to the situation of the work site, is adopted.


Thanks to this mechanism, there is a big merit that you can easily dig a groove also in the wall.


The latest edition of such a hydraulic excavator is also placed, and of course it is possible to actually sit down.


There is also a device in the corner where you can experience the power of hydraulic pressure. You can experience the state that you can easily lift a 15 kg weight that you have difficult to lift by hand alone, by turning the hydraulic handle.


There is also a corner where you can actually handle such a hydraulic excavator.


In this way you can sit down and scoop the colorful balls in the bucket and move to the next.


The actual operation is taught by OB of Yanmar, so even a beginner is safe.


It is said that Yanmar's technology is actually used as a balloon-type light projector often seen in the construction site in the city. Most of this type of projector is made by Yanmar.


I got crazy about the construction machine, but since there is no dirt, I will proceed to the next. Next is the area where the real thing of the pleasure boat which Yanmar is producing is exhibited. A boat with a total length of 11 meters made for fishing is placed as it is.


As I climb up from the other stairway ... ...


It is possible to board a boat. It is also equipped with a lift for wheelchairs and safe as barrier-free measures are also considered.


The pilot seat, of course, the real thing was used as it was.


A simulator screen is displayed on the windshield, and it is possible to actually maneuver the determined course. Because it is a mini race to compete for time, power will be entered.


It looks like this when you actually played. It was surprisingly difficult contents, there was playing.

A pilot simulator using a pleasure boat with a total length of 11 meters that can be experienced at "Yanmar Museum"


Around the pleasure boat is a commentary section on various technologies.


The real thing of the sand type for casting the metal block of the engine is put.


The real thing of the fuel injection nozzle which is the heart of the diesel engine is also exhibited. The diameter of the nozzle is only about 0.1 mm, and it can not be confirmed without using the magnifying glass like this. Because it is said to rotate a fine drill and open a fine hole of about 0.1 mm, it will be amazed by the high technical strength.


◆ The corner where you can press yourself and make a can badge too
As part of "manufacturing," there are corners available to manipulate machines and experience press working.


Here you can make a can badge with your own hand. Set up such metallic materials ......


Set a plate designed by Yan Bo and Mahbo.


And if you take a lever a few times ... ...


That's why it is completion of your own can badge. Because I can bring home the can badge I made, it seems to be a good memento.


Machines which rotate various gears by turning the handle also.


Exhibition of parts made by Yanmar's training etc.


Works that scratch the metal using a lathe and combine several parts, the tension rises unexpectedly when a favorite person sees it.


A device for checking flexible body movements required for work in the factory is "Yanmar workerWhat is called. Measuring the time it takes to wind the rope from the lower left to the upper right, which is more exciting than expected.


Actually watched the time attack from the following movie. Since the direction to wind the rope is decided, it seems that it is a point to wrap around while thinking about the next movement so as not to miss.

Wrap the rope as instructed by "Yanmar worker" Time Attack - YouTube


And we succeeded in cutting the time of "professional employee grade" 9 seconds. It is natural that the time will gradually rise as you repeat a few times, but as you noticed a certain "knack" time was shortened at a stretch, so it is interesting to try some skill by those who I am is. In addition, the fastest time is in the late 4 second range, and it was even more surprising to say that it was the Yanmar OB's around the 80's.


Because there are plenty of exhibits, we will progress quickly. Yanmar is also manufacturing engines for ships, the real thing is placed.


This engine was used in an actual fishing boat in Ishinomaki. It was manufactured in 1964 and it seems that it has been used for about 50 years until it suffered from the Great East Japan Earthquake.


Yanmar is also involved in shifting from "capturing fishery" to "raising fishery". Mr. Shindo, the deputy director of the museum, explained the situation.


It is said that Yanmar is advancing efforts to cultivate oysters and grow clams from juveniles (babies).


It was introduced to the naked eye that it gradually grows into a big shellfish from the juveniles which are difficult to be confirmed.


In addition, Yanmar's engines are used not only in fishery and transport vessels but also in marine leisure areas such as yachts.


◆ Corner where you can experience energy creation yourself
Yanmar's technology is also utilized in the field of energy creation.


One of them is the field of power generation using engines. First of all, I try to turn the generator to know how hard it is to generate electricity ... ...


This is really hard work. In order to hit the target "30 W", Yanmar's public relations also attacked the whole body. Although it was successfully successfully exceeding 30 W exceptionally, GIGAZINE editorial staff who also experienced power generation experiences state that the upper arm is completely finished. If you are confident in your arms please try by all means.


There is also a corner where you can experience the mechanism of air conditioning and heating. By turning the bicycle pedal, you can turn the compressor of the air conditioner and experience the heat transfer with your own power.


Turning the bicycle pedal will cool the right steering wheel, but on the contrary the left steering wheel gets slightly warm. This is an easy-to-understand indication of the mechanism of air conditioning that uses "heat transfer" to cool. Again, as we needed a considerable amount of physical strength to achieve adequate cooling, it became clear that we were able to understand exactly how big the air conditioner is consuming the air conditioner.


◆ It is also possible to actually pilot a construction machine simulator
At the end of the first floor part, it is possible to actually experience Yanmar's construction machine simulator that there is only one in Japan. Under the equipment reproducing the driver's seat of the hydraulic shovel, a cylinder etc. which swings the entire equipment also by hydraulic pressure is built in and it is possible to realistically reproduce the swaying of the maneuvering and the inclination of the car body.


A movie that I actually tried was like this. You can see intense motion from the image, but when you actually try to pilot it will be amazed by its realism. Especially in the latter half I specially try to knock down the bass and the car body, but when rolling over I was able to taste the real feeling that the voice "Wow!" Comes out without thinking.

I tried piloting the construction machine simulator of Yanmar Museum which has only one in Japan - YouTube


◆ To Yanmar Museum 2nd floor
Although it is a Yanmar museum that is likely to be full by just looking around the first floor, an important exhibition is also taking place on the second floor part.

Seminar room where various workshops and cooking classes etc. are done where I got up to the second floor.


Here, workshops and others are being held to make "Ponpon boat" using cans.


There are also wooden tools to know the mechanism of the engine. This tool is handmade by Yanmar OB people based on the actual engine.


The second floor part is a corridor, and the main engines of Yanmar so far are exhibited. These three are a number of horizontal diesel engines that have been in existence since the dawn of Yanmar.


After that, the design of the diesel engine has changed a lot according to the required performance.


Diesel engines, which were originally a simple "machine", are becoming increasingly complicated and performance-enhancing as evolution progresses.


The current mainstream common rail type diesel engine realizes precise combustion control by electronic control, and furthermore, DPF (diesel and fuel) for recovering particulate matter (PM) such as soot contained in the exhaust gas Equipped with a device called particulate filter). In recent years, the cleanliness of the exhaust gas of diesel engines is improving, but this kind of equipment supports them.


And this engine was amazed at this corner. It is a triangular rotor housed in a small engine case, which is a rotary engine that Yanmar developed.


In Yanmar, it was said that there was a time when we sold chain saws equipped with rotary engines. Yanmar was licensed for rotary engines from Wankel company Germany in the same way as Mazda, an automobile manufacturer, and had developed a rotary engine, but it is its purpose and use to make Yanmar feel like it. Old chainsaws are badly vibrating and to the workersWhite wax diseaseThere was a lot of trouble called vibration (vibration disturbance), but it seems that Yanmar's aim was to adopt a low-vibration rotary engine to solve this problem.



It seems that the rotary engine was also used as an outboard motor for ships.




And this huge engine piston is used for marine engines. It is 33 cm in diameter and should be able to understand its enormity as compared to a common piston next to it.


By the way, it was like this when I arranged it with iPhone 6. Weight should be 10 kg.


Using this piston is the engine mounted on the ship. This model is a 1/6 size miniature, but its hugeness is felt compared to the size of a person written in a white line. Especially the piston is surprised that it is as big as the human head.


◆ "Biotope" where the ecosystem of Lake Biwa is reproduced on the roof terrace
When I saw the exhibition on the second floor and went out to the rooftop "Yanmar Terrace", there was a small koi pond spreading the ground and water. This area can observe animals and plants unique to Lake Biwa and grows as it isBiotope(Biological habitat space) is made as.


On the day when I went to the interview, "Chigaya" which makes Lake Biwa feel like Lhasa began to sparkle.


In addition to the wild Kurodedaka being released in the water, it is said that fish such as gorobuna are contained. In particular, the medaka has been breeding repeatedly and it seems that we are progressing to a situation where we can not grasp anymore how many other animals live.


In this space, we can observe biotope inviting neighboring children, and we can eat lunch on lawn on sunny day.


The rooftop terrace is also an observation platform, so you can see Lake Biwa and Ibukiyama in the immediate vicinity.


◆ Foot baths that made use of waste heat of energy creation
On the side of the biotope, you can also enjoy 'footbaths' where hot water is sprinkled inside the wood deck.


This hot water was warmed by "cogeneration" which uses the heat which is born when electric power used in the building is generated. The hot water temperature is set at exquisite temperature of 41 degrees.


A cogeneration system placed outside the window on the second floor. With this device, we generate some of the electricity used in the building, as well as the necessary hot water etc. are made.


The Yanmar Museum is promoting reduction of CO2 by combining solar power generation and cogeneration system. About 12 tons of CO2 was reduced from January 1, 2016 until the reporting date, it is said to be equivalent to about 850 in terms of cedar trees.


◆ Also in the exhibition space on the first floor
After gathering around the museum, we will look at the exhibition space on the first floor. Yanmar is a professional football club whose home town is Osaka · Sakai city "Cerezo OsakaMain sponsor of. Rather, it may be called Cerezo Osaka that used the football club of former Yanmar Diesel as a mother. Uniforms etc. are displayed in the hall.


And a panel that summarizes the change of Yan Bow Mah Boo weather forecast is also being exhibited.


The first Yanbou Mahyou is black and white, it seems that it was a lot of slurried figure.


Inside the case, handwritten panels of Mr. Yasuo Nakamura who has continued drawing Yanbo Maho for more than 50 years are decorated. Mr. Nakamari also said that "I am doing my best a little more" because he is still alive.


◆ "Yamaoka Sonoyoshi Memorial Room" adjacent to the exhibition room
In front of the exhibition room I have been looking up, a memorial room has been created tracing the footprints of Yanaga Sonnichi, the founder of Yanmar. Since it is open to the public here, anyone can enter it.


At the entrance, Mr. Yamaoka's book mentioned above was decorated ... ...


A panel to explain the connection between Dr. Rudolph Diesel, inventor of diesel engine and Mr. Yamaoka, was displayed. Mr. Yamaoka left the history that it was stolen by the diesel engine invented by Dr. Diesel at the exhibition held in Germany and was devoted to the practical application of small diesel engines to help the farmers suffer hard labor. It is.


This engine which Mr. Yamaoka completed, the world's first compact diesel engine was named "HB type". It is a water-cooled diesel engine whose piston is set horizontally, output is 5 to 6 horsepower, and revolution speed is 550 to 650 rpm.



The engine is said to have been certified as a modernized industrial heritage in FY2008. It is imagined that many people 's livelihoods and jobs have become easier with this engine.


Mr. Yamaoka's statue. Mr. Yamaoka is said to have been born in Nagahama city now, so it seems that many plants and museums of Yanmar are made in this area with the aim of local revitalization.


A chronological table describing Mr. Yamaoka's lifetime is also displayed.


Mr. Yamaoka who appeared at the age of 18 as a duty appointed as a 19-year-old independent entrepreneur. After that, when he was 30 years old, he founded "Yanmar" as a petroleum engine manufacturer for agriculture. At that time, it seems that from the dragonfly as a symbol of good harvest, company name "Yanmar" was attached based on "Onyama" which is the king of dragonfly.


◆ In the building's cafe slowly
Inside the museum there is a cafe space and a souvenir corner to catch a breath. The cafe was in a bright shop where light was introduced from a large glass surface.


Since snacks are also prepared, it is good to take a rest after enjoying the exhibition room.


In the souvenir section, original goods of Yan Bow Maho who can only get here ... ...


Model cars of Yanmar's concept tractor "YT 01" that can only be purchased here are sold as well. This vehicle was designed by former Ferrari and Audi designer and currently designed by Kiyoyo Okuyama, a designer who is supervising design as Yanmar's outside director, and in fact the design of this museum is also due to Mr. Okuyama .


Small small YT 01 minicar is also on sale. This is a limited-edition article sold by this museum as well.



In the souvenir corner, local special products showing connection with the local area are also listed.


Glass work etc was also put.



I also enjoyed experiences painting cool glass wind chimes.


Of course there are also uniforms of Cerezo Osaka.


Vending machine is also Cerezo color.


It seemed a bit interesting to me, "Yanmar rice cracker", a bag of 100 yen.


There was a nibbling rice cracker with a brand of Yanmar pushed inside. It is also a souvenir for museums.


Yang Bao Mr. Kintaro We also like something like taste.


In this way, the Yanmar Museum was a museum that could be enjoyed enough for those who are interested in agricultural machinery and technology, as well as those who are not. In fact, interviews that had been scheduled for several hours resulted in a situation that took more than double the time, and there were still things I wanted to see and things I wanted to see yet. Of course, sightseeing route of visiting Nagahama to visit the Yanmar Museum and walking around the streets of Nagahama after visiting may be pretty good not only when there are plans to visit nearby but also.