Best Museums around Kansai Spot List

Built on the Naniwanomiya Site, the museum allows visitors to learn about the history of Osaka from ancient times to the present.

A metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

A classical red brick building

Works related to the Harima area are on display here. The watchful figure of Himeji Castle is beautiful

An art museum surrounded by dense forests, deep in the mountains

Introducing life in Osaka during the Edo period, the museum makes it fun to learn about the history and culture of housing and living.

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

Learn about sake brewing

A museum where visitors can see the various works and crafts created by the people of the old capital of Nara.

The Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

The leading domestic collection of modern art prints