Best Museums around Kansai Spot List

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

A metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close

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

Located at the birthplace of sumo, this museum offers a chance to explore the history of the sport. It features a full-size sumo ring and a collection of about 12,000 sumo-related artifacts.

Learn everything there is to know about the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

Immerse yourself in the world of this photographer who loved the Yamato path

A butler-guided tour

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

The second-oldest national museum in Japan, located in Nara Park. It boasts the nation's greatest collection of Buddhist art.

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

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

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

The building and the interior itself are the display! Experience Kyoto's elegance

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

An octagonal, three-story western-style home in Maiko Park