Best Museums around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum in Shinagawa, Tokyo where you can enjoy post-1950's contemporary art from Japan and abroad.

Situated on the 9th floor of the Teigeki Building at Marunouchi facing the Imperial Palace, this museum houses the Idemitsu Collection, which focuses on East Asian antiques.

A facility where you can experience the nature and history of remote wilderness of Oku-Nikko

An exact reproduction of the Meiji-Era Shimbashi Station, the first railway terminal in Japan.

A thought-provoking museum about the history, culture and social role of currency.

Sannomaru Shozokan is a public art gallery exhibiting works such as paintings, calligraphy and crafts handed down to the Imperial Family.

The National Film Center is the only national institution devoted to cinematography. It keeps movie films as well as many valuable materials related to movies. They are shown on the screens or displayed in the exhibition hall.

The Crafts Gallery is an annex to the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, and you can view a wide range of crafts and designs from Japan and around the world. It is located in the beautiful Kitanomaru Park, which adjoins the Imperial Palace.

It succeeds in recreating the model of railway trains down to the last detail by utilizing authentic railway technology. The museum of Nobutaro Hara's model railway and his collection.

A museum located on the 53rd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower connected directly to Roppongi Station. You can enjoy a panoramic view of Tokyo from the observation deck on the 52nd floor.

This museum owns over 38,000 artifacts relating to the culture and history of tobacco and salt both from Japan and overseas.

A technology gallery where you can experience Japanese high technology by looking, touching and operating. A guided tour is available, as well.

You can experience the world of Mitsuo Aida, a poet and calligrapher who emphasized the preciousness of life with his own phrases and unique styles of calligraphy.

This museum displays the works of leading Japanese modern sculptor Fumio Asakura: the site is registered nationally as a Place of Scenic Beauty and the structure itself as a Tangible Cultural Property.

A museum located in Ueno Park. Visitors can enjoy a variety of artworks including ones designated as Important Cultural Properties.

In addition to the museum's various themed exhibitions and displays of Japanese modern and contemporary artworks, the location is also attractive due to the scenery that has made the place known as the museum with a superb view and rich natural environment.

This is the world's first museum dedicated to the classic novella ”The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It displays documentation and memorabilia from the author Saint-Exupéry, and visitors can fully enjoy the world of ”The Little Prince.”

Hakone Garasunomori Museum, or the Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone, is the first museum of this kind in Japan. The glass exhibitions that change each season are worth seeing.

The Meguro Parasitological Museum exhibits 300 specimens of tapeworms and related material from inside and outside Japan. This is a research facility and museum devoted to parasites.

A hall that holds rakugo (comic storytelling) performances throughout the year. It also holds a variety of other performances, such as manzai (a two-man comedy act), that are worth seeing.