A museum full of interesting materials
A museum that displays precious references to sumo wrestling — a form of traditional culture dating to the era of Japanese myths.
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 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.
This is a hands-on museum in which you can learn by looking at, touching, and operating exhibits. You can enjoy learning the history and the latest technology of subway systems.
A thought-provoking museum about the history, culture and social role of currency.
The museum houses 900 drums, including Japanese drums and others from all over the world. Visitors can touch and play the drums.
The Railway Museum displays 37 real railway cars and lets you try out rail car operations yourself.
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 technology gallery where you can experience Japanese high technology by looking, touching and operating. A guided tour is available, as well.
Saitama Midori-no-mori Museum is a field museum that presents the satoyama (traditional agricultural) landscapes of Sayama-kyuryo Hills, such as wooded areas and swamps.
The Philatelic Museum in Tokyo is one of the rare museums in Japan, and visitors can discover the fun and charm of postal stamps from all over the world.
A museum specializing in Japanese swords. Some 190 items including swords, mountings and fittings, armor, and information on metalwork.
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.
This museum owns over 38,000 artifacts relating to the culture and history of tobacco and salt both from Japan and overseas.
Amuse Museum is an art complex where a museum of the textile culture and ukiyoe (paintings of everyday life in the Edo period 1603 – 1868), a select shop of Japanese-style products, and an event hall are combined.
At Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center , you can look, touch, and experience Japanese sake, authentic shochu, awamori and so on.
A facility where you can experience the nature and history of remote wilderness of Oku-Nikko
This museum exhibits academic specimens and research materials owned by the University of Tokyo. It is a museum where brings an academic heritage into creation of a new culture and design.
This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.