Best Museums Spot List

It is home to art and artifacts from across Asia, including the world's largest and finest Japanese collection.

From the works of masters to rising artists, get in touch with various works by Aomori artists

A museum full of interesting materials

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

A unique art museum displaying future works and commanding a magnificent view of Lake Ashino-ko in Hakone.

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

Experience the charm of The Tale of Genji using all five senses

It is a toy museum designed to attract people of all ages, from babies to the elderly. Visitors can see, touch, play, and learn while having fun.

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

Understand and experience a disaster, while learning about minimizing risk and damage from natural disasters

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 Science Museum allows people of all ages to see, touch, and experience science. A variety of workshops held every day are also appealing.

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.

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

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

A museum inside the building of Tokyo University of the Arts, the best out of all the art universities in Japan. It stores approximately 29,000 items of mainly Japanese modern arts.

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.”

A secret underground cavern! Enjoy seeing historical Oya Stone and panoramic views.

A museum specializing in nihonga (Japanese paintings) with a collection of about 1,800 works consisting mainly of modern and contemporary Japanese paintings. It holds various special exhibitions as well.