Best Museums Spot List

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

You’ll feel as if you’ve gone back in time to prehistoric times.

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.

The Yokohama Archives of History is situated near Kaiko Plaza Park, where the Kanagawa Convention or the US-Japan Peace and Amity Treaty was signed. It is a house of archives where you can learn about the history of Yokohama City.

A place to appreciate masterful works of glass

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is in Ueno Park. Special exhibitions of domestic and foreign famous paintings, variety of planned exhibitions, and exhibitions of works by the general public are held there.

This art museum has the longest history in the Hakone area. On the premises, there is a tea ceremony room from which you can enjoy the landscape of each season.

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

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

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.”

This is a grand-scale building that stands on a corner of the land where the Sakura Castle used to be. The museum's exhibition is presented so that visitors can easily understand Japanese history.

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

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).

The museum houses 900 drums, including Japanese drums and others from all over the world. Visitors can touch and play the drums.

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

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

This is an art museum that houses and exhibits modern and contemporary Japanese art. It hosts special exhibitions on a wide range of themes.

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

This is Japan's only national art museum, where you can view various Western artworks, including the Matsukata collection, which mainly consists of French artworks.

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens