Best Museums Spot List

Experience arts from Akita

A building that is in itself a work of art. An art center where you can enjoy a variety of art exhibitions.

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

A butler-guided tour

Learn about the culture of Niigata

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

Directly connected to Mitsukoshimae Station, the Mitsui Memorial Museum features masterpieces of Japanese and Eastern art acquired by members of the Mitsui family over 350 years. There is no permanent exhibition.

This art museum houses many pieces of artwork, mainly paintings, woodblock prints, sculptures, and others that were created by the hands of artists who have a tie with Kawagoe.

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

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.

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

View real-life tachineputa all year

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

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

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

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.

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.

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.

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

It is Japan's only national nature and science museum, which presents the history of nature and science; it is located in Tokyo. Its theater, in which a movie can be displayed in a panoramic 360 degrees, is worth seeing.