Best Museums Spot List

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.

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

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.

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

This memorial museum used to be the art studio and residence of Taro Okamoto, who was a representative artist of Japan. His passion and energy still fill the museum.

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

Museum to appreciate the works of painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa.

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 museum exhibits precious fossils of prehistoric life and a large diorama replicated the forests of Saitama. It is a museum where you can learn the 300 million years of the natural history of the prefecture.

A metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close

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.

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

The leading domestic collection of modern art prints

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

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.

A butler-guided tour

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

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.

From crafts, paintings, and more: this museum has many famous works on display

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture