Best Museums Spot List

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

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.

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.

Learn about the culture of Niigata

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

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

A museum that displays precious references to sumo wrestling — a form of traditional culture dating to the era of Japanese myths.

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

Experience the wonders of the universe

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.

A place to appreciate masterful works of glass

View real-life tachineputa all year

A thought-provoking museum about the history, culture and social role of currency.

A museum specializing in Japanese swords. Some 190 items including swords, mountings and fittings, armor, and information on metalwork.

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.

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.

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

Located at the birthplace of sumo, this museum offers a chance to explore the history of the sport. It features a full-size sumo ring and a collection of about 12,000 sumo-related artifacts.

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