Best Museums Spot List

This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.

A unique hexagon-shaped art museum that houses some 2,000 ceramics, Japanese lacquerwares, and tea kettles.

A museum telling all about Aomori's own master of art

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

It is an art museum in Marunouchi that holds Japanese contemporary art oriented exhibitions.

Immerse yourself in the deep and mystical world of Dali

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.

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

A massive collection of manga from all over the world, from the famous to rare finds

Built on the Naniwanomiya Site, the museum allows visitors to learn about the history of Osaka from ancient times to the present.

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

This is an admission-free art gallery opened in the Ginza district by Pola Group, which is expanding its cosmetics business, to make this facility the information-dissemination center for art and culture.

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

This museum offers both beauty and healing surrounded by the nature of Hakone. A giant mural of wind god Fujin and thunder god Raijin can be appreciated while soaking your feet in an ashi-yu footbath.

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.

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

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.

The entire space is a work of art! An art museum designed by painter Insho Domoto