Best Museums Spot List

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

Experience the charm of The Tale of Genji using all five senses

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.

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.

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

A museum were you can enjoy the modern works painted by the illustrators such as Takabatake Kasho who swept through the art publication world.

An open-air museum where historical buildings having high cultural value are restored and displayed on a large site.

It has over 5,000 pieces of Japanese and Oriental antique art. The building in the shinden-zukuri aristocratic architectural style (developed between the late 7th to early 11th century) and the Japanese garden are worthy of a viewing.

At Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center , you can look, touch, and experience Japanese sake, authentic shochu, awamori and so on.

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.

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

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

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

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

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

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

Special local products such as sake, rice, and koji (aspergillus oryzae) are lined up

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.

Works related to the Harima area are on display here. The watchful figure of Himeji Castle is beautiful

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum