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.

Learn about sake brewing

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

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.

Introducing life in Osaka during the Edo period, the museum makes it fun to learn about the history and culture of housing and living.

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

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.

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

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

It succeeds in recreating the model of railway trains down to the last detail by utilizing authentic railway technology. The museum of Nobutaro Hara's model railway and his collection.

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

The Suntory Museum of Art is directly connected with Roppongi Station and inside Tokyo Midtown — a chic integrated complex where you can enjoy shopping.

Experience arts from Akita

Artworks await to gratify your spirit

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

A place connected to Matsuo Basho. A garden with flowers and trees associated with his haiku and Shiseki Tembo Teien with a waterside view are the highlights.

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.

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

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 metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close