Best Museums Spot List

The Railway Museum displays 37 real railway cars and lets you try out rail car operations yourself.

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

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

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.

Immerse yourself in the world of this photographer who loved the Yamato path

A secret underground cavern! Enjoy seeing historical Oya Stone and panoramic views.

It is Japan's only national nature and science museum, which presents the history of nature and science; it is located in Tokyo. Its theater, in which a movie can be displayed in a panoramic 360 degrees, is worth seeing.

This is Japan's only national art museum, where you can view various Western artworks, including the Matsukata collection, which mainly consists of French artworks.

A metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close

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

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

Enjoy the world of science as if you are playing a game

Lalique Museum, Hakone exhibits about 230 pieces of French artist, René Lalique (1860-1945) who created precious jewelry in Art Nouveau style, and beautiful objects in glass during Art Deco period.

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

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.

Understand and experience a disaster, while learning about minimizing risk and damage from natural disasters

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