Best Museums Spot List

A museum located in Ueno Park. Visitors can enjoy a variety of artworks including ones designated as Important Cultural Properties.

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

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

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

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

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.

The Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

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 toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

View real-life tachineputa all year

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

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

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

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

A butler-guided tour

A museum where you can relax surrounded by rich greenery. It positions art as a ”sustenance of mental health.”

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.

Learn about the culture of Niigata

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