Best Museums Spot List

The Higashi-yamato Municipal Folk Museum has ”the Sayama Hills and life” as its theme. The museum has a planetarium equipped with a Megastar projector, which casts images of stars.

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

This is an art museum that houses and exhibits modern and contemporary Japanese art. It hosts special exhibitions on a wide range of themes.

This is a hands-on museum in which you can learn by looking at, touching, and operating exhibits. You can enjoy learning the history and the latest technology of subway systems.

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

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

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

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

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

This is a grand-scale building that stands on a corner of the land where the Sakura Castle used to be. The museum's exhibition is presented so that visitors can easily understand Japanese history.

A museum introducing Edo hanabi (fireworks) and brimming with the atmosphere of the era.

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

Learn about the culture of Niigata

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

Walk around the extensive grounds covering 70,000 square meters while enjoying the spectacular sculptures surrounded by magnificent greenery.

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

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

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

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.

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