Best Museums Spot List

A classical red brick building

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

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.

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

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

The museum exhibits precious fossils of prehistoric life and a large diorama replicated the forests of Saitama. It is a museum where you can learn the 300 million years of the natural history of the prefecture.

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

Learn about sake brewing

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

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.

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.

Japan's first national art museum located next to the Imperial palace, and it houses more than 12,500 artworks.

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

Hakone Garasunomori Museum, or the Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone, is the first museum of this kind in Japan. The glass exhibitions that change each season are worth seeing.

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.

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

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.

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