Best Museums Spot List

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 housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

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).

An octagonal, three-story western-style home in Maiko Park

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.

Experience the wonders of the universe

A museum where visitors can see the various works and crafts created by the people of the old capital of Nara.

An exact reproduction of the Meiji-Era Shimbashi Station, the first railway terminal in Japan.

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

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.

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is in Ueno Park. Special exhibitions of domestic and foreign famous paintings, variety of planned exhibitions, and exhibitions of works by the general public are held there.

The Yokohama Archives of History is situated near Kaiko Plaza Park, where the Kanagawa Convention or the US-Japan Peace and Amity Treaty was signed. It is a house of archives where you can learn about the history of Yokohama City.

View real-life tachineputa all year

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

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 thought-provoking museum about the history, culture and social role of currency.

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.

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

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake