Best Museums Spot List

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

Learn everything there is to know about the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

This art museum houses many pieces of artwork, mainly paintings, woodblock prints, sculptures, and others that were created by the hands of artists who have a tie with Kawagoe.

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

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

Experience the sensibility of an artist

Special local products such as sake, rice, and koji (aspergillus oryzae) are lined up

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.

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.

A place to appreciate masterful works of glass

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

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.

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

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

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

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

Sannomaru Shozokan is a public art gallery exhibiting works such as paintings, calligraphy and crafts handed down to the Imperial Family.

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

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.