Best Museums Spot List

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

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

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.

Learn about the culture of Niigata

The National Film Center is the only national institution devoted to cinematography. It keeps movie films as well as many valuable materials related to movies. They are shown on the screens or displayed in the exhibition hall.

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

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

This art museum has the longest history in the Hakone area. On the premises, there is a tea ceremony room from which you can enjoy the landscape of each season.

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

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.

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

The entire space is a work of art! An art museum designed by painter Insho Domoto

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

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

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

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

A museum telling all about Aomori's own master of art

Immerse yourself in the deep and mystical world of Dali

Immerse yourself in the world of this photographer who loved the Yamato path

A facility where you can experience the nature and history of remote wilderness of Oku-Nikko