Best Museums Spot List

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.

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.

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

Located at the birthplace of sumo, this museum offers a chance to explore the history of the sport. It features a full-size sumo ring and a collection of about 12,000 sumo-related artifacts.

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

In addition to the museum's various themed exhibitions and displays of Japanese modern and contemporary artworks, the location is also attractive due to the scenery that has made the place known as the museum with a superb view and rich natural environment.

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

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 rare, underground art museum

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

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

Become familiar with the ocean, ships, science, and technology

A butler-guided tour

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

This is the world's first museum dedicated to the classic novella ”The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It displays documentation and memorabilia from the author Saint-Exupéry, and visitors can fully enjoy the world of ”The Little Prince.”

A metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close

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

Learn everything there is to know about the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge