Best Museums Spot List

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

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.

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.

Experience arts from Akita

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

Enjoy the world of science as if you are playing a game

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

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.

Lalique Museum, Hakone exhibits about 230 pieces of French artist, René Lalique (1860-1945) who created precious jewelry in Art Nouveau style, and beautiful objects in glass during Art Deco period.

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.

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

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

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

A butler-guided tour

View real-life tachineputa all year

Experience the sensibility of an artist

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

A museum where you can relax surrounded by rich greenery. It positions art as a ”sustenance of mental health.”

A paradise of demons