Best Museums Spot List

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

A museum located on the 53rd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower connected directly to Roppongi Station. You can enjoy a panoramic view of Tokyo from the observation deck on the 52nd floor.

You’ll feel as if you’ve gone back in time to prehistoric times.

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

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

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

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

A unique art museum displaying future works and commanding a magnificent view of Lake Ashino-ko in Hakone.

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.

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).

A museum inside the building of Tokyo University of the Arts, the best out of all the art universities in Japan. It stores approximately 29,000 items of mainly Japanese modern arts.

It has over 5,000 pieces of Japanese and Oriental antique art. The building in the shinden-zukuri aristocratic architectural style (developed between the late 7th to early 11th century) and the Japanese garden are worthy of a viewing.

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

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

Learn about aviation science

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

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