Best Museums Spot List

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

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.

The museum exhibits precious fossils of prehistoric life and a large diorama replicated the forests of Saitama. It is a museum where you can learn the 300 million years of the natural history of the prefecture.

This museum owns over 38,000 artifacts relating to the culture and history of tobacco and salt both from Japan and overseas.

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

This memorial museum used to be the art studio and residence of Taro Okamoto, who was a representative artist of Japan. His passion and energy still fill the museum.

Artworks await to gratify your spirit

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

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

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.

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

This is a hands-on museum in which you can learn by looking at, touching, and operating exhibits. You can enjoy learning the history and the latest technology of subway systems.

A museum where visitors can see the various works and crafts created by the people of the old capital of Nara.

A butler-guided tour

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

Introducing life in Osaka during the Edo period, the museum makes it fun to learn about the history and culture of housing and living.

Experience the sensibility of an artist

A building that is in itself a work of art. An art center where you can enjoy a variety of art exhibitions.

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.