Best Museums Spot List

Artworks await to gratify your spirit

Experience the wonders of the universe

It is Japan's only national nature and science museum, which presents the history of nature and science; it is located in Tokyo. Its theater, in which a movie can be displayed in a panoramic 360 degrees, is worth seeing.

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.

A butler-guided tour

The leading domestic collection of modern art prints

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

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

A paradise of demons

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

This is a museum where you can enjoy learning the 400 years of history and culture of Edo-Tokyo.

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

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

A unique hexagon-shaped art museum that houses some 2,000 ceramics, Japanese lacquerwares, and tea kettles.

Immerse yourself in the deep and mystical world of Dali

The Science Museum allows people of all ages to see, touch, and experience science. A variety of workshops held every day are also appealing.

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.

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

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

From crafts, paintings, and more: this museum has many famous works on display