Best Museums Spot List

A hall that holds rakugo (comic storytelling) performances throughout the year. It also holds a variety of other performances, such as manzai (a two-man comedy act), that are worth seeing.

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

Special local products such as sake, rice, and koji (aspergillus oryzae) are lined up

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.

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

Discover Tohoku history and culture

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

Learn everything there is to know about the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

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.

This museum displays the works of leading Japanese modern sculptor Fumio Asakura: the site is registered nationally as a Place of Scenic Beauty and the structure itself as a Tangible Cultural Property.

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

The Tokyo Station Gallery is a museum located in an Important Cultural Property, Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building. Exhibitions and events in a variety of themes are held there.

This museum offers both beauty and healing surrounded by the nature of Hakone. A giant mural of wind god Fujin and thunder god Raijin can be appreciated while soaking your feet in an ashi-yu footbath.

A butler-guided tour

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.

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.

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

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

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

An art museum surrounded by dense forests, deep in the mountains