Best Museums Spot List

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The Meguro Parasitological Museum exhibits 300 specimens of tapeworms and related material from inside and outside Japan. This is a research facility and museum devoted to parasites.

The Railway Museum displays 37 real railway cars and lets you try out rail car operations yourself.

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

Learn about the history of sake making, starting back in the Edo period (1603-1868)

Hokkaido's oldest museum of Ainu culture, with exhibits featuring lifestyle objects and clothing

A world of mystery and illusion

This museum was once a ferry that connected Japan's main island to Hokkaido

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays

Once a storehouse, now a museum showcasing Otaru's history and nature

A modern art museum to the south of Goryokaku

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

Showcases the bountiful nature in and around Lake Akan