Best Museums Spot List

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

This is an art museum that houses and exhibits modern and contemporary Japanese art. It hosts special exhibitions on a wide range of themes.

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.

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.

Experience the charm of The Tale of Genji using all five senses

Experience the sensibility of an artist

Sannomaru Shozokan is a public art gallery exhibiting works such as paintings, calligraphy and crafts handed down to the Imperial Family.

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

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

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

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

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

A lifetime's worth of paintings

A world of mystery and illusion

Showcases the bountiful nature in and around Lake Akan

An art museum with exhibits and concerts

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

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