Best Museums Spot List

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

Take a stroll and observe art

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

Includes a wide-angle observation deck to enjoy

Fukumatsu Tanaka, the ”Herring Magnate” leader of a fisherman's union, built this lodge in Tomari-mura. Displays include implements related to the herring industry

A lifetime's worth of paintings

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays

Discover the history of a beer dating back to Hokkaido's frontier age

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Exhibits include animal specimens and artifacts; this is only place you can see a stuffed Ezo (Hokkaido) wolf

Venetian glass collected in one place

The curious silhouette of this church draws the attention of passersby

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

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

A modern art museum to the south of Goryokaku

Reproduces the streets of Fukagawa Saga-cho in the Edo Period so visitors can see the scene and lifestyle of that period.

A museum that illustrates the tradition, culture and origin of ”The Namahage of Oga,” passed down for generations on the Oga Peninsula.

Founded by Kunio Kobayashi, the notable bonsai (potted plant) creator. Artistic bonsai are in line with each other at the Japanese garden. You can also purchase some of them.

Sharing a new art culture from Aomori

This art museum, which opened its doors in 1983, is out of ordinary among other museums in Tokyo. Located in the middle of the city, the museum harmonizes its art exhibitions, which utilize the former official residence of Asaka-no-miya (a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family) constructed in the early Showa period employing an Art Deco style, and the lushly green garden. After improvement of the old building, and an extension for a gallery and a cafe was added, the museum was re-opened in November 2014. In front of the art museum, there is a wide spread of lawn. You can put down a mat and eat your meal on this lawn.