Best Other Museums Spot List

A museum full of interesting materials

The museum houses 900 drums, including Japanese drums and others from all over the world. Visitors can touch and play the drums.

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.

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.

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

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.

This museum owns over 38,000 artifacts relating to the culture and history of tobacco and salt both from Japan and overseas.

A thought-provoking museum about the history, culture and social role of currency.

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

Works related to the Harima area are on display here. The watchful figure of Himeji Castle is beautiful

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

A technology gallery where you can experience Japanese high technology by looking, touching and operating. A guided tour is available, as well.

A museum telling all about Aomori's own master of art

Located at the birthplace of sumo, this museum offers a chance to explore the history of the sport. It features a full-size sumo ring and a collection of about 12,000 sumo-related artifacts.

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

This museum exhibits academic specimens and research materials owned by the University of Tokyo. It is a museum where brings an academic heritage into creation of a new culture and design.

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

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

The Higashi-yamato Municipal Folk Museum has ”the Sayama Hills and life” as its theme. The museum has a planetarium equipped with a Megastar projector, which casts images of stars.

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.