Best Other Museums Spot List

At the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum in Kobe, you can experience the unbroken tradition of sake brewing and learn about its deep appeal.

A museum full of interesting materials

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.

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

A massive collection of manga from all over the world, from the famous to rare finds

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.

Learn about sake brewing

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

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.

A museum that displays precious references to sumo wrestling — a form of traditional culture dating to the era of Japanese myths.

It succeeds in recreating the model of railway trains down to the last detail by utilizing authentic railway technology. The museum of Nobutaro Hara's model railway and his collection.

The Philatelic Museum in Tokyo is one of the rare museums in Japan, and visitors can discover the fun and charm of postal stamps from all over the world.

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

This is a grand-scale building that stands on a corner of the land where the Sakura Castle used to be. The museum's exhibition is presented so that visitors can easily understand Japanese history.

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

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.

A facility where you can experience the nature and history of remote wilderness of Oku-Nikko

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