Best Other Museums Spot List

A museum full of interesting materials

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

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.

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

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

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

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.

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

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

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 paradise of demons

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.

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.

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

Saitama Midori-no-mori Museum is a field museum that presents the satoyama (traditional agricultural) landscapes of Sayama-kyuryo Hills, such as wooded areas and swamps.

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.

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

Become familiar with the ocean, ships, science, and technology

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family