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 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.

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 paradise of demons

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

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.

The museum exhibits precious fossils of prehistoric life and a large diorama replicated the forests of Saitama. It is a museum where you can learn the 300 million years of the natural history of the prefecture.

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

Experience the sensibility of an artist

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.