Best Other Museums Spot List

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.

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

A paradise of demons

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.

Experience the sensibility of an artist

An exact reproduction of the Meiji-Era Shimbashi Station, the first railway terminal in Japan.

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

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

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

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

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.

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

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

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

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 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.

At Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center , you can look, touch, and experience Japanese sake, authentic shochu, awamori and so on.

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.

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