Best Other Museums Spot List

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

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

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

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.

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.

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