Best Other Museums Spot List

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

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

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

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

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.

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

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.

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

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.

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

A paradise of demons

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.

Experience the sensibility of an artist

A museum telling all about Aomori's own master of art

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

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

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.

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.

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