Best Other Museums Spot List

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

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.

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 telling all about Aomori's own master of art

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

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

A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites

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

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

View real-life tachineputa all year

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.

Experience the sensibility of an artist

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

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

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

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.

Learn about sake brewing

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

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences