Best Other Museums Spot List

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

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.

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

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

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.

Experience the sensibility of an artist

A paradise of demons

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

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

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

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

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

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.

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

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

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

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.