Best Other Museums Spot List

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

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.

Imparts the history of Nada sake brewing

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

Understand and experience a disaster, while learning about minimizing risk and damage from natural disasters

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

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.

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

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

Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences

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

View real-life tachineputa all year

This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.

Enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s world all with your family

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

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

Learn about 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.