Best Other Museums Spot List

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.

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.

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

Become intimate with literature in this famous building

At Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center , you can look, touch, and experience Japanese sake, authentic shochu, awamori and so on.

View real-life tachineputa all year

A ritual worth fighting your fear to see

Learn about the history of sake making, starting back in the Edo period (1603-1868)

Includes a wide-angle observation deck to enjoy

Exhibits include animal specimens and artifacts; this is only place you can see a stuffed Ezo (Hokkaido) wolf

The curious silhouette of this church draws the attention of passersby

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays

A museum that illustrates the tradition, culture and origin of ”The Namahage of Oga,” passed down for generations on the Oga Peninsula.

It is a museum where the Japanese maritime history can be learned from videos and valuable displays. The NYK Maritime Museum widely introduces the history of marine vessels along with the history of Nippon Yusen as a company. (NYK stands for Nippon Yusen Kaisha, a shipping company.)

Daimyo Tokei Hakubutsu-kan, or Daimyo Clock Museum, is the museum of the Edo period's art and craftwork, daimyo clocks (Japanese clocks), and is located in the popular Yanaka area in the shitamachi (the geographically lower side) of Tokyo.

It is a historical museum where you can learn about the Chiba clan, who made the foundation and historical contribution to Chiba City. From the observation deck, you can see a magnificent view of Chiba City.

A museum located on the fourth floor of Panasonic Tokyo Shiodome Building. 230 pieces by Georges Rouault, a representative artist of the 20th century, are shown at this museum.

Meet the two famous cats that manage the station

This is an art gallery established in 1926, located in the Meiji Jingu Gaien Park. About 80 masterpieces of Japanese and Western paintings are displayed in chronological order.