Best History Museums Spot List

This is a museum where you can enjoy learning the 400 years of history and culture of Edo-Tokyo.

An octagonal, three-story western-style home in Maiko Park

Built on the Naniwanomiya Site, the museum allows visitors to learn about the history of Osaka from ancient times to the present.

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

You’ll feel as if you’ve gone back in time to prehistoric times.

Introducing life in Osaka during the Edo period, the museum makes it fun to learn about the history and culture of housing and living.

An open-air museum where historical buildings having high cultural value are restored and displayed on a large site.

A secret underground cavern! Enjoy seeing historical Oya Stone and panoramic views.

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

A place connected to Matsuo Basho. A garden with flowers and trees associated with his haiku and Shiseki Tembo Teien with a waterside view are the highlights.

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

A classical red brick building

The second-oldest national museum in Japan, located in Nara Park. It boasts the nation's greatest collection of Buddhist art.

Discover Tohoku history and culture

The Yokohama Archives of History is situated near Kaiko Plaza Park, where the Kanagawa Convention or the US-Japan Peace and Amity Treaty was signed. It is a house of archives where you can learn about the history of Yokohama City.

Learn about the culture of Niigata

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

The Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

The building and the interior itself are the display! Experience Kyoto's elegance