Best History Museums Spot List

It is home to art and artifacts from across Asia, including the world's largest and finest Japanese collection.

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

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

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

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

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

Discover Tohoku history and culture

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.

A classical red brick building

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

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).

A museum where visitors can see the various works and crafts created by the people of the old capital of Nara.

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

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.

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