Best History Museums Spot List

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

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.

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

Learn about the culture of Niigata

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

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).

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

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

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

Experience the charm of The Tale of Genji using all five senses

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

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

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

A classical red brick building

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

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.

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.

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