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

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

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

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

Learn about the culture of Niigata

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

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

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

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

A classical red brick building

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).

Discover Tohoku history and culture

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

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.

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

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

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

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens