Best History Museums Spot List

Discover Tohoku history and culture

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

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

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

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.

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

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

Learn about the culture of Niigata

Hokkaido's oldest museum of Ainu culture, with exhibits featuring lifestyle objects and clothing

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Fukumatsu Tanaka, the ”Herring Magnate” leader of a fisherman's union, built this lodge in Tomari-mura. Displays include implements related to the herring industry

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

This museum was once a ferry that connected Japan's main island to Hokkaido

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Discover the history of a beer dating back to Hokkaido's frontier age

Once a storehouse, now a museum showcasing Otaru's history and nature

Reproduces the streets of Fukagawa Saga-cho in the Edo Period so visitors can see the scene and lifestyle of that period.

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