Best History Museums Spot List

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

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.

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

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

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

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

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

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

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

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

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

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

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

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

The Perry Memorial Hall is a museum that illustrates the Perry Expedition (1853－1854), which paved the way to the opening of Japan, and the history leading to it through dioramas and historical documents.