Best History Museums Spot List

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

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

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.

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

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

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 Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

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

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

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

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

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

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

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

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Expedition (1853－1854), which paved the way to the opening of Japan, and the history leading to it through dioramas and historical documents.