Best History Museums Spot List

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

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

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

A classical red brick building

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

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

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

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

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

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

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

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

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

*Currently closed