Best History Museums Spot List

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

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

Learn about the culture of Niigata

Discover Tohoku history and culture

Keeps precious materials belonging to the Ii Clan

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

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

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

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

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

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

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

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

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

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

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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