Best History Museums Spot List

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

Learn from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

A classical red brick building

Discover Tohoku history and culture

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

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

The Yokohama Archives of History is situated near Kaiko Plaza Park, where the Kanagawa Convention or the US-Japan Peace and Amity Treaty was signed. It is a house of archives where you can learn about the history of Yokohama City.

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

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

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

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

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

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.

This is one of the three greatest commemorative ships in the world. It has been preserved as a symbol of the nation’s pride that attained the victory in the naval battle for defending national independence.