Best History Museums Spot List

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

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

Discover Tohoku history and culture

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

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

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 classical red brick building

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

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

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

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

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

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

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.