The Higashi-yamato Municipal Folk Museum has ”the Sayama Hills and life” as its theme. The museum has a planetarium equipped with a Megastar projector, which casts images of stars.
Enjoy invention and discovery through exhibits and experiences
The Meguro Parasitological Museum exhibits 300 specimens of tapeworms and related material from inside and outside Japan. This is a research facility and museum devoted to parasites.
Amuse Museum is an art complex where a museum of the textile culture and ukiyoe (paintings of everyday life in the Edo period 1603 – 1868), a select shop of Japanese-style products, and an event hall are combined.
A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways
This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.
A facility where you can experience the nature and history of remote wilderness of Oku-Nikko
A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon
Become familiar with the ocean, ships, science, and technology
A massive collection of manga from all over the world, from the famous to rare finds
A toy museum where you can enjoy picking out favorites
An exact reproduction of the Meiji-Era Shimbashi Station, the first railway terminal in Japan.
A ritual worth fighting your fear to see
A museum that displays precious references to sumo wrestling — a form of traditional culture dating to the era of Japanese myths.
This is a hands-on museum in which you can learn by looking at, touching, and operating exhibits. You can enjoy learning the history and the latest technology of subway systems.
Become intimate with literature in this famous building
It succeeds in recreating the model of railway trains down to the last detail by utilizing authentic railway technology. The museum of Nobutaro Hara's model railway and his collection.
A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture
A thought-provoking museum about the history, culture and social role of currency.
The museum exhibits precious fossils of prehistoric life and a large diorama replicated the forests of Saitama. It is a museum where you can learn the 300 million years of the natural history of the prefecture.