Museums in Japan
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Matsuyama-togetsuan Museum of Culture and History
ๆพๅฑฑๅธ, Ehime
Tucked away on a quiet street in Matsuyama's Mochidamachi district, the Matsuyama-togetsuan Museum feels more like a sec...

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
ๅๅคๅฑๅธ, Aichi
You know how Toyota is this massive car company? Well, its story actually starts with automatic looms in a red-brick fac...

Teshima Art Museum
ๅๅบ็บ, Kagawa
Perched on a hillside overlooking the Seto Inland Sea, the Teshima Art Museum feels less like a traditional museum and m...

Inujima Seirensho Art Museum
ๅฒกๅฑฑๅธ, Okayama
The Inujima Seirensho Art Museum is a place where industrial decay and artistic rebirth collide in the most poetic way. ...

Medical Museum
็ฆๅฒกๅธ, Niigata
Tucked away within the Japan Dental University's Niigata campus, this museum feels less like a sterile institution and m...

Adachi Museum of Art
ๅฎๆฅๅธ, Shimane
Tucked away in the quiet Shimane prefecture, the Adachi Museum of Art was born from the passion of industrialist Zenko A...

Toyota Automobile Museum
้ทไน ๆๅธ, Aichi
You won't find a single Toyota in the main exhibition hall of the Toyota Automobile Museum, at least not at first. Inste...

Tachineputa Museum
ไบๆๅทๅๅธ, Aomori
This place is a total love letter to one of Japan's most thrilling summer festivals. Forget what you know about parade f...

Kubota Itchiku Art Museum
ๅฏๅฃซๆฒณๅฃๆน็บ, Yamanashi
People don't just come here for the art; they come for the quiet, for the way the light filters through the trees onto t...

Shiden-Kai Fighter Aircraft Exhibition Hall
ๆพๅฑฑๅธ, Ehime
Tucked away in the sleepy, mountainous folds of Ainan, Ehime, a town better known for citrus groves than combat history,...

Shizuoka City Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum
Hazle Township, Shizuoka
People often find their way here seeking something beautiful and uniquely Japanese, a quiet refuge from the city's bustl...

Nagoya City Science Museum
ๅๅคๅฑๅธ, Aichi
Honestly, the first thing that grabs you about the Nagoya City Science Museum is that planetarium dome โ it's absolutely...

Towada Art Center
ๅๅ็ฐๅธ, Aomori
Believe it or not, you can walk right through some of the art here without setting foot in a gallery. The Towada Art Cen...

ลhara Museum of Art
ๅๆทๅธ, Okayama
People come to the ลhara Museum of Art to step into a quiet, cultured corner of Kurashiki and discover Japan's first col...

Toyota Kaikan Museum
่ฑ็ฐๅธ, Aichi
So, you know how most car museums are just rows of shiny classics? This place is completely differentโit feels like step...

Stained Glass Museum
ๆๅทๅธ, Hokkaido
Tucked away in the historic port city of Otaru, this museum offers a quiet, almost chapel-like reverence for an art form...

Anno Art Museum
่ถณ็ซๅบ, Shimane
Tucked away in the verdant hills of Tsuwano, a historic town often called the 'Little Kyoto' of Shimane, the Anno Art Mu...

Kofu Museum House
ๅฑฑๆขจๅธ, Yamanashi
People come to Kofu Museum House not for one single blockbuster exhibit, but for the wonderfully eclectic mix of history...

Sapporo Beer Museum
ๆญๅนๅธ, Hokkaido
You'd never guess this stately red-brick building started life as a sugar factory back in the Meiji era before it became...

Kyushu National Museum
ๅคชๅฎฐๅบๅธ, Fukuoka
What truly sets the Kyushu National Museum apart, aside from its jaw-dropping architecture, is its focus on the story of...