Honda Collection Hall

The hall sits in the middle of Mobility Resort Motegi, the circuit that hosts MotoGP, and it is the company's own museum. Honda opened it in 1998, and the collection now runs to about 350 restored motorcycles, cars and power products. The building tells the story in four chapters across two floors. The second floor covers the founding years to the 1970s, then the 1970s to the mid-1980s; the third floor goes from the mid-1980s to around 2000 and then to the present. The ground floor has a gallery, a library and the museum shop. Pieces in the collection include the RA272, which won Honda's first Formula One race in 1965, and ASIMO alongside the earlier prototype robots, though the display changes, so check the official vehicle list if you are after one machine. Photography is allowed, including for social media. There is a picture-story guided tour every day and an audio guide. Entry costs nothing beyond the park's own fee and parking, but the park fee changes by date, and on MotoGP and SUPER GT weekends only race tickets are sold. Without a car it is awkward: the only direct bus runs from Mito on weekends and holidays.