National Museum of Western Art
Le Corbusier's UNESCO World Heritage Museum in Ueno
Designed by Le Corbusier and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, the National Muse...
Sagawa Art Museum
Water-Surrounded Museum on the Moriyama Lakeshore
A serene museum near the Moriyama lakeshore whose low pavilions appear to float on a broad reflec...
Ohara Museum of Art
El Greco and Monet Beside a Kurashiki Canal Since 1930
Japan's first private museum centered on Western art, opened in 1930 on the canal in the Kurashik...
Lake Biwa Museum
Lake Museum and Freshwater Aquarium on the Karasuma Peninsula
A museum on the Karasuma Peninsula devoted to Lake Biwa, one of the world's oldest lakes, combini...
Chichu Art Museum
Monet, Turrell and De Maria Underground, in Daylight, on Naoshima
Tadao Ando's mostly underground museum on Naoshima, opened in 2004, with permanent rooms for Clau...
Nara National Museum
Buddhist Art in Nara Park, and the Two Autumn Weeks of the Shosoin Exhibition
Japan's second-oldest national museum, on the edge of Nara Park between Kofuku-ji and Todai-ji. I...
Nintendo Museum
Nintendo's Old Hanafuda Card Factory, Open Only to Lottery Winners
Nintendo's museum in its former Uji Ogura card factory, open since October 2024. Tickets come onl...
Honda Collection Hall
Honda's Story in Bikes and Cars, Inside the Motegi Race Circuit
Honda's own museum, inside the Mobility Resort Motegi race circuit and park, with motorcycles, ca...
Yamato Museum (Kure Maritime Museum)
A 26-Meter Battleship Model, Back on Show in Kure Since April 2026
Kure's naval and shipbuilding history museum, built around a 26.3-meter, one-tenth scale model of...
Historical Village of Hokkaido
52 Pioneer-Era Buildings and a Horse-Drawn Tram on Sapporo's Edge
An open-air museum with 52 buildings from the Meiji to early Showa periods, moved or reconstructe...
National Museum of Nature and Science
Dinosaurs, a Plesiosaur and a 1931 Hall in Ueno Park
Japan's national museum of natural history and science, in two buildings: the 1931 Japan Gallery,...
The National Art Center, Tokyo
A Wavy Glass Facade, 14,000 m² of Galleries and No Collection
A national art center in Roppongi with no collection of its own, only temporary exhibitions in 12...
Yayoi Kusama Museum
Kusama's Own Five-Floor Museum, Timed Tickets Only
The museum Yayoi Kusama founded in 2017 in a quiet corner of Shinjuku, showing her work in two ex...
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Thirty Rescued Tokyo Buildings in Koganei Park, Ghibli Links Included
An open-air museum in Koganei Park where 30 historic buildings, from Edo-period farmhouses to a 1...
Edo-Tokyo Museum
A Life-Size Nihonbashi Bridge Inside a Museum on Four Legs, Reopened in 2026
Tokyo's history museum next to the Ryogoku sumo hall, back open since March 31, 2026 after a reno...