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The entrance porch of the 1891 Sasayama courthouse, now the history museum
Museum
Hyogo

Tamba-Sasayama History Museum

Tamba-Sasayama History Museum: Armour and Swords in an 1891 Courthouse

Sasayama's old courthouse, built in 1891 and used until 1981, now a museum of armour, swords and ...

Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo, Japan
The thatched gatehouse at the entrance to Aoyama Rekishi-mura
Museum
Hyogo

Aoyama Rekishi-mura

Aoyama Rekishi-mura: The Sasayama Lords' Villa and Storehouses

The villa and storehouses of the Aoyama family, lords of Sasayama from 1748 to the Meiji Restorat...

Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo, Japan
Museum
Tokyo

teamLab Borderless

An Immersive Digital Art Museum Without Boundaries

A groundbreaking digital art museum by teamLab where immersive artworks flow between rooms, respo...

Tokyo, Japan
Museum
Tokyo

teamLab Planets

A body-immersive museum where visitors wade barefoot through water and walk into massive digital ...

Tokyo, Japan
Museum
Tochigi

Oya History Museum

A Cathedral-Like Underground Quarry Carved from Stone

An underground space carved out of Oya stone quarries, with soaring 30-meter ceilings reminiscent...

Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Museum
Kyoto

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...

Uji, Kyoto, Japan
Museum
Aichi

Toyota Commemorative Museum

From Looms to Cars, The Toyota Story in a Historic Factory

Housed in Toyota's original factory building, this museum traces the evolution from textile looms...

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Museum
Toyama

Toyama Glass Art Museum

A museum designed by architect Kengo Kuma, featuring intricate timber lattice interiors and accla...

Toyama, Japan
Museum
Kyoto

Kyoto International Manga Museum

A Former School Housing 300,000 Manga Volumes

Housed in a former elementary school, this museum holds approximately 300,000 manga items. Visito...

Kyoto, Japan
Museum
Kanagawa

Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama

An interactive museum dedicated to instant noodles where visitors can create their own custom Cup...

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Museum
Hyogo

Kobe Earthquake Memorial Museum (DRI)

Interactive Museum Documenting the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

Powerful interactive museum documenting the devastating 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake with ...

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Museum
Mie

Mikimoto Pearl Island

Island Where Cultured Pearls Were First Produced

A small island in Toba Bay where Kokichi Mikimoto first produced a cultured pearl in 1893, now a ...

Toba, Mie, Japan
Museum
Tokyo

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,...

Tokyo, Japan
Museum
Akita

Namahage Museum

A museum dedicated to the Namahage folk tradition of the Oga Peninsula

The Namahage Museum in Oga, Akita showcases the UNESCO-listed Namahage tradition, in which fearso...

Oga, Akita, Japan
Museum
Fukuoka

Hakata Machiya Folk Museum

Window into Hakata's Traditional Merchant Culture

Small folk museum preserving Hakata's traditional merchant culture with Meiji-era machiya townhou...

Fukuoka, Japan