21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
Kanazawa's Round Contemporary Art Museum
A striking circular glass museum by SANAA architects, famous for its interactive Swimming Pool in...
Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda
The Birthplace of Instant Ramen
An interactive museum where Momofuku Ando invented chicken ramen in 1958, featuring hands-on work...
Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama
An interactive museum dedicated to instant noodles where visitors can create their own custom Cup...
Sapporo Beer Museum
Japan's Only Beer Museum
Japan's only beer museum, housed in an atmospheric red-brick Meiji-era building with tastings ava...
teamLab Planets
A body-immersive museum where visitors wade barefoot through water and walk into massive digital ...
D.T. Suzuki Museum
Contemplative Museum for a Zen Philosopher
A quiet museum in Kanazawa devoted to the Buddhist philosopher Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, built arou...
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 ...
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...
Ghibli Museum
Studio Ghibli Animation Museum
Whimsical museum dedicated to Studio Ghibli's animated films, featuring exclusive short films and...
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...
Iga-ryu Ninja Museum
Ninja Museum with a Trick House and Demonstrations
A museum in Iga devoted to the ninja tradition, featuring a trick residence, tool exhibits, and d...
Awa Odori Kaikan
Year-Round Home of Japan's Largest Traditional Dance Festival
A year-round venue and museum dedicated to the Awa Odori, Japan's largest traditional dance festi...
Meiji Mura
Open-Air Museum of Relocated Meiji-Era Buildings
An open-air architectural museum in Inuyama that preserves more than 60 buildings from the Meiji ...
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...
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...