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Park & Garden

Ikuta Ryokuchi Park

Kawasaki's largest green space, blending woodland and wetland with museums, a planetarium, indigo dyeing, and seasonal cherry blossom, irises, and autumn foliage.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Museum

Fujiko・F・Fujio Museum

This museum celebrates Fujiko·F·Fujio, creator of Doraemon, displaying his original works, workspace, and interactive exhibits for manga fans.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Naritasan Park

Behind Narita's great temple lies a hillside garden with ponds, waterfalls and poem-carved stones, free to walk and far quieter than the temple itself.

Narita · Chiba

All Events Places Stories

Park & Garden

Ikuta Ryokuchi Park

Kawasaki's largest green space, blending woodland and wetland with museums, a planetarium, indigo dyeing, and seasonal cherry blossom, irises, and autumn foliage.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Museum

Fujiko・F・Fujio Museum

This museum celebrates Fujiko·F·Fujio, creator of Doraemon, displaying his original works, workspace, and interactive exhibits for manga fans.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Naritasan Park

Behind Narita's great temple lies a hillside garden with ponds, waterfalls and poem-carved stones, free to walk and far quieter than the temple itself.

Narita · Chiba

Museum

Poppo no Oka

On a quiet hillside in rural Chiba, around thirty retired railway carriages have been preserved, including several that survive nowhere else in Japan.

Isumi · Chiba

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Yokai Art Museum

Housed in a converted soy sauce factory, this museum showcases over 800 yokai artworks tracing Japanese supernatural traditions from ancient animism through the Edo period.

Tonosho · Kagawa

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Tokaido Kawasaki Shuku Koryukan

A small, free museum near Kawasaki Station on the history of Kawasaki Shuku, the Edo-period post town on the old Tokaido highway between Edo and Kyoto.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

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Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum

An open-air museum in Kawasaki with 25 traditional Japanese houses relocated from across the country, plus indigo-dyeing sessions, a soba restaurant, and craft displays.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Museum

Nakahara Chūya Memorial Museum

Museum honoring the poet Nakahara Chūya with permanent and rotating exhibitions exploring different aspects of his literary legacy.

Yamaguchi

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The Hakone Open-Air Museum

The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Kanagawa, opened in 1969 as Japan's first open-air museum, with around 120 sculptures set across 70,000 square metres and a Picasso Pavilion.

Hakone · Kanagawa

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Hakone Venetian Glass Museum

Japan's first museum dedicated to Venetian glass, the Hakone Venetian Glass Museum, Sengokuhara, Kanagawa, holds works spanning the 15th to 19th centuries.

Hakone · Kanagawa

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Unko Museum Tokyo

This quirky museum celebrates poop through interactive exhibits exploring its history, science, and cultural significance, alongside themed merchandise and a poop-shaped food cafe.

Tokyo

Museum

Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum

Located in Tokushima Central Park on the former castle grounds, this shoin-zukuri style museum houses historical materials related to the Tokushima Domain and its ruling Hachisuka clan.

Tokushima

Museum

Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture

Opened in 2005 on the site of an Edo-period magistrate's office, this museum explores Nagasaki's distinctive history as Japan's historical gateway to overseas exchange.

Nagasaki

Interactive Experience

teamLab Future Park Okinawa

This art venue features interactive installations that respond to visitor movement, touch, and drawings, creating ever-changing immersive experiences.

Naha · Okinawa

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British Antique Museum

BAM Kamakura, Japan's first museum dedicated to British antiques, showcases Victorian and Edwardian pieces designed by architect Kengo Kuma.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkodamaru

The Hakkodamaru, a ferry that served between Aomori and Hakodate, is now Japan's only accessible museum ferry, operated by a nonprofit since 2006.

Aomori

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Yokohama Doll Museum

Yokohama Doll Museum houses more than 10,000 dolls from over 100 countries, offering visitors a unique view of global traditions through doll-making.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

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Hokusai-kan

This Nagano museum is dedicated to Katsushika Hokusai's late works created during his final years in Obuse, when he produced his most ambitious pieces.

Obuse · Nagano