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Yamanashi Strawberry King Museum

A museum in Sanrio founder Tsuji Shintaro's hometown dedicated to the history and legacy of the beloved character brand.

Kai · Yamanashi

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Tsuzawa Andon Museum

Tsuzawa Andon Museum displays lantern floats in a permanent exhibition and regularly hosts lantern painting activities for visitor participation.

Oyabe · Toyama

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Lake Biwa Museum

Lake Biwa Museum explores the relationship between Japan's largest and oldest lake and human society, featuring a tunnel aquarium displaying rare freshwater fish species.

Kusatsu · Shiga

All Events Places Stories

Museum

Yamanashi Strawberry King Museum

A museum in Sanrio founder Tsuji Shintaro's hometown dedicated to the history and legacy of the beloved character brand.

Kai · Yamanashi

Museum

Tsuzawa Andon Museum

Tsuzawa Andon Museum displays lantern floats in a permanent exhibition and regularly hosts lantern painting activities for visitor participation.

Oyabe · Toyama

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Lake Biwa Museum

Lake Biwa Museum explores the relationship between Japan's largest and oldest lake and human society, featuring a tunnel aquarium displaying rare freshwater fish species.

Kusatsu · Shiga

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Yamanashi Gem Museum

Yamanashi Gem Museum houses over 2,000 gemstones from worldwide sources, with exhibits exploring the history and processes of mining and cutting precious gems and minerals.

Fujikawaguchiko · Yamanashi

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Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum

Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum displays approximately 5,000 restored drawings and 150 paintings, along with exhibitions of local artists in its two gallery spaces.

Gifu

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Kadokawa Culture Museum

Five-story cultural complex featuring museums, galleries, libraries, and exhibition spaces presenting both mainstream and popular culture.

Tokorozawa · Saitama

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Tsukuba Space Center

JAXA space facility featuring satellite and rocket development programs, public planetarium, and exhibition spaces dedicated to space technology.

Tsukuba · Ibaraki

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Togakushi Folk Museum・Togakushi Ninja Museum・Ninja Trick Mansion

Mountain attraction in Nagano designed as a ninja training ground with obstacle courses and a trick mansion featuring secret passages and hidden doorways.

Nagano

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NYK Hikawa Maru

Historic ocean liner from 1930 with Art Deco design that carried passengers between Yokohama and North America, served as a wartime hospital ship, and now operates as a museum.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

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Yokohama Port Museum

Museum documenting 160 years of Yokohama port history and Japan's early maritime relations with Western countries through interactive exhibitions.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

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Edo-Tokyo Museum

Museum featuring full-scale reconstructions of Edo period buildings including traditional merchant houses, samurai residences, and street scenes.

Tokyo

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SMALL WORLDS Miniature Museum

Asia's largest miniature museum spanning 7,000 square meters with eight distinct themed areas featuring handcrafted miniature worlds and settings.

Tokyo

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Fukushima Prefectural Museum

Regional museum presenting Fukushima Prefecture's history, traditional arts and crafts, local customs, and the natural heritage of the area.

Aizuwakamatsu · Fukushima

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Kyoto International Manga Museum

Founded in 2003, this museum houses 300,000 manga items from Edo-period prints to contemporary series, with permanent exhibitions and workshops on manga's cultural evolution.

Kyoto

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Ino Paper Museum

Museum dedicated to traditional Japanese papermaking featuring displays of techniques, history, and opportunities to create paper yourself.

Ino · Kochi

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Ghibli Museum, Mitaka

Museum showcasing Studio Ghibli's animation history through permanent exhibitions of techniques and artifacts, designed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Tokyo

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Nima Sand Museum

This museum displays sand artworks and hourglasses in pyramid glass buildings, featuring a 5.2-meter tall 1-year-long hourglass that visitors ceremonially flip on New Year's Eve.

Oda · Shimane

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Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum

This museum celebrates Japanese painter Hirayama Ikuo's spiritual journeys along the Silk Road, which he explored to trace the origins of Japanese culture and Buddhism's transmission.

Hokuto · Yamanashi