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Lake Biwa Museum

A museum on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest and oldest lake, and its relationship with people, with a tunnel aquarium of rare freshwater fish species.

Kusatsu · Shiga

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British Antique Museum

Museum of British antiques over 100 years old, in a Kengo Kuma building on the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, with a recreated Sherlock Holmes room.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

The art museum of Gifu Prefecture, opened in 1982, known for works by artists from Gifu such as Kawai Gyokudo and for its Odilon Redon collection.

Gifu

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SUGINAMI Animation Museum

Japan's first animation museum, in Suginami, with hands-on exhibits on how animation works, dubbing, animation-making workshops and the industry behind it.

Tokyo

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Yokohama Port Museum

Museum of the Port of Yokohama and its history since the port opened, with ship models, a gantry crane simulator and the Yanagihara Ryohei Art Museum.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

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Teshima Art Museum

A water-droplet-shaped museum on Teshima Island by artist Rei Naito and architect Ryue Nishizawa, a pillar-free interior space open to wind, light and sound.

Tonosho · Kagawa

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Ino Paper Museum

Museum of Tosa washi, the handmade paper of Kochi, with rooms on its history and making, craftsman demonstrations and a papermaking workshop.

Ino · Kochi

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Gifu City Science Museum

Science museum in Gifu run by the city, with hands-on exhibits on science, nature and astronomy, a planetarium, an observatory and regular science shows.

Gifu

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Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village

An open-air film set on Shodoshima island, built for the 1987 film of Twenty-Four Eyes, with a literary museum, a cinema and exhibits on 1950s Japanese film.

Shodoshima · Kagawa

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Yamanashi Gem Museum

Museum by Lake Kawaguchi with more than 2,000 gemstones from around the world, shown as rough, cut stones and jewellery, and a 1.8 m quartz crystal.

Fujikawaguchiko · Yamanashi

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Fukuji Dam Museum

Museum in northern Okinawa on Fukuji Dam, the island's largest water source, with exhibits on its construction, water management and Okinawan traditions.

Higashi · Okinawa

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Toei Animation Museum

The company museum of Toei Animation, the studio behind Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and One Piece, with production materials and a section on how anime is made.

Tokyo

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Nima Sand Museum

Museum of sand near the singing-sand beach Kotogahama, home to Sunagoyomi, a 5.2-meter hourglass that runs for one year and is turned over each New Year's Eve.

Oda · Shimane

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Tobacco and Salt Museum

A museum in Sumida, Tokyo, on the history and culture of tobacco and salt, founded by Japan's former state monopoly and run today by Japan Tobacco.

Tokyo

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Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

Chiran museum dedicated to preserving artifacts and personal narratives from kamikaze pilots and soldiers during the war's final stages.

Minamikyushu · Kagoshima

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Nawa Insect Museum

Known as the oldest surviving insect museum in Japan, opened in 1919 in a brick building by Takeda Goichi in Gifu Park.

Gifu

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SMALL WORLDS Miniature Museum

Indoor miniature museum in Ariake with nine themed areas, from a 1960s space center and Shibuya to the Tokyo-3 of Evangelion, plus 3D figure scans.

Tokyo

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Fukushima Prefectural Museum

Fukushima Prefecture general museum in Aizuwakamatsu, covering local history from the Paleolithic to the Showa era, folk culture, art and fossils.

Aizuwakamatsu · Fukushima

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Lake Biwa Museum

A museum on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest and oldest lake, and its relationship with people, with a tunnel aquarium of rare freshwater fish species.

Kusatsu · Shiga

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British Antique Museum

Museum of British antiques over 100 years old, in a Kengo Kuma building on the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, with a recreated Sherlock Holmes room.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

The art museum of Gifu Prefecture, opened in 1982, known for works by artists from Gifu such as Kawai Gyokudo and for its Odilon Redon collection.

Gifu

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SUGINAMI Animation Museum

Japan's first animation museum, in Suginami, with hands-on exhibits on how animation works, dubbing, animation-making workshops and the industry behind it.

Tokyo

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Yokohama Port Museum

Museum of the Port of Yokohama and its history since the port opened, with ship models, a gantry crane simulator and the Yanagihara Ryohei Art Museum.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

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Teshima Art Museum

A water-droplet-shaped museum on Teshima Island by artist Rei Naito and architect Ryue Nishizawa, a pillar-free interior space open to wind, light and sound.

Tonosho · Kagawa

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Ino Paper Museum

Museum of Tosa washi, the handmade paper of Kochi, with rooms on its history and making, craftsman demonstrations and a papermaking workshop.

Ino · Kochi

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Gifu City Science Museum

Science museum in Gifu run by the city, with hands-on exhibits on science, nature and astronomy, a planetarium, an observatory and regular science shows.

Gifu

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Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village

An open-air film set on Shodoshima island, built for the 1987 film of Twenty-Four Eyes, with a literary museum, a cinema and exhibits on 1950s Japanese film.

Shodoshima · Kagawa

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Yamanashi Gem Museum

Museum by Lake Kawaguchi with more than 2,000 gemstones from around the world, shown as rough, cut stones and jewellery, and a 1.8 m quartz crystal.

Fujikawaguchiko · Yamanashi

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Fukuji Dam Museum

Museum in northern Okinawa on Fukuji Dam, the island's largest water source, with exhibits on its construction, water management and Okinawan traditions.

Higashi · Okinawa

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Toei Animation Museum

The company museum of Toei Animation, the studio behind Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and One Piece, with production materials and a section on how anime is made.

Tokyo

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Nima Sand Museum

Museum of sand near the singing-sand beach Kotogahama, home to Sunagoyomi, a 5.2-meter hourglass that runs for one year and is turned over each New Year's Eve.

Oda · Shimane

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Tobacco and Salt Museum

A museum in Sumida, Tokyo, on the history and culture of tobacco and salt, founded by Japan's former state monopoly and run today by Japan Tobacco.

Tokyo

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Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

Chiran museum dedicated to preserving artifacts and personal narratives from kamikaze pilots and soldiers during the war's final stages.

Minamikyushu · Kagoshima

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Nawa Insect Museum

Known as the oldest surviving insect museum in Japan, opened in 1919 in a brick building by Takeda Goichi in Gifu Park.

Gifu

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SMALL WORLDS Miniature Museum

Indoor miniature museum in Ariake with nine themed areas, from a 1960s space center and Shibuya to the Tokyo-3 of Evangelion, plus 3D figure scans.

Tokyo

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Fukushima Prefectural Museum

Fukushima Prefecture general museum in Aizuwakamatsu, covering local history from the Paleolithic to the Showa era, folk culture, art and fossils.

Aizuwakamatsu · Fukushima

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