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Museum

Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum

A museum in Minamisatsuma honoring pilots from Bansei Air Base, Japan's last kamikaze airfield, through exhibits of aircraft, artifacts, and personal messages from WWII.

Minamisatsuma · Kagoshima

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Tokushima Castle Museum

This museum preserves and displays materials from the Tokushima Domain and Hachisuka family, featuring Edo-period artifacts and regional history.

Tokushima

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Shimane Art Museum

Overlooking Shinjiko Lake, this museum houses 7,422 artworks and offers some of Japan's finest sunsets from its rooftop observation terrace.

Matsue · Shimane

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Museum

Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum

A museum in Minamisatsuma honoring pilots from Bansei Air Base, Japan's last kamikaze airfield, through exhibits of aircraft, artifacts, and personal messages from WWII.

Minamisatsuma · Kagoshima

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Tokushima Castle Museum

This museum preserves and displays materials from the Tokushima Domain and Hachisuka family, featuring Edo-period artifacts and regional history.

Tokushima

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Shimane Art Museum

Overlooking Shinjiko Lake, this museum houses 7,422 artworks and offers some of Japan's finest sunsets from its rooftop observation terrace.

Matsue · Shimane

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Sannai-Maruyama Site

This site preserves Japan's largest Jōmon settlement across 40 hectares, with a reconstructed six-pillared structure dating to around 2600 BC and UNESCO World Heritage status.

Aomori

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Sagawa Art Museum

This art museum in Ōmi combines Japanese-style paintings and sculptures with a striking water garden and the historic Bonshō temple bell, designated a National Treasure.

Moriyama · Shiga

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Japon Louvre Sculpture Museum

Sculpture museum featuring works from ancient civilizations and contemporary artists, with emphasis on Japanese sculpture.

Tsu · Mie

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Ekin Museum

Museum displaying 23 reproductions of late 19th-century painter Ekin's works featuring historical scenes with demons in candlelit rooms.

Konan · Kochi

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Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses

Open-air museum with 12 restored Edo-period farmhouses from across Japan, hosting traditional craft workshops and tea ceremonies.

Toyonaka · Osaka

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Extinction Media Museum

Museum showcasing operational obsolete devices from the 1930s onward, with most exhibits donated and available for visitors to handle.

Tokyo

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National Ainu Museum

Japan's first national museum dedicated to Ainu culture and the core facility of Upopoy, promoting understanding of this Indigenous heritage.

Shiraoi · Hokkaido

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Nara Kingyo Museum

Japan's largest goldfish museum features 3,000 fish in seven artistically designed spaces including projection mapping and mirror installations.

Nara

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Kyoto Railway Museum

A railway museum with 53 historic trains spanning 130 years of Japan's railway history, from the first imported steam locomotive to modern shinkansen.

Kyoto

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Morioka History and Culture Museum

Museum opened 2011 within Morioka Castle Ruins Park, treating the historic fort grounds as its primary exhibit while promoting the surrounding castle-town area.

Morioka · Iwate

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Uenohara site

Jōmon-period archaeological site with pit dwellings dating back 9,500 years, now a 36-hectare park and exhibition centre in Kagoshima.

Kirishima · Kagoshima

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Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum

Museum dedicated to netsuke miniature sculpture, housing over 6,000 pieces with rotating exhibitions showcasing this refined Japanese art form.

Kyoto

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Kawagoe City Museum

Museum exhibiting Kawagoe's cultural heritage from prehistoric times to the present across five themed historical sections.

Kawagoe · Saitama

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Kagoshima Prefecture History and Art Center Reimeikan

A museum in Kagoshima that opened in 1983 and underwent a name change in 2020 to reflect its expanded focus on art and crafts, located on castle grounds.

Kagoshima

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Japan Toy Museum

A privately operated museum near Himeji housing approximately 90,000 toy artifacts from 160 countries and regions, displayed in six traditional storehouse buildings.

Himeji · Hyogo