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Oe Town Washi Denshokan Museum

A museum preserving the tradition of Tango Futamata Paper, a handmade Japanese washi used in temple and shrine restoration.

Fukuchiyama · Kyoto

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Tachineputa Museum

A museum in Goshogawara, Aomori, where the giant Tachineputa festival floats, about 23 meters tall, are built and shown all year.

Goshogawara · Aomori

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

The museum of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in a Main Building by Kenzo Tange that is an Important Cultural Property and an East Building from 1994.

Hiroshima

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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.

Mitaka · Tokyo

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Chichu Art Museum

An underground museum on Naoshima designed by Tadao Ando, with permanent works by Claude Monet, Walter de Maria and James Turrell shown in natural light.

Naoshima · Kagawa

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Adachi Museum of Art

Art museum in Yasugi, Shimane, known for its Yokoyama Taikan collection and for gardens ranked first in Japan for 23 consecutive years.

Yasugi · Shimane

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Gifu City Museum of History

A city museum on the history and culture of Gifu, centered on the Sengoku period and Oda Nobunaga, close to Mt. Kinka and Gifu Castle.

Gifu

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Kawagoe City Museum

City museum of Kawagoe history from the Jomon period to the modern town, with a model of the Edo-period castle town and a full-size kura-zukuri model.

Kawagoe · Saitama

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Kannon Museum

The museum of Hasedera temple in Kamakura, devoted to Kannon, with a Muromachi-period set of all thirty-three forms of the bodhisattva.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Japon Louvre Sculpture Museum

A museum of reproductions cast directly from sculptures in the Louvre, which approved it as a sister museum in 1986.

Tsu · Mie

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Japan Toy Museum

Privately run museum near Himeji holding about 90,000 toys from 160 countries and regions, displayed in six traditional storehouse buildings.

Himeji · Hyogo

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Kyoto Railway Museum

One of Japan's largest railway museums, holding 54 vehicles from steam locomotives to shinkansen, among them the first Series 0 shinkansen car.

Kyoto

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Ekin Museum

Museum in Akaoka holding the 23 theatre screens by the Tosa painter Ekin, shown in a dimmed room modelled on the summer festival night.

Konan · Kochi

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Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses

Japan's first open-air museum, opened in 1956, with 12 farmhouses from across the country built between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Toyonaka · Osaka

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Akita Dog Museum

A museum in Odate on the history of the Akita dog, run by the Akita Dog Preservation Society, with displays on the breed's hunting past and on Hachiko.

Odate · Akita

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Nara Kingyo Museum

One of Japan's largest goldfish museums, with about 40 varieties of goldfish swimming in art installations of light, mirrors and projection mapping.

Nara

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Extinct Media Museum

Hands-on museum of obsolete media and the machines that used them, from cine film and cassettes to pagers and PDAs, built through donations.

Tokyo

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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

Museum

Oe Town Washi Denshokan Museum

A museum preserving the tradition of Tango Futamata Paper, a handmade Japanese washi used in temple and shrine restoration.

Fukuchiyama · Kyoto

Museum

Tachineputa Museum

A museum in Goshogawara, Aomori, where the giant Tachineputa festival floats, about 23 meters tall, are built and shown all year.

Goshogawara · Aomori

Museum

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

The museum of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in a Main Building by Kenzo Tange that is an Important Cultural Property and an East Building from 1994.

Hiroshima

Museum

Ghibli Museum, Mitaka

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

Mitaka · Tokyo

Museum

Chichu Art Museum

An underground museum on Naoshima designed by Tadao Ando, with permanent works by Claude Monet, Walter de Maria and James Turrell shown in natural light.

Naoshima · Kagawa

Museum

Adachi Museum of Art

Art museum in Yasugi, Shimane, known for its Yokoyama Taikan collection and for gardens ranked first in Japan for 23 consecutive years.

Yasugi · Shimane

Museum

Gifu City Museum of History

A city museum on the history and culture of Gifu, centered on the Sengoku period and Oda Nobunaga, close to Mt. Kinka and Gifu Castle.

Gifu

Museum

Kawagoe City Museum

City museum of Kawagoe history from the Jomon period to the modern town, with a model of the Edo-period castle town and a full-size kura-zukuri model.

Kawagoe · Saitama

Museum

Kannon Museum

The museum of Hasedera temple in Kamakura, devoted to Kannon, with a Muromachi-period set of all thirty-three forms of the bodhisattva.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

Museum

Japon Louvre Sculpture Museum

A museum of reproductions cast directly from sculptures in the Louvre, which approved it as a sister museum in 1986.

Tsu · Mie

Museum

Japan Toy Museum

Privately run museum near Himeji holding about 90,000 toys from 160 countries and regions, displayed in six traditional storehouse buildings.

Himeji · Hyogo

Museum

Kyoto Railway Museum

One of Japan's largest railway museums, holding 54 vehicles from steam locomotives to shinkansen, among them the first Series 0 shinkansen car.

Kyoto

Museum

Ekin Museum

Museum in Akaoka holding the 23 theatre screens by the Tosa painter Ekin, shown in a dimmed room modelled on the summer festival night.

Konan · Kochi

Museum

Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses

Japan's first open-air museum, opened in 1956, with 12 farmhouses from across the country built between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Toyonaka · Osaka

Museum

Akita Dog Museum

A museum in Odate on the history of the Akita dog, run by the Akita Dog Preservation Society, with displays on the breed's hunting past and on Hachiko.

Odate · Akita

Museum

Nara Kingyo Museum

One of Japan's largest goldfish museums, with about 40 varieties of goldfish swimming in art installations of light, mirrors and projection mapping.

Nara

Museum

Extinct Media Museum

Hands-on museum of obsolete media and the machines that used them, from cine film and cassettes to pagers and PDAs, built through donations.

Tokyo

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

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