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Tokyo National Museum

Japan's oldest museum, the Tokyo National Museum has collected around 120,000 cultural properties since 1872, preserving Japanese and Asian heritage.

Tokyo

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Unko Museum Tokyo

Poop-themed attraction in DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Odaiba, with photo rooms, games, a shouting booth and a shop of museum-only goods.

Tokyo

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Tsukuba Space Center

JAXA's space center in Tsukuba, with a real H-II rocket outside and an exhibition hall on Japan's satellites, rockets and human spaceflight.

Tsukuba · Ibaraki

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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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Haneji Dam Museum

Museum at Haneji Dam in Nago, northern Okinawa, on the island's water culture, ecosystem and traditions, dam technology and the spiritual meaning of water.

Nago · Okinawa

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Tottori Sand Museum

Museum of large sculptures made of sand by invited sculptors from around the world, on a new country or region for each exhibition, by the Tottori Sand Dunes.

Tottori

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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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Tokyo National Museum

Japan's oldest museum, the Tokyo National Museum has collected around 120,000 cultural properties since 1872, preserving Japanese and Asian heritage.

Tokyo

Museum

Unko Museum Tokyo

Poop-themed attraction in DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Odaiba, with photo rooms, games, a shouting booth and a shop of museum-only goods.

Tokyo

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Tsukuba Space Center

JAXA's space center in Tsukuba, with a real H-II rocket outside and an exhibition hall on Japan's satellites, rockets and human spaceflight.

Tsukuba · Ibaraki

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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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Haneji Dam Museum

Museum at Haneji Dam in Nago, northern Okinawa, on the island's water culture, ecosystem and traditions, dam technology and the spiritual meaning of water.

Nago · Okinawa

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Tottori Sand Museum

Museum of large sculptures made of sand by invited sculptors from around the world, on a new country or region for each exhibition, by the Tottori Sand Dunes.

Tottori

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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

Museum

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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