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Sado Island Gold Mine

The Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine on Sado Island operated for nearly four centuries as a key pillar of the Tokugawa shogunate's finances.

Sado · Niigata

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Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

This museum in a historic red-brick textile factory traces Toyota's evolution from textile company to global automobile manufacturer.

Nagoya · Aichi

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Towel Museum

The Towel Museum showcases Imabari's dominance as Japan's premier towel producer through interactive displays of yarn spools, textiles, and art installations.

Imabari · Ehime

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Museum

Sado Island Gold Mine

The Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine on Sado Island operated for nearly four centuries as a key pillar of the Tokugawa shogunate's finances.

Sado · Niigata

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Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

This museum in a historic red-brick textile factory traces Toyota's evolution from textile company to global automobile manufacturer.

Nagoya · Aichi

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Towel Museum

The Towel Museum showcases Imabari's dominance as Japan's premier towel producer through interactive displays of yarn spools, textiles, and art installations.

Imabari · Ehime

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Mitsuya Cider Museum

The Asahi Plant produces PET-bottled drinks including Mitsuya Cider and offers factory tours, viewing areas, fresh samples, and a museum on the beverage's history.

Akashi · Hyogo

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Mikasa Historic Memorial Warship

Permanently berthed in Yokosuka, the Mikasa served as Admiral Togo's flagship during the 1905 Battle of Tsushima and now functions as a museum ship.

Yokosuka · Kanagawa

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Space Travelium TeNQ

A Tokyo museum dedicated to space exploration featuring real spacecraft, interactive simulations, and a state-of-the-art planetarium dome for immersive viewing of the night sky.

Tokyo

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Chichu Art Museum

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

Naoshima · Kagawa

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Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

A multidisciplinary center for art and technology founded in 2003, YCAM features exhibition spaces, performance venues, and educational residencies for artists and researchers.

Yamaguchi

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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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Nara Kingyo Museum

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

Nara