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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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Togakushi Folk Museum, Togakushi Ninja Museum and Ninja Trick Mansion

Folk museum in a restored Edo-period granary, a ninja museum of the Togakure-ryu school and a ninja trick house, together on one site in Togakushi, Nagano.

Nagano

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Nara Prison Museum

A Meiji-era red-brick prison (1908) and one of the Five Great Prisons with its original layout intact, now a museum operated by Hoshino Resorts.

Nara

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Akita Museum of Art

Prefectural art museum in central Akita, in a building by Tadao Ando, home to the Hirano collection and the Tsuguharu Foujita mural Events in Akita.

Akita

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Okayama Prefectural Museum

History museum opened in 1971 by Korakuen garden, holding archaeology, documents, arts and crafts, folklore, swords and armor, and Bizen ware.

Okayama

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Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum

Prefectural museum on Shamijima showing the prints of Nihonga painter Kaii Higashiyama, whose grandfather came from an island in Sakaide.

Sakaide · Kagawa

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Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum

Art museum of Yamaguchi Prefecture, opened in 1979, collecting artists linked to Yamaguchi, from the ink painter Sesshu to Kazuki Yasuo and his Siberia Series.

Yamaguchi

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Jotenkaku Museum

Art museum of the Zen temple Shokoku-ji in Kyoto, holding five National Treasures and 145 Important Cultural Properties, with wall paintings by Ito Jakuchu.

Kyoto

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Yamato Museum

City museum in Kure on the history and technology of the naval port, centered on a 1/10 scale model of the battleship Yamato, built at the Kure Naval Arsenal.

Kure · Hiroshima

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Sail Training Ship Nippon Maru

The Nippon Maru is a four-masted training ship built in 1930 that served 54 years and is now a National Important Cultural Property on display in Yokohama.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

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Railway Museum

Interactive railway museum featuring historic locomotives, hands-on exhibits and driving simulators for Shinkansen and steam engines.

Saitama

Museum

Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History

A museum and archive of Ibaraki history in Mito, with the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family collection and a Meiji school and Edo farmhouse in its grounds.

Mito · Ibaraki

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Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

Art center in Yamaguchi City working with media technology, opened in 2003, with exhibition space, a cinema, a library and its own research lab, YCAM InterLab.

Yamaguchi

Museum

Kagoshima Prefecture History and Art Center Reimeikan

Prefectural museum of Kagoshima archaeology, history, folklore, and art and crafts, built on the site of the main enclosure of Kagoshima Castle.

Kagoshima

Museum

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

Museum

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

Museum

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

Museum

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

Museum

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

Museum

Togakushi Folk Museum, Togakushi Ninja Museum and Ninja Trick Mansion

Folk museum in a restored Edo-period granary, a ninja museum of the Togakure-ryu school and a ninja trick house, together on one site in Togakushi, Nagano.

Nagano

Museum

Nara Prison Museum

A Meiji-era red-brick prison (1908) and one of the Five Great Prisons with its original layout intact, now a museum operated by Hoshino Resorts.

Nara

Museum

Akita Museum of Art

Prefectural art museum in central Akita, in a building by Tadao Ando, home to the Hirano collection and the Tsuguharu Foujita mural Events in Akita.

Akita

Museum

Okayama Prefectural Museum

History museum opened in 1971 by Korakuen garden, holding archaeology, documents, arts and crafts, folklore, swords and armor, and Bizen ware.

Okayama

Museum

Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum

Prefectural museum on Shamijima showing the prints of Nihonga painter Kaii Higashiyama, whose grandfather came from an island in Sakaide.

Sakaide · Kagawa

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Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum

Art museum of Yamaguchi Prefecture, opened in 1979, collecting artists linked to Yamaguchi, from the ink painter Sesshu to Kazuki Yasuo and his Siberia Series.

Yamaguchi

Museum

Jotenkaku Museum

Art museum of the Zen temple Shokoku-ji in Kyoto, holding five National Treasures and 145 Important Cultural Properties, with wall paintings by Ito Jakuchu.

Kyoto

Museum

Yamato Museum

City museum in Kure on the history and technology of the naval port, centered on a 1/10 scale model of the battleship Yamato, built at the Kure Naval Arsenal.

Kure · Hiroshima

Museum

Sail Training Ship Nippon Maru

The Nippon Maru is a four-masted training ship built in 1930 that served 54 years and is now a National Important Cultural Property on display in Yokohama.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Museum

Railway Museum

Interactive railway museum featuring historic locomotives, hands-on exhibits and driving simulators for Shinkansen and steam engines.

Saitama

Museum

Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History

A museum and archive of Ibaraki history in Mito, with the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family collection and a Meiji school and Edo farmhouse in its grounds.

Mito · Ibaraki

Museum

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

Art center in Yamaguchi City working with media technology, opened in 2003, with exhibition space, a cinema, a library and its own research lab, YCAM InterLab.

Yamaguchi

Museum

Kagoshima Prefecture History and Art Center Reimeikan

Prefectural museum of Kagoshima archaeology, history, folklore, and art and crafts, built on the site of the main enclosure of Kagoshima Castle.

Kagoshima

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