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Museum

Tachineputa Museum

This Akita museum preserves Tachineputa, giant 16-meter festival floats decorated with traditional ornaments, and showcases both historical and modern examples.

Goshogawara · Aomori

Museum

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Outdoor museum preserving over 30 historic buildings from Tokyo's Edo through Showa periods, relocated to showcase architectural styles and daily life.

Koganei · Tokyo

Museum

Kannon Museum

Museum dedicated to Kannon teachings and forms, preserving Hasedera Temple's 13 centuries of Buddhist pilgrimage tradition and artistic heritage.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

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Museum

Tachineputa Museum

This Akita museum preserves Tachineputa, giant 16-meter festival floats decorated with traditional ornaments, and showcases both historical and modern examples.

Goshogawara · Aomori

Museum

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Outdoor museum preserving over 30 historic buildings from Tokyo's Edo through Showa periods, relocated to showcase architectural styles and daily life.

Koganei · Tokyo

Museum

Kannon Museum

Museum dedicated to Kannon teachings and forms, preserving Hasedera Temple's 13 centuries of Buddhist pilgrimage tradition and artistic heritage.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

Museum

Sapporo Beer Museum

This free museum traces the history of Sapporo Brewery through exhibits and equipment displays, with a bar for tastings and a restaurant in the adjoining Garden Park.

Sapporo · Hokkaido

Interactive Experience

teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM

Wander through teamLab Borderless, where digital waterfalls part around your body and tea blooms with flowers inside your cup.

Tokyo