The Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

You’ll feel as if you’ve gone back in time to prehistoric times.

Experience the charm of The Tale of Genji using all five senses

The second-oldest national museum in Japan, located in Nara Park. It boasts the nation's greatest collection of Buddhist art.

Built on the Naniwanomiya Site, the museum allows visitors to learn about the history of Osaka from ancient times to the present.

Learn about the culture of Niigata

Meet overwhelmingly large dinosaur skeleton specimens

Hokkaido's oldest museum of Ainu culture, with exhibits featuring lifestyle objects and clothing

This museum was once a ferry that connected Japan's main island to Hokkaido

Fukumatsu Tanaka, the ”Herring Magnate” leader of a fisherman's union, built this lodge in Tomari-mura. Displays include implements related to the herring industry

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Once a storehouse, now a museum showcasing Otaru's history and nature

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Discover the history of a beer dating back to Hokkaido's frontier age

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Reproduces the streets of Fukagawa Saga-cho in the Edo Period so visitors can see the scene and lifestyle of that period.

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