List of museums in Japan

By region and prefecture

Chūbu">Chūbu region">Chūbu

Aichi">Aichi Prefecture">Aichi

• Aichi Arts Center
• Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum
• Electricity Museum, Nagoya
• Inuyama Castle
• International Design Centre Nagoya
• Iwasaki Castle
• Japan Spinning Top Museum
• Kiyosu Castle
• Koromo Castle
• Little World Museum of Man
• Masamura Pachinko Museum
• Meiji Mura
• Nagoya Castle
• Nagoya City Art Museum
• Nagoya City Museum
• Nagoya City Science Museum
• Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum
• Nagoya Noh Theater
• Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• Nishio Castle
• Noritake Garden
• Okazaki Castle
• SCMaglev and Railway Park
• Tahara Castle
• Tokugawa Art Museum
• Toyohashi City Museum Art and History
• Toyota Automobile Museum
• Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
• Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
• Yoshida Castle

  Fukui">Fukui Prefecture">Fukui

• Fukui Fine Arts Museum
• Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
• Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
• Maruoka Castle

  Gifu">Gifu Prefecture">Gifu

• Cormorant Fishing House
• Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum
• Enkū Museum
• Gifu Castle
• Gifu City Museum of History
• Gifu City Science Museum
• Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village
• Hikaru Memorial Hall
• Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
• Nawa Insect Museum
• Ōgaki Castle
• Ōta-juku Nakasendō Museum
• Solar Ark
• Sunomata Castle

  Ishikawa">Ishikawa Prefecture">Ishikawa

• 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
• Ishikawa Prefectural History Museum
• Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
• Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts
• Kanazawa Phonograph Museum
• Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum
• Kanazawa Yuwaku Yumeji-kan Museum
• Muro Saisei Kinenkan Museum
• Nippon Origami Museum

  Nagano">Nagano Prefecture">Nagano

• Hijiri Museum
• Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
• Jōkyō Gimin Memorial Museum
• Kaichi School Museum
• Matsumoto Castle

  Shizuoka">Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka

• Arai Barrier
• Hamamatsu Castle
• Kakegawa Castle
• MOA Museum of Art
• Sakuma Rail Park
• Shijimizuka site
• Toi Gold Museum
• Uehara Museum of Modern Art
• Yokosuka Castle

  Toyama">Toyama Prefecture">Toyama

• Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
• Toyama Castle

  Yamanashi">Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi

• Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
• Maizuru Castle Park
• Yamanashi Science Museum

  Chūgoku">Chūgoku region">Chūgoku

Hiroshima">Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima

• Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
• Hiroshima Castle
• Hiroshima Children's Museum
• Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
• Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
• Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts
• Hiroshima City Transportation Museum
• Hiroshima Museum of Art
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
• Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History
• Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
• Japan Coast Guard Museum
• Kōsan-ji
• Yamato Museum

  Okayama">Okayama Prefecture">Okayama

• Bizen Traditional Industry Hall, located in Imbe Station
• Okayama Prefecture Bizen Ceramics Museum
• Hayashibara Museum of Art
• Kawasaki Medical School
• Ohara Museum of Art
• Okayama Castle
• Okayama Orient Museum
• Okayama Prefectural Museum
• Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
• Yumeji Art Museum

  Shimane">Shimane Prefecture">Shimane

• Adachi Museum of Art
• Izumo Science Center
• Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
• Matsue Castle
• Shimane Art Museum
• Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
• Tanabe Art Museum

  Tottori">Tottori Prefecture">Tottori

• Sand Museum
• Tottori City Historical Museum
• Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
• Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum
• Tottori Prefectural Museum
• Yonago City Museum of Art

  Yamaguchi">Yamaguchi Prefecture">Yamaguchi

• Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum
• Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
• Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art

  [Hokkaido]

• Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture
• Hongō Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture
• Hokkaido Museum
• Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
• Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples
• Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples
• Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens
• Miyanomori Art Museum
• Sapporo Beer Museum
• Taiho Sumo Museum

  Kansai">Kansai region">Kansai

Hyōgo">Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo

• Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
• Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art
• Kobe Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall
• Kobe City Museum
• Kobe City Museum of Literature
• Kobe Maritime Museum

  Kyoto">Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto

• Asahi beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
• Fukuchiyama Castle
• Kyoto Art Center
• Kyoto City History Museum
• Kyoto International Manga Museum
• Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
• Kyoto Museum for World Peace
• Kyoto National Museum
• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
• Ōkōchi Sansō
• Ryozen Museum of History
• Sen-oku Hakuko Kan
• The Tale of Genji Museum
• Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

  Mie">Mie Prefecture">Mie

• Iga Ueno Castle
• Iga-ryū Ninja Museum
• Natsumi Temple complex
• Saikū

  Nara">Nara Prefecture">Nara

• Asuka Historical Museum
• Heijō Palace
• Museum of Japanese Art
• Nara National Museum
• Shōsōin
• Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum

  Osaka">Osaka Prefecture">Osaka

• Fujita Art Museum
• Kishiwada Castle
• Liberty Osaka
• Modern Transportation Museum
• Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
• National Museum of Art, Osaka
• National Museum of Ethnology
• Osaka Castle
• Osaka Contemporary Art Center
• Osaka International Peace Center
• Osaka Maritime Museum
• Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
• Osaka Science Museum
• Sakai City Museum

  Shiga">Shiga Prefecture">Shiga

• Hikone Castle
• Kawara Museum
• Miho Museum
• Minakuchi Castle
• Nagahama Castle
• Sagawa Art Museum

  Wakayama">Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama

• Wakayama Castle
• Wakayama Prefectural Museum

  Kantō">Kantō region">Kantō

Chiba">Chiba Prefecture">Chiba

• Chiba Museum of Science and Industry
• Hoki Museum
• Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
• Kururi Castle
• National Museum of Japanese History
• Ōtaki Castle
• Sekiyado Castle
• Tateyama Castle

  Gunma">Gunma Prefecture">Gunma

• Asama Volcano Museum
• Gunma Insect World
• The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
• Okawa Museum of Art
• Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park

  Ibaraki">Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki

• Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
• Science Museum of Map and Survey
• Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki

  Kanagawa">Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa

• Hakone Open-Air Museum
• Hara Model Railway Museum
• Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama
• Japanese battleship Mikasa
• Kamakura Museum of Literature
• Kamakura Museum of National Treasures
• Kanazawa Bunko
• Lalique Museum Hakone
• Museum of Tin Toys
• Nihon Minka-en
• Nissan Engine Museum
• Number Nine Research Laboratory
• NYK Maritime Museum
• Odawara Castle
• Pola Museum of Art
• Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum
• Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
• Toshiba Science Institute
• Yamate Museum
• Yokohama Archives of History
• Yokohama Customs Museum
• Yokohama History Museum
• Yokohama Museum of Art
• Yokohama Port Museum
• Yokohama Science Center
• Yokohama Silk Museum

  Saitama">Saitama Prefecture">Saitama

• Hachigata Castle
• John Lennon Museum
• Railway Museum
• Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
• Tokorozawa Aviation Museum

  Tochigi">Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi

• Bandai Museum
• Honda Collection Hall
• Kurita Museum
• Utsunomiya Museum of Art
• Tochigi Prefectural Museum
• Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts

  [Tokyo]

[Kyushu]

Fukuoka">Fukuoka Prefecture">Fukuoka

• Fukuoka Art Museum
• Fukuoka Oriental Ceramics Museum
• Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
• Gorōyama kofun
• Idemitsu Museum of Arts
• Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
• Kokura Castle
• Kyushu Historical Museum
• Kyushu National Museum

  Kagoshima">Kagoshima Prefecture">Kagoshima

• Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
• Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
• Matsushita Museum of Art
• Museum of the Meiji Restoration
• Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material
• Uenohara site

  Kumamoto">Kumamoto Prefecture">Kumamoto

• Aso Volcano Museum
• Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
• Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art

  Miyazaki">Miyazaki Prefecture">Miyazaki

• Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
• Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History

  Nagasaki">Nagasaki Prefecture">Nagasaki

• Confucius Shrine, Nagasaki
• Glover Garden
• Hirado Castle
• Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
• Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
• Saikai Pearl Sea Resort
• Shimabara Castle
• Siebold Memorial Museum
• Syusaku Endo Literature Museum
• Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument

  Ōita">Ōita Prefecture">Ōita

• Ōita Prefectural Museum of History

  Okinawa">Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa

• Okinawa Prefectural Museum
• Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum

  Saga">Saga Prefecture">Saga

• Karatsu Castle
• Kyushu Ceramic Museum
• Matsurokan
• Saga Castle
• Saga Prefectural Museum
• Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum
• Yoshinogari site

  [Shikoku]

Ehime">Ehime Prefecture">Ehime

• Kaimei School
• Museum of Ehime History and Culture
• Ōzu Castle
• Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
• Shiki Memorial Museum

  Kagawa">Kagawa Prefecture">Kagawa

• Chichu Art Museum
• Marugame Castle
• Sanuki Kokubun-ji
• Shikoku Mura

  Kōchi">Kōchi Prefecture">Kōchi

• Ino Paper Museum
• Kōchi Castle
• Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum
• The Museum of Art, Kōchi
• Tosa Yamauchi Family Treasury and Archives

  Tokushima">Tokushima Prefecture">Tokushima

• Awa Odori Kaikan
• Ōtsuka Museum of Art
• Tokushima Prefectural Museum

  Tōhoku">Tōhoku region">Tōhoku

Aomori">Aomori Prefecture">Aomori

• Aomori Museum of Art

  Fukushima">Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima

• Aizuwakamatsu Castle
• Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
• Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
• Picture Book Museum, Iwaki City

  Iwate">Iwate Prefecture">Iwate

• Iwate Museum of Art

  Miyagi">Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi

• Ishinomori Manga Museum
• Kanrantei
• Saitō Garden
• Satohama shell mound
• Sendai City Museum
• Shiogama Jinja
• Tōhoku History Museum
• Toyoma Education Museum
• Zuihōden

  Yamagata">Yamagata Prefecture">Yamagata

• Domon Ken Photography Museum
• Kaminoyama Castle
• Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum
• Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum
• Yamagata Prefectural Museum