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Discover 79 unusual museums in Japan.
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Kyoto, Japan
Kyotomangekyo Museum
Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.
Tokyo, Japan
Miyamoto-Unosuke Drum Museum
Home to a collection of drums from around the world that allow visitors to play a tune.
Kobe, Japan
Hanshin Expressway Earthquake Museum
A museum run by retired highway engineers who helped rebuild after the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
Tokyo, Japan
Meiji University Museum’s Criminal Materials Department
Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.
Hakui, Japan
Cosmo Isle Hakui
A museum of space exploration in the UFO capital of Japan.
Tokyo, Japan
Samurai Museum
Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.
Tokyo, Japan
Ancient Orient Museum
A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.
Niigata, Japan
Niigata Rice Cracker Museum & Bakauke Inari
This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.
Utsunomiya, Japan
Oya History Museum - Subterranean Cave
This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.
Miyoshi, Japan
Yokai Yashiki (Monster and Stone Museum)
Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.
Chichibu, Japan
Chichibu Chinsekikan (Hall of Curious Rocks)
This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.
Yoshimi, Japan
The Hundred Caves of Yoshimi
This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.
Yokosuka, Japan
Mikasa Memorial Warship
The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
Tokyo, Japan
Tobacco & Salt Museum
This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.
Takayama, Japan
Takayama Shōwa-kan Museum
Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.
Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Package Culture
Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.
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