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This museum was founded by Soetsu Yanagi in 1936 and has a wide variety of mingei (folk crafts) ...

Built to give the impression of being cut out directly from Sagami Bay, Enoshima Aquarium, also ...

Occupying a corner of the spacious grounds that once housed the Hosokawa clan's Edo estate, ...

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Established in 1951, the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura is Japan's oldest – and one of its best ...

Fuchu no Mori includes a museum which has exhibits on the local history, as well as an open-air ...

If you have just one day to devote to museum-going in Tokyo and are interested in Japanese art ...

Japanese and foreign films – 19,000 of them – star at the country’s only national facility ...

Idemitsu Sazo, founder of Idemitsu Kosan Co, collected traditional Chinese and Japanese art for ...

Situated in Yui-juku, where travellers in the Edo period used to rest on their way to the ...

Feast your eyes on more than 1,000 relics and artworks at this immersive museum – the first in ...

The best of what’s to see in Tokyo

A recently renovated, traditional sento with a number of novelty tubs, including one that ...

The absence of anything relating to modern crime-fighting might alarm more than reassure ...

Curated by Horiyoshi III (pictured above in his younger years), a renowned master of ...

So thin, delicate and pretty is the traditional paper sold at Ozu Washi that it's almost ...

Those looking to learn more about Sumida Ward's illustrious history (and can read Japanese) ...

Japan's largest costume museum boasts a massive collection of everything from ancient kimono to ...