Museums in Tokyo

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

This lesser-visited gallery in a corner of the Tokyo National Museum complex is an architectural beauty dedicated to the ancient treasures of Hōryū-ji.

A museum housed in a stunning Rockefeller-funded medical institute building from the 1930s.

No one knows why this family’s graves stayed on the national museum's premises after all other tombstones were relocated.

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

Home to a collection of drums from around the world that allow visitors to play a tune.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.