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The Fukuda Art Museum exhibits a collection of approximately 2000 items, primarily Japanese paintings from the Edo period.
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The Sumida Hokusai Museum is dedicated to the painter Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
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The Bizen Osafune Sword Museum (備前長船刀剣博物館 Bizen Osafune Tōken Hakubutsukan) is dedicated to the art of sword making. It is situated in a place that used to be a major centre of Japanese sword manufacturing. The museum has a display where visitors can observe a swordsmith forging a sword, and the...
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National Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物館)
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This memorial museum was built for the 125th anniversary of the birth of Okuma Shigenobu, who is well known as an internationally renowned politician and the founder of Waseda University, and completed in November 1966. It was designed by Imai Kenji, emeritus professor of Waseda University and...
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The Yayoi Kusama Museum (草間彌生美術館) is a museum of modern art dedicated to the work of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
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The Kadokawa Culture Center (角川武蔵野ミュージアム) in Tokorozawa, Saitama, is a multipurpose museum building designed by Kengo Kuma (famed for his Japan National Stadium the host venue of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo). It features the permanent outdoor art in
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Nihon Minka-en (日本民家園) is a park in the Ikuta Ryokuchi Park (生田緑地) of Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. On display in the park is a collection of 20 traditional minka (民家) (farmhouses) from various parts of Japan, especially thatched-roofed h
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The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) came into being in 2007 through the integration of four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Instit
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The official website of the Himeji City Museum of Literature (姫路文学館公式) designed by the renowned architect Ando Tadao (in Japanese).
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The Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art (兵庫県立美術館, Hyōgo Kenritsu Bijutsukan) is a purpose-built municipal art gallery in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in 2002. The major collections of the museum are foreign and Japanese sculptures, fo
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The Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (京都市京セラ美術館) reopened in 2020 after a three-year renovation and displays masterpieces from the museum's collection and other collections in Japan.
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The Kamada Soy Sauce Group supports and maintains three local museums: the Kamada Foundation Museum (鎌田ミュージアム) for the preservation, research and the display of local historical materials, the Yotsuya Simon Doll Museum (Tan Ou Sou wondrous ball-jointed do
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Yayoi Kusama Museum was founded by the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, and is run by the Yayoi Kusama Foundation. It opened in 2017 with the aim of spreading and promoting Kusama’s art, exhibiting her works and related materials to contribute to the deve
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The Nara National Museum (奈良国立博物館 Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan and is famous for its collection of Buddhist art, including images, sculpture, and altar articles. The museum houses and displays works
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Dedicated to the history and cultures surrounding tobacco and salt, goods that were once protected by a government monopoly in Japan. The Tobacco & Salt Museum was founded in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward by the Japan Monopoly Corporation (now Japan Tobacco Inc.)
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The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum is a museum of carpentry tools in Kobe, Japan. The museum was opened in 1984 with the objective of collecting and conserving ancient tools as an example of Japanese cultural heritage, in order to pass them on to the nex
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The Snoopy Museum is a place to discover and learn about Charles M. Schulz, and to enjoy the heart-warming world of Peanuts. Visitors have the opportunity to view unique original cartoons from the collection of the Charles M. Schulz Museum. Every six mont
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Kanazawa Bunko (金沢文庫), also known as the Kanesawa (or Kanezawa) Bunko, is a library located in Kanazawa-chō, Kanazawa-ku, in the city of Yokohama. Along with the Ashikaga Gakkō library, it was one of the two most important centers of learning in medieval
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