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Category: Museums

By Jonelle Patrick Posted on September 10, 2019January 13, 2021

Shitamachi Museum

The Shitamachi Museum will timewarp you back to the Meiji Era (1868-1912), which is after Japan opened to the West, but before any of the world wars took their toll. Like … Continue reading Shitamachi Museum

Categories: MuseumsTags: museum, Ueno
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on September 9, 2019July 1, 2022

Tobacco & Salt Museum

Salt and tobacco, the two unlikely subjects of this strangely rewarding museum, were both protected by a Japanese government monopoly for many years, and that’s why there’s a museum devoted … Continue reading Tobacco & Salt Museum

Categories: MuseumsTags: Koto-ku
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on September 9, 2019July 1, 2022

Nezu Museum

This museum (which is in Omotesando, not near Nezu Station, go figure) is a jewel of an art museum that showcases beautifully curated exhibits, focusing on traditional Japanese arts and crafts. The price … Continue reading Nezu Museum

Categories: Gardens, MuseumsTags: Harajuku, Omotesando
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on September 9, 2019July 1, 2022

National Museum of Nature and Science

The National Museum of Nature and Science is split between the Global Gallery and the Japan Gallery, but it’s the Japanese building that’s a delightfully only-in-Japan view of the natural world. … Continue reading National Museum of Nature and Science

Categories: MuseumsTags: museum, Ueno
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on September 9, 2019July 1, 2022

Kusama Museum

Yayoi Kusama might be the most well-known (and eccentric) modern artist living in Japan today, and last year she opened a jewel of a museum to showcase a rotating sample … Continue reading Kusama Museum

Categories: MuseumsTags: museum, Shinjuku
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on July 23, 2017July 1, 2022

Museums you won’t want to leave

If quirky & entertaining and one-of-a-kind is what you look for in a museum, these are the secret spots I go to again and again because I never fail to … Continue reading Museums you won’t want to leave

Categories: More ideas, Museums
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on July 23, 2017January 13, 2021

Edo-Tokyo Museum

  The Edo-Tokyo Museum is my favorite museum in town. Half the museum is about everyday life in the Edo Era (during the time of the shōguns, before Japan opened to the … Continue reading Edo-Tokyo Museum

Categories: Museums, Traditional JapanTags: Ryogoku
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on July 23, 2017June 29, 2022

Fukagawa-Edo Museum

Are you ready for a little time travel? One step inside this shitamachi museum, and we’ll find ourseves in the streets of a lovingly recreated Edo-era town. Open: Every day and … Continue reading Fukagawa-Edo Museum

Categories: Museums, Traditional JapanTags: Kiyosumi-shirakawa
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on July 23, 2017July 1, 2022

Nihon Minka-en Thatch-Roofed Farmhouses

A village of thatch-roofed farmhouses you can go inside! You don’t have to go to Okayama to see traditional Japanese houses – the Nihon Minka-en is a beautiful natural park set … Continue reading Nihon Minka-en Thatch-Roofed Farmhouses

Categories: Museums, Traditional JapanTags: garden, museum, outer Tokyo
By Jonelle Patrick Posted on July 23, 2017July 1, 2022

Yasukuni Shrine

This is a gorgeous, lively, maddeningly nationalistic, must-see Imperial shrine. If you follow Japanese news at all, every year you’ll hear about the Yasukuni Shrine. It’s the place where the … Continue reading Yasukuni Shrine

Categories: Museums, Shrines & templesTags: Imperial Palace, Kudanshita, museum, Shrines & temples

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