For international visitors
English-Friendly Museums in Japan
Museums and galleries across Japan that offer English support — signage, pamphlets, audio guides or websites in English. A starting point for international visitors who want to explore Japanese art and history with ease.
72 museums across 34 prefectures
Hokkaido1
Aomori2
Iwate1
Miyagi3
Akita2
Yamagata4
Fukushima1
Ibaraki1
Gunma1
Saitama2
Chiba1
Tokyo7
Kanagawa2
Niigata2
Ishikawa6
Fukui1
Yamanashi1
Nagano2
Shizuoka1
Aichi2
Mie1
Kyoto2
Osaka1
Hyogo3
Nara2
Okayama4
Yamaguchi3
Tokushima1
Kagawa3
Ehime1
Kochi2
Saga3
Nagasaki1
Kagoshima2
Some museum data is from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0).