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Museums to Visit While Traveling in Japan

Find museums worth a stop while sightseeing across Japan's major travel destinations. A local history, culture, or art museum turns a checklist of landmarks into a trip you actually remember — from famous institutions to small regional museums the guidebooks miss.

Slot a museum between temple visits in Kyoto, add one to a day in Tokyo, or use it as a rainy-day plan at a hot-spring town. Explore by city or by theme — history, castles, ceramics and more — to build it into your itinerary.