Tokyo National Museum:
Located in Ueno Park, a large exhibition of Japanese art through history.
National Museum of Modern Art:
Tokyo. Exhibition of contemporary Japanese art.
Kyoto National Museum.
Chronology of Japanese sculpture and painting.
Nara National Museum.
With an extensive exhibition of Buddhist sculpture.
Goto Art Museum.
In Tokyo. Among his exhibits the Roll of the History of Prince Genji classified as treasure national.
Nezu Institute Fine Arts.
In Tokyo. Among his exhibitions devoted to the various components of the tea ceremony through its history.
Edo-Tokyo Museum.
The most outstanding feature of this museum is the large-scale models of Japanese lifestyles throughout history.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
With great exposure, especially painting of the last century.
Naigai Museum.
It has a wide exposure of bullshit, as 20 000 pairs of socks that are among the largest in the world and others that are heated by batteries.
Museum of Photography.
Located on the square of Yebisu gardens. Constantly renewing exhibitions.
Beer Museum.
Also located in the plaza of the gardens Yebisu. Open from 10:00 to 18:00 except Mondays and admission is free. It consists of a presentation on the process of brewing up the different Japanese beers (no free tasting). Here you can find bottles on the label reads: “For exclusive use of United States Army, 1880 bottles, posters advertising beer or different glasses for drinking.
If you’re bored of museums, you can visit the Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts. It is not the same, but more comfortable There are a lot of museums in Tokyo that can be categorized as “rare” as: the Museum of Parasites (Shino 4-1-1 Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064), the Museum of the buttons (Tokyo, Chuo -ku, Nihonbashi Hamamachi 1-11-8), the Little Prince Museum (dedicated to the character of Saint-Exupery Kanagawa-ken, Hakone-machi, Sengokuhara 909), the Museum dedicated to the Laundry (2-11-1 Shimomakuro, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 146-0092) or the Museum of Toys (36-10 Hashiba 1-chome, Taito-ku).
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