Today’s question is: What is your favorite museum in Japan?
Japanese has got plenty of museums – seemingly every little town has either one tied to the region, industry or local noble family.
From Peace Memorial museums to historical villages, from former silver mines to bottled water museums and from railway museum to bonsai gardens – you can find almost every type of museum in Japan.
So tell us what is your favorite museum in Japan.
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Mori Art Museum
https://www.mori.art.museum/jp/
A-Bomb museum in Nagasaki
The Railway Museum in Omiya and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa are tied for me.
For most impact – The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum,
The Tokyo National Museum, though the Railway Museum is excellent
I really liked the Hiroshima Museum of Art. I went in 2019 and they had a Leo Lionni exhibit, it was really nice!
Ramen and Cup Ramen museaums… I like me some good Ramen! =P
Meiji Mura.. probably not for everyone, but accessible, and really shines a light on the changes in Japan during the restoration
Yūshūkan in Tokyo … I thought I would be offended, but wow. It was like an alternate history museum for WW2.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.. was honest, sad and broke my heart. The protest letters against nuclear testing and all the small details were heart breaking