Tobacco & Salt Museum
Ukiyo-e exhibits and all kinds of stuff on the history of tobacco use in
Japan.
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
The story behind Japanese woodworking tools, now valued by craftsmen all over the
world
Fukuyama Auto & Clock Museum
Old clocks, old cars (including a wartime charcoal-burner), a jinrikisha, wax figures,
cameras, and even some vehicles used in movies
Museum Meiji-Mura
Homepage of the Museum Meiji-mura, an open-air exhibit of
buildings of the Meiji era. Click on the links under "Architectures List" to see pictures of the
buildings.
The Ainu Museum
This museum in Hokkaido is dedicated to the history and culture of the indigenous
people of the Japanese islands.
Hiroshima City
Transportation Museum
Public transit in Hiroshima, streetcars going back to 1912
Dejima Comes Back to Life
For centuries this island was Japan’s only opening to the outside world.
Now the historic Dutch settlement has been restored as an educational and tourist attraction.
Nice comprehensive in-depth site with lots of information.
Kusado Sengen
Archeological excavation of a medieval village
Kyoto National Museum
Fascinating collection of exhibits, with images, good notes, and a very nice
children’s section
TG Gas Museum
Click around on this Japanese-language site and you’ll see lovely prints of the
gaslit streets of early Meiji.
Edo Wonderland
Home page for a group of great-looking theme parks. Get a pass and go through a
checkpoint to get into an Edo-era village! Once there you can tour a ninja maze, see a water-mill
in action, look inside a jail and get scared into virtue by a temple’s realistic display of the
torments of hell! Take part in a tea ceremony, or watch a samurai movie being filmed!
Noichi Ryoma History Museum
This museum includes 26 tableaux from the life of Ryoma Sakamoto, peopled by 150
realistic wax figures.