Tokyo · MUSEUMS
On a wet June afternoon a museum is not a fallback, it is the plan. The 12 below cover the digital art rooms, the national collections and the odder small ones, with entry prices and which tickets skip the queue.
Explore teamLab Planets TOKYO, a barefoot digital art experience with water, flowers, light, sound, and interactive rooms for all ages.
“great range of experiences ,kids loved it and they hate art museums, interactive engaging dramatic mysterious loved all of it”
Learn samurai and ninja history in Tokyo with guided exhibits, shuriken throwing, armor dress-up, and an English-speaking guide.
“An enthusiastic guide makes a tour worthwhile and this one didn’t disappoint. Great history lesson done in a fun way.”
Dress as a ninja, learn about Japanese weapons, throw ninja stars, and hunt for treasure in this family-friendly Tokyo experience.
“This was fun - we got to dress up, learn a lot about Samurai and Ninja culture/history, and play some fun games with the darts and stars. It’s fun for all ages.”
Visit Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum with lunch, historic architecture, coach transport, and helpful Ghibli insights from a local guide.
“Our guide was awesome, we basically got off our flight and did this trip and it was great. Super informative and lovely. Will remember it for a long time”
Dress in samurai hakama, learn Iaido with a replica sword, tour a small museum, and try a safe ninja activity in Asakusa, Tokyo.
“Learning the moves of how to use a katana with the practice sword was enjoyable. The museum tour was also informative and it was fun throwing the plastic ninja stars. YOU DO NOT GET TO CUT A TATAMI MAT WITH A REAL KATARead more”
Dress as a samurai, learn katana basics, tour Tokyo’s Samurai and Ninja Museum, try ninja weapons, and take memorable photos.
“A very interesting experience from the history of the samurai and the ninja, to the katana practice”
Review of Tokyo’s Art Aquarium Museum GINZA, with goldfish, light, music, scent, seasonal displays, prices, timing, access, and tips.
“Nice museum exhibition! It’s pretty compact so you can spend at least 45 mins to an hour. The presentation is amazing.”
Review of Tokyo’s family-friendly samurai sword experience, with costume photos, sword practice, ninja stars, museum tour, price, timing, and tips.
“All of it a must experience so fun and the samurai instructor was phenomenal as was the tour guide of the samurai museum so engaging wonderful experience definitely worth it young or old”
Dress as a ninja in Asakusa, throw shuriken, use a blowgun, hunt for treasure, and learn Japanese warrior traditions in 75 minutes.
“We got to do the ninja experience. It was so cool and our instructor was amazing!”
Tour Yokohama’s Cup Noodles Museum with an English guide, learn Momofuku Ando’s story, and make a custom cup with soup and toppings.
“Ms. Tomoko was our guide. She met us on time, she was knowledgeable, helpful and kind. She took pictures of us in various parts of the museum and helped us facilitate much of our experience. The tour was much better with her as a guide and we highly recommend this tour.”
Escape Tokyo for Hakone’s open-air art, volcanic Owakudani, Lake Ashi, and Hakone Shrine, with transport, guide, and admission included.
“Everything was on time and the ride was smooth. We were able to hit all of the spots with no issues and our guide was really helpful every step of the way. Great way to see Hakone”
Review of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum admission, collection highlights, special exhibitions, price, timing, transport, and tips for a relaxed visit in Hachioji.
“It's been quite a while since I've been here, as it's a bit far. The permanent exhibition was wonderful, and I was repeatedly surprised to find a painting by this artist in Japan. Online discount vouchers were a great deal.Auto-translated”
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