Sumo Museum

Sumo Museum

by | Jul 29, 2022

Ryogoku is home to some of the biggest sumo wrestling events in the world, so we have arrived at the Sumo Museum to learn more about Japan’s national sport! The museum is located right inside the Ryogoku Sumo Stadium. Here you can check out the art, clothing and...
Japanese Sword Museum 

Japanese Sword Museum 

by | Jul 29, 2022

The Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo is a small museum dedicated to traditional sword making. The Japanese Sword Museum aims to preserve important swords and samurai artifacts, documenting the roughly 800 years of Japanese swords and their history. It is operated by The...
Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum

Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum

by | Jul 29, 2022

The Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum was built in honour of the disastrous earthquake in Tokyo on September 1st 1923. Yokoamichio Park is now the site of many memorials to the lives lost during the earthquake including the Memorial Hall and the Great Kanto...
The Sumida Hokusai Museum

The Sumida Hokusai Museum

by | Jul 29, 2022

The Sumida Hokusai Museum opened in 2016 in Sumida City, Tokyo. This museum is dedicated to the famous artist Katsushika Hokusai. Hokusai’s art is in the style of ukiyo-e, a Japanese genre of art that translates to “pictures of the floating world.” The museum has a...
Printing Museum

Printing Museum

by | Jul 29, 2022

The printing museum’s mission is to show the public the cultural side of printing, and the social and historical aspects rather than the technology behind it. There are many videos and descriptions that are explained in both English and Japanese so you can learn...