Museums and Collections in Tokyo

Discover 5 unusual museums and collections in Tokyo.

Commercials from some decades ago.

Ad Museum Tokyo

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

Ancient Egypt Museum of Shibuya

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

Kite Museum.

Museum of Kites

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

Shitamachi Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

The entrance on the 2nd floor.

Intermediatheque

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Permanently Closed

Tokyo Tower Wax Museum. (R. Peter Seuffert/Atlas Obscura)

Tokyo Tower Wax Museum's Progressive Rock Room

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

Are we missing something unusual in Tokyo?