Museums

A large ivory carving crowded with gateways, figures and lanterns at Jewelpia.

Shizuoka Museums

Jewelpia: The Details Have Details

Published: Sep 26, 2026

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum's silver, egg-shaped building against the hills of Katsuyama.

Fukui Dinosaur Museum: Getting the Dinosaurs Back on Their Feet

Published: Sep 19, 2026

Meguro Parasitological Museum: An Inside Story

Published: Sep 9, 2026

A rounded stone with pale shell fossils resembling eyes and a mouth, displayed in a gold-backed case at Chinsekikan.

Saitama Museums

Chinsekikan: Where Stones Acquire a Personality

Published: Sep 5, 2026

A seated figure flanked by two maneki-neko, surrounded by hornet nests inside Hachi Tengoku in Nagano.

Hachi Tengoku: Museum of Hornet Nest Art

Published: Aug 25, 2026