Tokyo National Museum

"Located in Ueno Park, the Tokyo National Museum is Japan 's oldest museum, featuring an impressive collection of national treasures and important cultural properties. Aside from the permanent collection, there are special exhibitions with themes such as the tea ceremony, Japanese swords, and overseas treasures. Allow time to enjoy the expansive park, which blossoms in the spring and has gorgeous fall colors."

"Located in Ueno Park, the Tokyo National Museum is Japan 's oldest museum, featuring an impressive collection of national treasures and important cultural properties. Aside from the permanent collection, there are special exhibitions with themes such as the tea ceremony, Japanese swords, and overseas treasures. Allow time to enjoy the expansive park, which blossoms in the spring and has gorgeous fall colors."

"Intricately embroidered kimonos, samurai swords, serene-faced Buddha statues, thousand-year-old ceramics: You’ll find it all and more in the Tokyo National Museum, which houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of Japanese art. Surrounded by the winding paths and shrines of Ueno Park, the country’s oldest museum is a must-see for everyone from historians to culture-vultures looking for a crash course. The unparalleled permanent collection contains more than 110,000 artifacts. Thankfully, the curators are sensible enough to space their vast array of treasures out. Each room feels carefully composed rather than cluttered, and special exhibitions rotate constantly, meaning the 4,000-odd works on display from the permanent collection at any given time are never quite the same as at your last visit." - Diana Hubbell