These are the 50 places to visit in Japan (Museums) that English-speaking readers look up most, ranked by average monthly page views on English Wikipedia over the past 12 months. Number one is Mikasa.
| # | Name | Type | Views / month |
|---|
| 1 | Mikasa 三笠 | Museum | 11,300 |
| 2 | Shuri Castle 首里城 | Museum | 5,900 |
| 3 | Tokyo National Museum 東京国立博物館 | Museum | 3,400 |
| 4 | Ghibli Museum 三鷹の森ジブリ美術館 | Museum | 3,200 |
| 5 | Yūshūkan 遊就館 | Museum | 2,500 |
| 6 | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum 広島平和記念資料館 | Museum | 2,400 |
| 7 | Yamato Museum 呉市海事歴史科学館 | Museum | 2,300 |
| 8 | Tower of the Sun 太陽の塔 | Museum | 2,200 |
| 9 | Nagasaki Peace Park 平和公園 | Museum | 1,400 |
| 10 | National Museum of Western Art 国立西洋美術館 | Museum | 1,400 |
| 11 | Miho Museum MIHO MUSEUM | Museum | 1,200 |
| 12 | National Museum of Nature and Science 国立科学博物館 | Museum | 1,200 |
| 13 | Nintendo Museum ニンテンドーミュージアム | Museum | 1,200 |
| 14 | Edo-Tokyo Museum 東京都江戸東京博物館 | Museum | 1,100 |
| 15 | Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum 江戸東京たてもの園 | Museum | 1,000 |
| 16 | Sapporo Beer Museum サッポロビール博物館 | Museum | 1,000 |
| 17 | Mori Art Museum 森美術館 | Museum | 1,000 |
| 18 | Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum 長崎原爆資料館 | Museum | 900 |
| 19 | Glover Garden グラバー園 | Museum | 900 |
| 20 | Hakone Open-Air Museum 箱根 彫刻の森美術館 | Museum | 900 |
| 21 | Nezu Museum 根津美術館 | Museum | 900 |
| 22 | Chichu Art Museum 地中美術館 | Museum | 900 |
| 23 | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art 金沢21世紀美術館 | Museum | 800 |
| 24 | Yayoi Kusama Museum 草間彌生美術館 | Museum | 800 |
| 25 | SCMaglev and Railway Park リニア・鉄道館 | Museum | 800 |
| 26 | Railway Museum 鉄道博物館 | Museum | 800 |
| 27 | Museum Meiji-mura 博物館明治村 | Museum | 800 |
| 28 | Toyota Automobile Museum トヨタ博物館 | Museum | 800 |
| 29 | Moerenuma Park モエレ沼公園 | Museum | 800 |
| 30 | Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots 知覧特攻平和会館 | Museum | 700 |
| 31 | Kyoto Railway Museum 京都鉄道博物館 | Museum | 700 |
| 32 | Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 福井県立恐竜博物館 | Museum | 700 |
| 33 | National Art Center, Tokyo 国立新美術館 | Museum | 700 |
| 34 | Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument 日本二十六聖人記念館 | Museum | 700 |
| 35 | Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum 東京都庭園美術館 | Museum | 700 |
| 36 | Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum 太宰治記念館 「斜陽館」 | Museum | 700 |
| 37 | MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives | Museum | 700 |
| 38 | Kyoto National Museum 京都国立博物館 | Museum | 600 |
| 39 | Sapporo Clock Tower 札幌市時計台 | Museum | 600 |
| 40 | The National Museum of Modern Art 東京国立近代美術館 | Museum | 600 |
| 41 | Benesse House ベネッセハウス | Museum | 600 |
| 42 | Miraikan 日本科学未来館 | Museum | 600 |
| 43 | Solar Ark ソーラーアーク | Museum | 600 |
| 44 | 21 21 DESIGN SIGHT 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT | Museum | 500 |
| 45 | Ohara Museum of Art 大原美術館 | Museum | 500 |
| 46 | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 東京都美術館 | Museum | 500 |
| 47 | Teshima Art Museum 豊島美術館 | Museum | 500 |
| 48 | Historical Village of Hokkaido 北海道開拓の村 | Museum | 500 |
| 49 | MOA Museum of Art MOA美術館 | Museum | 400 |
| 50 | Sumida Hokusai Museum すみだ北斎美術館 | Museum | 400 |
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無料で見てみる →Source: Wikimedia page view statistics (English Wikipedia, human traffic, 12-month average) and Wikidata (CC0). Compiled by this website.