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Museum links
Weblinks at
"Japan links":
- National Museums: http://web-japan.org/links/culture/museums/national.html
- Municipal Museums: http://web-japan.org/links/culture/museums/municipal.html
- Culture & History: http://web-japan.org/links/culture/museums/culture.html
"Virtual Library museums pages" lists nearly 900 museums in Japan:
National Museum
National
Museum of Japanese History
( http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/index.html )
Kyōto
National Museum
( http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index_top.html )
Kyūshū
National Museum
(http://www.kyuhaku.com )
Nara
National Museum
(
http://www.narahaku.go.jp/index_e.html )
Tōkyō
National Museum
( http://www.tnm.jp/en/ )
National
Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara
( http://www.nabunken.go.jp/english/ )
National
Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
( http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/ )
Archaeological Museums
Asuka
Historical Museum
(
http://www.asukanet.gr.jp/asukahome/ )
Itokoku
History Museum
(
http://www.city.maebaru.fukuoka.jp/city/bunka/ito-museum/INDEX-1.HTM )
Archaeological
Museum at Matsuyama City
(
http://www.manabukun.or.jp/maibun/koukokan/index.html ) Japanese only
Idojiri
Archaeological Museum (Nagano)
(
http://www.alles.or.jp/~fujimi/idojiri.html ) Japanese only
Museum
of Kaigarayama Shell Mound
(
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Eiy4t-ngc/shellhp/asahi.html ) Japanese only
The
Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
( http://www.kashikoken.jp/index.html
) Japanese only
Kasuga
City Na-koku Museum
(
http://www.city.kasuga.fukuoka.jp/nakoku/index.html ) Japanese only
Ōsaka
Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
(
http://chikatsu.mediajoy.com/index_e.html )
Ōsaka
Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture
( http://www.kanku-city.or.jp/yayoi/
) Japanese only
Ōsaka
Prefectural Sayamaike Museum
(
http://www.sayamaikehaku.osakasayama.osaka.jp/index-e.html
)
Saitobaru
Archaeological Museum of Miyazaki Prefecture
(
http://www.bunka.go.jp/saitobaru/enter.html )
Shiga
Prefectural Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum
( http://www.azuchi-museum.or.jp/ )
Japanese only
Shimane
Museum of Ancient Izumo
( http://www.izm.ed.jp/ )
Japanese only
Shizuoka
City Toro Museum
(
http://www.city.shizuoka.jp/deps/kyoikusoumu/torohaku_index.htm) Japanese only
Yamanashi
Prefectural Museum of Archaeology
(
http://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/barrier/html/kouko-hak ) Japanese only
Municipal and Historical Museums (with archaeological collections)
Aichi
Prefectural Ceramic Museum
(
http://www.pref.aichi.jp/touji/index_e.html )
Arita Museums
( http://www.arita.or.jp/index_e.html )
Japanese only
Asuka
Historical Museum
(
http://www.asukanet.gr.jp/asukahome/ )
Ehime Museum
of History and Culture
(
http://joho.ehime-iinet.or.jp/rekihaku/ ) Japanese only
Fujiyoshida Museum
of Local History
(
http://www.fy-museum.jp/forms/top/top.aspx ) Japanese only
Fukuoka
City Museum
(
http://museum.city.fukuoka.jp/english/index_e.html )
Fukushima Museum
(
http://www.general-museum.fks.ed.jp/info/info_e.html )
Gifu
Prefectural Ceramics Museum
( http://www.minoyaki.com/siryoukan/ )
Gifu
Prefectural Museum
( http://www.museum.pref.gifu.jp/ )
Hiroshima
Prefectural Museum of History
(
http://www.manabi.pref.hiroshima.jp/rekishih/index.html )
Historical
Museum of Hokkaido (Sapporo)
( http://www.hmh.pref.hokkaido.jp/ )
Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples (Shiomi, Abashiri, Hokkaido)
(
http://hoppohm.org/english/index.htm )
Hyogo
Prefectural Museum of History (Himeji)
(
http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~rekihaku-bo/eng/indexe.html )
Ishikawa
Prefectural History Museum
(
http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/muse/rekihaku/ ) Japanese only
(
http://shofu.pref.ishikawa.jp/shofu/intro_e/HTML/H_S40203.html ) English overwiew
Iwate
Prefectural Museum
(
http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp0910/english/index.html )
Kanagawa
Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
(
http://ch.kanagawa-museum.jp/english/ )
Kitakyūshū
Museum of Natural History & Human History
(
http://www.kmnh.jp/guide_e/index.html )
Kobe
City Museum
(
http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/57/museum/ )
Kyūshū
Ceramic Museum
(
http://www.pref.saga.lg.jp/at-contents/kanko_bunka/k_shisetsu/kyuto/ ) Japanese only
Lake
Biwa Museum (Kusatsu-shi, Shiga Prefecture)
(
http://www.lbm.go.jp/english/index.html )
Miho
Museum
( http://www.miho.or.jp/ )
The
Museum of Kyoto
( http://www.bunpaku.or.jp )
Nagasaki Museum
of History and Culture
( http://www.nmhc.jp/ )
Nagoya
City Museum
(
http://www.museum.city.nagoya.jp/ ) - Japanese only
Niigata
Prefectural Museum of History
( http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/index.html )
Okayama
Prefectural Museum
(
http://www.pref.okayama.jp/kyoiku/kenhaku/hakubu.htm )
Ōsaka
Museum of History
(
http://www.mus-his.city.osaka.jp/english_iso-8859-1/ )
Museum
of Oriental Ceramics, Ōsaka
(
http://www.moco.or.jp/en/index.html )
Saga
Prefectural Museum
(
http://www.pref.saga.lg.jp/at-contents/kanko_bunka/k_shisetsu/hakubutu/ ) - Japanese only
Saitama
Museum
(
http://www.saitama-kenpaku.com/index_e.html ) - Japanese only
Sakai
City
Museum
(
http://www.city.sakai.osaka.jp/hakubutu/ ) - Japanese only
Shimane
Prefectural
Museum
(
http://www2.pref.shimane.jp/kodai/index.html ) - Japanese only
Shinagawa
Historical
Museum
(
http://www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp/jigyo/06/historyhp/hsindex.html ) - Japanese only
Tokushima
Prefectural Museum
(
http://www.museum.tokushima-ec.ed.jp/e_museum.htm )
Toyama
Museum Association
(
http://museums.toyamaken.jp/e_kenpaku/e_genre/e_genre_a.html )
Yasu
City History and Folk Museum (Bronze Bell Museum)
(
http://www.hohoemi-yasu.jp/map/24.html )
Yokohama
History Museum
(
http://www.rekihaku.city.yokohama.jp/en/index.html )
University Museums
UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections
(
http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de/collections/list.php?id=qs&quick=japan )
The UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections lists 59 Museum, with brief information and descriptions. Only few of them are
Archaeological Museums.
International
Christian University Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum (Tōkyō)
(
http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/yuasa_museum/index_e.html )
Meiji
University Museum (Tōkyō)
(
http://www.meiji.ac.jp/museum/archaeology/kouko.html )
Aizu
Museum, Waseda University
(
http://www.waseda.jp/aizu/index-j.html )
Museum
of the International University of Kagoshima, Archaeological Museum
(
http://www.iuk.ac.jp/museum/index.html ) Japanese only
Nanzan
University Anthropological Museum
(
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/MUSEUM/eng.html )
Fujukan,
University Museum, University of the Ryukyus
(
http://fujukan.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/ja/index.html ) Japanese only, English website under
construction
Private Museums
Idemitsu
Museum of Arts (Tōkyō)
(
http://www.idemitsu.co.jp/museum/english/index.html )
Ankokuji
Village Ruins Park, Village of Yayoi (Oaza Ankokuji, Oita Prefecture)
( http://ww61.tiki.ne.jp/~yayoinomura/ )
Kusado
Sengen (Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
( http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~suzuki-y/index_e.html )
Sannai-Maruyama
Site (Aomori Prefecture)
( http://sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp/english/index.html )
Yoshinogari
Historical Park (Saga Prefecture)
( http://www.yoshinogari.jp/index-en.html )
Japanese Archaeological Association (JAA)
( http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jaa2/index.html )
Asian
Research Institute of Underwater Archaeology (ARIUA)
( former: Kyūshū Okinawa Society for Underwater Archaeology)
( http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~uwarchae/english-index.htm )
The
International Jomon Culture Conference (Kokusai Jomon Gaku Kyoukai)
( http://www.jomon.or.jp/ )
Japan
Society of Oriental Ceramic Studies
( http://homepage3.nifty.com/toyotoji/gakkaishi/gakkaishi.htm )
Agency
for Cultural Affairs
( http://www.bunka.go.jp/ )
Aichi
Archeology Center
( http://www.maibun.com/mt/ ) -
Japanese only
Akita Prefectural
Archeological Center
(
http://www.pref.akita.jp/gakusyu/maibun_hp/index2.htm ) - Japanese only
Cultural
Property Protect Division in Fujiidera City Board of Education
(
http://www.city.fujiidera.osaka.jp/rekishitanbou/index.html ) - Japanese only
Hokkaido
Ebetsu City Archaeological Center
( http://www.city.fukuoka.jp/maibun/
) - Japanese only
Fukuoka
City Archaeological Center
( http://www.city.fukuoka.jp/maibun/
) - Japanese only
Himeji
City Archaeological Research Center
(
http://www.city.himeji.hyogo.jp/maibun-center/ ) - Japanese only
Ishikawa
City Archaeological Center
( http://www.ishikawa-maibun.or.jp/
) - Japanese only
Inakadate
City Archaeological Center
(
http://www.vill.inakadate.aomori.jp/maizou/
) - Japanese only
Iwate
Prefectural Culture Foundation Archaeological Center
( http://www.echna.ne.jp/~imaibun/ ) - Japanese only
Kagawa
Prefectural Archaeological Center
( http://www.pref.kagawa.jp/maibun/
) - Japanese only
Kagoshima
Prefectural Archaeological Center
(
http://www.jomon-no-mori.jp/mbntop1.htm ) - Japanese only
Kanegawa
Prefectural Archaeological Center
(
http://www.planet.pref.kanagawa.jp/city/maizou.htm ) - Japanese only
Kashihara
Archaeological Institute, Nara Prefecture
( http://www.kashikoken.jp/ ) - Japanese only
Kobe
Archaeology Center
(
http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/57/maizoubunkazaic/index.html ) - Japanese only
Koichi
Prefectural Culture Foundation Archaeological Center
(
http://www.kochi-bunkazaidan.or.jp/~maibun/maibun2/index-2.htm ) - Japanese only
Kurashiki Archaeological
Operations Center
(
http://www.city.kurashiki.okayama.jp/lifepark/kaoc.htm ) - Japanese only
Matsuyama
City Archaeological Center
(
http://www.manabukun.or.jp/maibun/maibun/ ) - Japanese only
Mie
Prefectural Archaeological Center
( http://www.pref.mie.jp/maibun/hp/
) - Japanese only
Miyazaki
Prefectural Archaeological Center
(
http://www.miyazaki-archive.jp/maibun/index.html ) - Japanese only
Nakoku
History Museum (Kasuga, Fukuoka-Ken)
(
http://www.city.kasuga.fukuoka.jp/nakoku/ ) - Japanese only
Archaeological
Center of Nagano Prefecture
( http://www.grn.janis.or.jp/~maibun/
) - Japanese only
Niigata
Archaeological Artifacts Center
( http://www.maibun.net/center/
) - Japanese only
Niigata
City Archaeological Center
(
http://www.city.niigata.niigata.jp/info/rekisi_bunka/mc1.htm
) - Japanese only
Okayama
City Archaeological Center
(
http://www.city.okayama.okayama.jp/kyouiku/maibun/ ) - Japanese only
Okinawa
Prefectural Archaeological Center
( http://www.maizou-okinawa.gr.jp/ )
- Japanese only
Ōsaka
City Cultural Properties Association
( http://www.occpa.or.jp/ ) - Japanese only
Ōsaka
Prefectural Senboku Archaeological Center
(
http://www.pref.osaka.jp/bunkazaihogo/senkouko.htm ) - Japanese only
Sakurai
City Archaeological Center
(
http://www.begin.or.jp/sakura/maibun.htm ) - Japanese only
Sennan
City Archaeological Center
(
http://www.city.sennan.osaka.jp/~maibun/maibunn-top.htm ) - Japanese only
Shiga Prefectural Archaeological Center
(
http://www.pref.shiga.jp/edu/content/10_cultural_assets/buried_cultural/ ) - Japanese only
Archaeologcal
Database of Shimane
( http://iseki.ipc.shimane-u.ac.jp/ )
- Japanese only
Shizuoka
City Archaeological Center
(
http://www.city.shizuoka.jp/deps/kenko/bunkazai/maizou/index.html ) - Japanese only
Tochigi
Archaeological Center
(
http://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=4314 ) - Japanese only, English website
announced
Tokyo
Archaeological Center
(
http://www.tef.or.jp/maibun/index.html ) - Japanese only
Tottori
Prefectural Archaeological Center
( http://www.maibun.or.jp/ ) - Japanese
only
Toyama
City Archaeological Center
(
http://homepage2.nifty.com/kitadai/center.htm ) - Japanese only
Toyama
Prefectural Center for Archaeological Operations
(
http://www.pref.toyama.jp/branches/3041/top.HTM ) - Japanese only
(
http://museums.toyamaken.jp/e_kenpaku/e_genre/e_genre_a.html )
Yamaguchi
Prefectural Center for Archaeological Research
(
http://www.pref.yamaguchi.jp/4maizou.htm ) - Japanese only
Yamagata
Prefectural Center for Archaeological Research
(
http://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/barrier/html/maizou-bnk/22318682071.html ) - Japanese only
Yamanashi
Prefectural Center for Archaeological Research
( http://www.yamagatamaibun.or.jp/ )
- Japanese only
Yokohama City Historical Foundation Archaeological Center
(
http://www.rekihaku.city.yokohama.jp/maibun/ )
- Japanese only
Noteworthy
Archaeological Sites in Japan
(
http://archaeology.jp/sites/2007/index.htm )
C.
T. Keally's Japanese Archaeology Pages
(
http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/index.htm )
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