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Museums in Japan

Hiroshima City Transportation Museum (Numaji Museum)

Hiroshima City Transportation Museum offers a place to learn about planes, ships, trains, and cars of all times and places, through some 2,000 models. Visitors will get a huge, 20-meter-diameter panoramic view of near-future modes of urban transportation, and will be able to search for information using the computer. The museum also offers driving simulation and special video images. In the open-air square, visitors can try out the "Funny Bikes", uniquely shaped bicycles that they ride in unique ways. This museum provides a completely new type of fun.

広島市交通科学館

Honda Collection Hall

The Honda Collection Hall, a facility that conveys the history of Honda is located at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Tochigi. It reopened on March 1, 2024, after undergoing a thorough renewal.

The exhibits include Honda products such as automobiles, motorcycles and power products as well as racing machines. The exhibition areas are divided into four sections by era, and exhibits are arranged in a way that it is easy for all visitors to understand unique characteristics of each era. 

Honda Collection Hall

Iwashita Collection

Mr Iwashita has a collection of around 600 motorcycles and there are around 200 on display, including the world's only remaining Ducati Apollo and plenty of Japanese bikes. Additionally there are dolls, stained glasses and more.

Iwashita

Mazda Museum

"The Museum offers an overview of Mazda's history, a look into the technology of its automobiles, and the prospects for its future developments. The tour also passes through an actual vehicle assembly line. Multiple models are on the assembly line, so visitors can see a variety of different cars being made. At the end of the tour there is a shop featuring Mazda goods. The tour takes 90 minutes from start to finish" - says Japan Guide

マツダミュージアム