Museums in Japan

Yamaha Communication Plaza has become a space for explaining the past, present and future of Yamaha Corporation. Take a look at some of the epoch-making products and imagine what the future has in store at Yamaha Motors with its corporate philosophy of "Providing new inspiration and prosperity to people around the world". On the first floor the first thing that meets your eye when you enter is the "Symbol Zone". The YA-1 (nickname Akatonbo) from which Yamaha Motors first started, and the latest products are lined up next to one another.

Yanmar Museum is an experience-based museum that was opened to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Yanmar as a world-class Japanese technology company. Yanmar’s founder Magokichi Yamaoka was born in Nagahama City, and was the person who first succeeded in miniaturizing the engine invented by Dr. Diesel of Germany. The life of Magokichi Yamaoka, the history of Yanmar, Yanmar's manufacturing system, etc. can be experienced through abundant exhibitions and videos, simulators, etc.

The founder of Yufuin Retro Motor Museum, a town local, has amassed quite an impressive collection of motor vehicles. With a collection of 70 cars, 30 motorcycles, tricycles, small airplanes and retro buses, he is one of the region’s biggest amateurs and opened the museum in 1988. Get a sense both of his own idiosyncratic tastes and the history of Japan’s mechanized transport at a museum right off Yufuin’s main street.