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  • Toshiba Science Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Kawasakishi Saiwai-ku Horikawachou 72-34 Smart Community Center (Lazona Kawasaki Toshiba Building) 2F
    This science museum is located within “Smart Community Center” in front of Kawasaki Station in Horikawa-cho, Saiwai District, Kawasaki City. They have regular exhibits, such as one tracing the history of Toshiba through historical products, and one regarding smart communities, which are made possible by future energy technologies digital technology. They also hold events, such as science shows where you can approach science in an everyday fashion, and science experiment workshops.
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  • Kamakura Museum of Literature
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    Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Hase 1-5-3
    Located in the Hase neighborhood of Kamakura, the Kamakura Museum of Literature was first opened in 1985 by local volunteers. The museum’s has set as its purpose the collection, preservation, and exhibition of literary works, manuscripts, and personal items from writers connected with Kamakura such as Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Jiro Osaragi. The museum building, donated to the city of Kamakura, was once a villa belonging to Toshinari Maeda built off of his main residence and today it is a designated Tangible Cultural Property. There is also a 600 square meter rose garden on the south side of the garden stretching before the museum which, together with the view of the sea off Shonan in front of the museum, is a popular sightseeing spot.
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  • Samuel Cocking Garden
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    Kanagawa Pref. Fujisawashi Enoshima 2-3
    Created by English trader Samuel Cocking in 1882, the garden was later restored by the city of Fujisawa. The garden was also once destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. When the garden was created, it was the third Japanese-Western garden in the nation and also boasted the largest greenhouse in the East. Visitors can enjoy Cook and hoop pines, designated Natural Monuments by the city, as well as subtropical plants and seasonal flowers such as camellias.
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  • Doll House Museum Hakone
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    Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Ashinoyu 84-55
    This art museum is located along Tokaido Road in Ashinoyu, Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo County. It displays a doll house collection gathered from abroad. Through the six enjoyments of “seeing”, “playing”, “learning”, “building”, “gathering”, and “traveling”, you can discover the charm of doll houses in this facility. In addition to the displays, there is a shop with a rich array of products, and a cafe that hosts workshops.
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  • Kamakura City Kaburaki Kiyokata Memorial Art Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yukinoshita 1-5-25
    An art museum located in a quiet residential neighborhood commemorating the modern Nihonga painting master Kiyokata Kaburaki. Kiyokata’s final home, a Japanese-style residence, was remodeled and converted into the museum. The museum is filled with Nihonga paintings depicting everyday life, with a focus on Kiyokata’s specialty of bijinga (paintings of beautiful women).
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  • Kisenan, Jomyo-ji Temple
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    Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Joumyouji 3-8-31
    A tea house located on the grounds of the Zen Buddhist Jomyo-ji Temple, the fifth of the “Kamakura Gozan” (Five Mountain Temples of Kamakura), which is located in the Kanazawa Kaido Nikaido area. In the quiet stillness of the house, visitors can enjoy matcha tea, high class Japanese confections, or dried candies while looking out over a dry landscape garden.
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  • Snowdome Museum
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    Tokyo Setagaya-ku Ikejiri 2-4-5 IID Setagaya Manufacturing 109 rooms in the school
    This is a museum just of snow globes, called 'snowdomes' in Japanese. Historically, the first snow globes were popularized at a Paris Exposition. The museum houses both old and new, western and eastern globes. The museum shop sells snow globes as well. The museum sponsors various activities including off-site workshops. One can order a personalized snow globe, such as for weddings, and special occasions.
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  • Honzawa Baien
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    Kanagawa Pref. Sagamiharashi Midori-ku Kawashiri 4457-1
    This plum farm is located in Kawashiri, Midori Ward, Sagamihara City. Across the three-hectare plot, roughly 1,000 plum trees, primarily “Shirakaga”, are cultivated. During the “Motozawa Baien Festival” held to coincide with the blossoming season in March, events are held, such as selling of specialty products. In June, you can experience picking plum fruits.
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  • Yokohama Daisekai Artrick Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 97 Yokohama Great World 4-8th Floor
    This trick art museum is inside Yokohama Daisekai, one of Chinatown’s largest Chinese Theme Parks, located about one minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station. Stretching from the third floor to the top of the building, this facility features displays to exercise your brain, trick the eyes, and display 3D art. There are paintings using optical illusions to trick the eye, like the Flying Carpet or Flying Dragon, the Science Mystery Experience where you can go inside a soap bubble, and Japan’s first Laser Art Theater. You can touch and photograph all the art displays, and there’s enough strangeness to please kids and adults of all ages.
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  • NYK Maritime Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Kaigandori 3-9
    NYK Maritime Museum introduces the modern Japanese shipping industry from its dawn to the present day through the corporate history of the Nihon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). It exhibits easy-to-understand movies, valuable pictures capturing historical turning points and pamphlets of gorgeous cruise ships. Hikawamaru, an NYK ship, was designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2016. It is two minutes’ walk from Bashamichi Station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.
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  • Yokosuka City Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokosukashi Fukadadai 95
    Operated by the municipal government, Yokosuka City Museum is located in the Fukadadai area of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its exhibit includes a model of the topography of the Miura Peninsula and a replica of the Paleoxodon (an extinct variety of elephant) that was dug up in Yokosuka. The humanities section of the museum contains exhibits concerning people who influenced the development of the city and exhibits related to Commander Perry's arrival in Japan. Events include monthly outdoor education sessions, guided tours of Tenjin Island, and lectures at the museum.
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  • Mulabo!
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    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Nishi-ku Minatomirai 4-3-8
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  • Yoshino-juku Fujiya
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    Kanagawa Sagamihara-shi Midori-ku Yoshino 214
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  • Museum Haus Kasuya
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    Kanagawa Yokosuka-shi Hirasaku 7-12-13
    This private art museum is located in a lush, bamboo thicket-enshrouded residential area a 15-minute walk from Kinugasa Station on the JR Yokosuka Line. Dedicated to modern art, the museum's standing exhibitions primarily consist of solo exhibitions featuring modern-day artists; the museum also holds special exhibitions around every two months. In order to popularize modern art, which ordinarily most people don't come in contact with, the museum additionally holds a variety of events, including seminars, tea parties, symposiums, and concerts.
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  • Sunken Flower Bed
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    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 279 Yamashita Park
    This flower bed can be seen in the Future Rose Garden between the Guardian of Water statue and the Festival Square in Yamashita Park a four-minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station and 13 minutes from Kannai Station. One of the most famous destinations for viewing roses in the city, each year in the spring as well as in the fall, visitors can take in the sight of colorful roses in bloom. There are some 160 varieties of roses, meaning you can look and look without ever getting bored. The flower bed is lit up at night from late November to late December, with a light show held every 15 minutes as well.
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  • Kamakura Kitchoan Museum
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    Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Komachi 2-9-1
    This art museum was opened based on the desire of Minamoto Kitchoan, head of the Kitchoan family, to share with the public his collection of elegant tableware he had collected to serve Japanese confections on. The museum holds several special exhibitions throughout the year, presenting the Japanese crafts and food culture which reflects the charms of the seasons. The museum displays a seasonally-changing and diverse collection of pieces, including tableware by Kitaoji Rosanjin, a noted artist who also worked as a chef; and lacquerware which conveys traditional Japanese culture.
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  • Tsujimura Botanical Garden
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    Kanagawa Odawara-shi Ogikubo 1579-1
    Tsujimura Farm's botanical garden. It was created by the local Tsujimura family between 1965 and 1974. The 4.6-hectare site has a bamboo grove, a plum grove, and a hill that gets a lot of sunlight. It's especially known for its approximately 560-tree plum grove, some of which are over 100-years old. In early spring the plum trees burst into bloom.
  • Shinshuen Garden
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    Kanagawa Kawasaki-shi Kawasaki-ku Daishikoen 1
    "A botanical garden in Daishi Park, which is adjacent to Heikenji Temple, also known as Kawasaki Daishi. The first character in the park's name is derived from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China. The second character means ""beautiful,"" and the park is full of wonderful Shenyang-esque views. Filming TV shows, commercials, cosplay events, etc. on park grounds requires applying in advance through the Kawasaki Ward Office Road and Park Center."
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  • Kawasaki City Traditional Crafts Center
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    Kanagawa Kawasaki-shi Tama-ku Masugata 7-1-3
    An open-air museum featuring old kominka houses. It features 25 Cultural Properties that have been transferred to the location and rebuilt, including private homes from the Edo period. They run eight indigo vats, passing down Kawasaki City's indigo dying traditions, and offer easy access to traditional indigo dyeing workshops. There are three workshops available: Handkerchief dyeing, dyeing your own item, and dyeing for groups. Reservations are required for the latter two workshops. They aren't absolutely required for handkerchief dyeing, but it's not a bad idea; if they fill up with group reservations you might be out of luck.
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  • Kimura Art Museum
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    Kanagawa Ashigarashimo-gun Yugawara Machi Kajiya 651
    A museum that overlooks Sagami Bay displaying works of art formed by fire like swords and ancient ceramics. The second floor has an exhibit of swords that are national and prefectural Important Cultural Properties, as well as 13 masterpieces by the great swordsmith Masamune. The first and third floors display a total of about 50 pieces of modern and antique ceramics like celadon and Tang Sancai from China, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
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Around Minato Mirai Yamashita Park / Chinatown / Motomachi Yokohama City (North) Kawasaki Kamakura Miura Peninsula Shonan Central Odawara / Manazurumachi / Yugawara Around Hakonemachi Yokohama City (South)
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Kanagawa prefecture acts as an extension of the Tokyo metropolis that spills over into coastal towns, most notably Yokohama city, heavily populated and known for its Chinatown and seaside attractions. Just the right distance for a day trip out of Tokyo, Kanagawa is home to some of Tokyo’s most accessible beaches, including around Kamakura, best known for its Big Buddha. Visitors can also travel a little farther afield for a weekend at Hakone onsen town.

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