Tokyo National Museum
As Japan's representative museum, Tokyo National Museum collects, preserves, displays, and researches the cultural properties of Asia with a focus on Japan, and also provides educational programs.
Kyoto National Museum
Kyoto National Museum collects, preserves, displays, researches and provides educational programs focusing on cultural properties from Heian- through to Edo-period Japan, when the capital was located there.
Nara National Museum
Nara National Museum collects, preserves, displays, researches and provides educational programs about cultural properties with a focus on Buddhist art.
Kyushu National Museum
Kyushu National Museum explores the formation of Japanese culture through the history of Japan's exchange with other Asian nations through Kyushu. It collects, preserves, displays, researches and provides educational programs about cultural properties in this context.
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
The National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo conducts research in various areas related to cultural properties, from fundamental investigation to scientific research utilizing a wide variety of methods including cutting-edge technologies. In addition to publicizing and utilizing the results of research, it also serves as a center for international cooperation in the conservation and restoration of cultural properties.
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Located near the Nara Palace site, the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties is engaged in the research of tangible cultural heritage, such as sites, buildings and gardens, as well as cultural properties preserved at major temples in Nara and the Kinki region.