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•	Canon Camera Museum \| English \| Japanese Museum is sectioned into History, Camera, Technology and Design Halls. Site provides comprehensive description of each with animated illustrations, and images. (Hits: 1,193 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	Currency Museum \| English \| Japanese History and information on Japanese currency. Includes description of museum exhibits, photos, abstracts, and essays on monetary history. Maintained by Bank of Japan. (Hits: 1,196 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	Fukuyama Auto and Clock Museum \| English \| Japanese Informational site on museum collections in Fukuyama, which mainly includes cars and clocks. Other exhibits include wax figures, cameras and music boxes. (Hits: 1,199 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	Japan Toy Museum \| English \| Japanese Museum map and special exhibits. (Hits: 1,196 Listed: 07/17/2003)
•	John Lennon Museum \| English \| Japanese General information on the John Lennon Museum located in Saitama Super Arena. Includes museum guide and hours. (Hits: 1,196 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	JR Transportation Museum \| English \| Japanese Exhibit of all modes of transportation and history. Admission, axess, and floor information. Located in Chiyoda-ku Tokyo. (Hits: 1,202 Listed: 10/23/2003)
•	Mandolin Melodies Museum \| English \| Japanese Museum exhibits an individual's collection of mandolin-related things: records, cds, card games, video, brooch etc. Site includes general museum info and links to webpages about mandolins. (Hits: 1,196 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (MeSci) \| English \| Japanese Event guide and exhibition information available. Museum has four sections: environment and frontiers, life science and human beings, technological innovations and future, and information technology and society. Located in Koto-ku Tokyo. (Hits: 1,193 Listed: 07/22/2003)
•	Ramen Museum \| English Site gives brief description and general info about the ramen museum located in Shin-Yokohama. (Hits: 1,193 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	The Ainu Museum \| English \| Japanese Exhibit in Hokkaido of Ainu cultural assets. General museum info provided. Website has introduction to Ainu life, rites, history, and culture. Many photographs. (Hits: 1,204 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	The Costume Museum - The Rebirth of the Tale of Genji \| English \| Japanese Collection of life-size dolls with costumes worn throughout Japanese history (including Nara era, Heian to Meiji period). Includes history, descriptions and illustrations. One section recreates Hikaru Genji's Mansion, from the Tale of Genji. (Hits: 1,197 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum \| English Collection of Ukiyo-e (Wood-block prints of every day life of Japan in history). Includes brief history, photos, and general info. (Hits: 1,192 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	The Kyoto Arashimaya Orgel Museum \| Japanese Collection of antique automatic moving dolls/objects, with descriptions and videoclips. Japanese only. (Hits: 1,187 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	Tobacco and Salt Museum \| English \| Japanese Museum exhibits cultural and industrial aspects of tobacco and salt. E.g., provides history of tobacco from its origins in Latin America and consequent global propagation. Salt section incorporates salt production, Japanese and foreign salt, and its various uses. Includes info on exhibitions from 1996 to the present. (Hits: 1,191 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	Tokyo Advertising Museum \| Japanese Archive of Japanese poster art arranged according to month of first appearance, 9/99 to present. Examples from train posters and outdoor print advertising. Japanese only. (Hits: 1,188 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	Toyota Automobile Museum \| English Exhibits evolution of cars from pioneering age to the present. Site includes history, car descriptions with images (i.e. a Virtual Museum). Also provides general museum info (location, access, hours). (Hits: 1,187 Listed: 03/30/2002)
•	Yokohama Doll Museum \| English Dolls from Japan and around the globe. Online description of exhibits, collections, puppet shows and events. (Hits: 1,189 Listed: 03/30/2002)

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