Car museums & collections in Japan

Opened in 2021 at Fuji Speedway Hotel, this museum traces the history of global and Japanese motorsport from early Grand Prix racing to modern Formula One through historic race cars, engines, and interactive exhibits.

Hino Motors' free corporate museum in Hachioji showcases the history of Hino trucks and buses through vehicle displays, historic engines, and models, including the Hino Contessa passenger car; individual visits are free and do not require reservation.

Located within the Mobility Resort Motegi complex, this museum displays around 150 Honda motorcycles, cars, power products, and racing machines charting the company's history from its founding to the present. It reopened in March 2024 after a full renovation.

Opened in April 2024 at Suzuka Circuit Park to mark Honda's 60th anniversary in Formula One, this gallery displays historic Honda racing cars and engines, including the 1965 RA272 and championship-winning McLaren-Honda and Williams-Honda machines.

Isuzu's corporate museum in Fujisawa showcases the company's history in trucks, buses, and diesel engines through vehicle displays and interactive exhibits; admission Tuesday through Friday requires advance online booking.

A private collection near Mount Fuji pairing vintage and classic automobiles with restored World War II-era Japanese fighter aircraft, including Zero fighters; the museum opens to the public only during August each year, with restoration work continuing the rest of the year.

Located alongside the Kobe Maritime Museum, this Kawasaki Heavy Industries corporate museum displays the company's motorcycles and personal watercraft alongside its shipbuilding, rail, and aerospace heritage.

Mazda's museum at its Hiroshima head office traces the company's history from its origins as a cork manufacturer through rotary-engine development and motorsport success, including the Le Mans-winning 787B; visits are by guided tour only, booked online in advance.

Toyota's large showroom and classic-car exhibition complex in Tokyo's Odaiba district, which included the "History Garage" collection of vintage vehicles, permanently closed on December 31, 2021, and the site was demolished in 2022.

Established in 1978 in Komatsu, this is Japan's first and largest dedicated automobile museum, displaying more than 500 vehicles including American classics, European exotics, and historic Japanese cars across roughly 12,000 square meters.

Housed in the guest hall of Nissan's Yokohama Plant, this museum displays 28 engines that marked significant milestones in Nissan's engineering history, paired with a tour of the adjacent engine-production lines; visits require advance reservation and are unavailable on weekends.

Nissan's free public gallery on the ground floor of its Global Headquarters in Yokohama displays 20 to 30 current, concept, and heritage vehicles, including classic Datsun and Skyline GT-R models alongside its electric-vehicle lineup.

Nissan's official vehicle archive in Zama, Kanagawa, preserves roughly 400 historic Nissan and Datsun cars, prototypes, and race cars, and is open to the public only through scheduled guided tours booked in advance.

Opened in 1997 in Okaya's Toriidaira Yamabiko Park, this was Japan's first single-model automobile museum, and it displays a rotating collection of Prince and Nissan Skyline vehicles spanning the model's history.

Located at Subaru's Yajima Plant, this visitor center introduces the company's brand philosophy, engineering, and manufacturing process and displays historic and current Subaru vehicles; visits require advance reservation as part of a plant tour.

Suzuki's corporate museum in Hamamatsu, known in Japanese as Suzuki Rekishikan, presents the company's evolution from a loom manufacturer into a maker of automobiles, motorcycles, and outboard motors through interactive displays; admission is free but requires advance reservation.

Opened in 1989 by Toyota Motor Corporation in Nagakute, this museum traces the global history of the automobile through roughly 140 vehicles from Japan, Europe, and the United States dating from the late 19th century to the present. Since 2023 it has also housed an exhibition dedicated to the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame.

Located in Nagoya on the former site of Sakichi Toyoda's textile business, this museum documents the parallel development of the Toyota Group's automatic loom technology and Toyota Motor Corporation's automobile manufacturing, with working-machinery demonstrations.

Toyota's corporate showroom and museum in Toyota City introduces the company's history, products, and manufacturing philosophy, and serves as the starting point for guided tours of the adjacent Toyota Motor plant.

Yamaha Motor's corporate showroom in Iwata traces the company's history and technology across motorcycles, marine engines, and other mobility products, displaying models from its first motorcycle to current superbikes; admission is free with no reservation required.