Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum is the largest and oldest museum in Japan, which has about eighty nine thousand items in its collection. Art and archeology are the two main themes and the treasures have been gathered from all over Asia. Four buildings house the exhibits, the Japanese items are in the 'Honkan Building'. The Hyokeikan building stands as an example of late Meiji Era architecture. The more traditional looking Honkan Building was infact built in 1937. The Heiseikan Building is the oldest pottery in the world which hosts special exhibition. The Toyokan Building displays of artwork and artifacts from Asia and the Middle East. The collection displays limestone sculptures from china, textiles from Indonesia and a fifth century, golen crown from korea.