2 Best Sights in Kyoto, Japan

For train enthusiasts, the sleek architecture reflects Japan’s Shinkansen Bullet train. Inside, 53 trains including 20 locomotives are on display. One attraction even allows the visitor to “drive” a bullet train via a stimulated video screen.

Serious collectors of tea-ceremony utensils are likely to have a raku bowl in their collections. The Raku Museum displays more than 1,000 bowls and containers of subtle beauty embodying the Japanese aesthetic terms of wabi and sabi, which refer to “understated elegance” and “mature beauty.” Raku refers to a low-temperature firing technique that yields a ceramic that is soft to the touch. Raku is the family name with a long history of creating pleasing tea utensils for the shogun's use.