Aizu Samurai Residence Collection
Aizu History Museum at Aizu Bukeyashiki · FukushimaOfficial information
A special exhibition presenting Aizu samurai culture through military, artistic, historical, and everyday materials from the collection.
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Visit the Bakumatsu
A guide to exhibitions and gatherings through the people, poems, and places of the Bakumatsu.
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Satsuma Figures: Restoration Theater 2026
Restoration Experience Hall, Museum of the Meiji Restoration · KagoshimaOfficial information
A year-long series of short historical performances presenting Kagoshima figures including Saigo Takamori, Godai Tomoatsu, and Machida Hisanari.
Biographical Stories of Shinsengumi Members
Ryozen Museum of History · KyotoOfficial information
An exhibition using historical materials to explore the individual lives of Shinsengumi members including Kondo Isami, Hijikata Toshizo, Okita Soji, and Serizawa Kamo.
Headlong into History: Itagaki Taisuke in the Bakumatsu
Kochi Castle Museum of History · KochiOfficial information
An exhibition tracing Itagaki Taisuke's youth, exile, role in the Boshin War, and the Satsuma–Tosa alliance, with a related limited-time café menu also announced by the museum.
Tsurugajo Collection Exhibition: Byakkotai
Tsurugajo Castle Tower, First-floor Exhibition Room · FukushimaOfficial information
A collection exhibition examining why the young Byakkotai fought and how the Boshin War led to their deaths.
Traveling through Bakumatsu Yokohama in Maps
Yokohama Urban Development Memorial Hall · KanagawaOfficial information
A special exhibition using defense plans, urban plans, bird's-eye views, and foreign surveys to examine the making of the treaty-port city of Yokohama.
Human Strategy for a New Era: The Leadership of Ito Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
An exhibition tracing Ito Hirobumi's political networks and leadership from the anti-shogunate movement in Choshu to the formation of the Meiji state.
Collection Exhibition I: Culture of the Bakumatsu and Restoration
Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum · KochiOfficial information
An exhibition of collection materials exploring new forms of culture and art, including oil painting and photography, during the Bakumatsu and Restoration.
Tsurugajo Special Exhibition: Aizu in Kyoto
Tsurugajo Castle Tower, First-floor Exhibition Room · FukushimaOfficial information
An exhibition tracing historical connections between Kyoto and Aizu, including the Kyoto Shugoshoku.
Reading the Domain Era, Session 4
Hagi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
A workshop reading Hagi domain notices to explore residences, streets, waterways, and festivals in the castle town.
The Tosa Domain and the Yamauchi Family: 260 Years of Rule
Kochi Castle Museum of History · KochiOfficial information
An exhibition using Yamauchi family materials to trace the politics and society of Tosa and its emergence as a major Bakumatsu domain.
160 Years of the Satsuma–Choshu Alliance
Kameyama Shachu Memorial Museum · NagasakiOfficial information
An exhibition using reproductions including Sakamoto Ryoma's letters to explain the Satsuma–Choshu Alliance and the political changes that followed.
Reading the Domain Era, Session 5
Hagi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
A workshop reading Hagi domain notices to explore residences, streets, waterways, and festivals in the castle town.
Ryoma Month 2026
Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum · KochiOfficial information
A month of exhibitions and programs marking Sakamoto Ryoma's birth month and exploring his life and the history of the Bakumatsu.
Reading the Domain Era, Session 6
Hagi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
A workshop reading Hagi domain notices to explore residences, streets, waterways, and festivals in the castle town.
Reading the Domain Era, Session 7
Hagi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
A workshop reading Hagi domain notices to explore residences, streets, waterways, and festivals in the castle town.
New Winter Acquisitions: People and Calligraphy of the Bakumatsu and Restoration
Hagi Museum, Special Exhibition Room · YamaguchiOfficial information
An exhibition introducing newly donated and previously unseen calligraphy by people associated with Hagi during the Bakumatsu and Restoration.
Reading the Domain Era, Session 8
Hagi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
A workshop reading Hagi domain notices to explore residences, streets, waterways, and festivals in the castle town.
Reading the Domain Era, Session 9
Hagi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
A workshop reading Hagi domain notices to explore residences, streets, waterways, and festivals in the castle town.
Reading the Domain Era, Session 10
Hagi Museum · YamaguchiOfficial information
A workshop reading Hagi domain notices to explore residences, streets, waterways, and festivals in the castle town.
Bakumatsu Processions: Worlds of Light and Shadow
Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum · KochiOfficial information
An exhibition on the regions and people behind major late-Edo processions, including Yamauchi Toyonori's attendance journey, Princess Kazu's marriage procession, and Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi's journey to Kyoto.
Original Letters in Ryoma's Hand: August 2026
Permanent Gallery, Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum · KochiOfficial information
A limited display of original letters written by Sakamoto Ryoma to Ike Kurata and Sakamoto Otome in the permanent gallery.
Special Opening of the Hakodate Magistrate's Office Storehouse
Storehouse opposite Hakodate Magistrate's Office · HokkaidoOfficial information
A limited opening of the surviving storehouse at Goryokaku, a building also used during the Battle of Hakodate.
History Lecture: Hijikata Toshizo's Final Days as Remembered by His Family
Great Hall, Hakodate Magistrate's Office · HokkaidoOfficial information
A lecture by the director of the Hijikata Toshizo Museum on family accounts of Hijikata's final days during the Battle of Hakodate.
Treasures of the Goshi Sakamoto Family
Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum · KochiOfficial information
An exhibition of Ryoma-related objects, calligraphy and paintings by his associates, and commemorative materials preserved by the goshi Sakamoto family.
Hamasui and Ryoma Museum Discovery Tour
Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum and Katsurahama Aquarium · KochiOfficial information
A two-day guided experience linking Katsurahama Aquarium and the Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum with staff from both institutions.
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