Tokushima Prefectural Museum

Great local museum that features dinosaurs, natural life, geography, and Japanese history all in one. It's only 400 yen and older folk get in for free, which is rare for non Japanese citizens in my experience. We just showed our companions passport and he got in for free. Exhibits are all in Japanese, but still it was enjoyable with some google translate help

Great museum, but needs more material on the traditional puppet theater. Tokushima has far more puppet troupes (20+) than any other prefecture and is the only place in Japan where you can see live puppet theater performed every day. It should be shocased more in the museum.

A very big museum with a lot of different sections including history, archeology, geology, theater with dolls, etc. There is a section dedicated to the history of the Tokushima matsuri, where you can practice the dance too! There explanation texts are mainly in Japanese, with no support to English. There is also a shop where you can buy books and reading material about the things in the museum.

Visited during summer vacation, permanent exhibition 400 yen, children free. This was my first visit after it was renovated, but it hasn't been completely renovated, and many of the exhibits remain unchanged. However, there are exhibits that you can touch, so it may have a positive effect on children. You can enjoy various exhibits and get a feel for Tokushima's nature, history, and culture. I think it's worth a look.

Until September 16th, there was a Tokushima Dinosaur Exhibition. The admission fee is 1,500 yen for adults, 1,000 yen for high school students, and 700 yen for elementary to junior high school students, which I think is a little expensive compared to the dinosaur exhibit. Apparently some of my acquaintances went there as well, and asked me, ``I'll check. Do you want to come in?'' However, when we went there, as soon as we bought the tickets, they said, ``I'll check it out,'' and without being asked anything, they looked at the ticket, put it in the box, and said, ``Yes, please enter.'' I don't think there's a manual, and it seems like it's different depending on the person at the reception, and it seems like you can't re-enter, so I thought it would be a good idea for people with children to be careful about the toilets.