Advertising Museum Tokyo

Set in the basement of a media company's headquarters near the old fish market, this is Japan's only museum devoted to the history of advertising. Its galleries trace commercial art from the illustrated handbills of the Edo era through Meiji posters, wartime propaganda, and the golden age of television commercials, drawing on a large archive and library. Interactive stations let visitors browse decades of print and broadcast campaigns. Free to enter, it offers a lively, design-focused look at how consumer culture evolved.