Yuntanza Historical Museum — Attraction in Yomitan

This was a really impressive little museum. It's right on the grounds of the castle ruins and was a nice break from the heat walking around. We did the paid admission which was 500 yen for adults and the kids were free. My kids were so interested in the skeleton of the guy who fell and hit his head. I love that it has a shirt of the skeleton getting up and walking away. They have a shrine you can walk inside and a little house you can walk in. They also have a dark bunker set up with surround sound. You can't take pics of the art museum on the 3rd floor, but there's some.extemelwy impressive piece up there! If you fill out a survey and return it to the front desk, they'll give you a little gift...

I would totally start here and then go up to the castle, as they will connect you with an app that has narration for the museum and also AR components for the castle. It also gives an overview of the castle and how it was made, the rationale behind the wall design, and other interesting insights but would be useful to have before going up to the castle itself. The rest of the museum is also lovely, with cultural, household, arts, crafts, religious, and historical contexts since the Jomon period. When I went today they also had a small art exhibit from their permanent collection, and a student art exhibit from...

Didn't get to see the museum because for some odd reason this place does not accept any type of credit or debit card. They only accept cards that only Japanese people would have or know about(paypay etc.). Me and my sons just ended up leaving. You would think that they would like to have the attention of tourist visiting Japan and would have different methods of payment like when I went to another Castle to visit but this place is not up to date. Beautiful parking ruins surrounding the...