Origami Kaikan
Free: All time Origami is a quintessentially Japanese art of paper folding. In Origami Kaikan, visitors can enjoy this art form taken to the next level. The work are so intricate that one can easily mistaken them as wooden sculpture with silk fabric. The exhibitions change seasonally, often focused on current festivals and events. Besides...
Hospitality Club
Free: All time Hospitality Club is based on the same concept as Couchsurfing – hospitality exchange between travellers around the world. Members participate by either hosting passing travellers in their hometowns or being hosted by locals of the place they travel to. Hospitality Club is currently the second largest of such organization. The club is...
Global Freeloaders
Free: All time Global Freeloaders is very much like Couchsurfing, though on a smaller scale since it’s volunteer-run. Sharing the same philosophy of people’s willingness to “accommodate travellers completely at their own convenience, in any way that they can, completely free of charge,” Global Freeloaders has been a hub for travelers around the world to...
USE-IT Europe Youth Travel Guides & Maps
Free: All time If you’re a youngster travelling in Europe then USE-IT guides are perfect for you. USE-IT stands for no-nonsense tourist info for young people. USE-IT guides, maps, and websites are made and designed lovingly by young locals. So far, there are about 28 guides created for major cities in Europe, with about 10...
SEGA’s Umeda Joypolis
Free: All time Umeda Joypolis is an indoor amusement park operated by the major video game developer SEGA. Visiting the joypolis is free, granted that you can resist not playing any of the arcades or riding any of the attractions. No entrance fee is charged for visitors. Amongst the attractions offered are the virtual skydiving,...
Japan Mint
Free: All time The Japan Mint Museum is housed within a western-style brick building left from the Meiji era. It’s preserved as a historical building to function as an educational establishment to introduce Japan Mint. The museum has about 4000 historical exhibits which focus on the history of coins and the relationship between coins and...
Victoria & Albert Museum
Free: All time The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. The museum also owns the world’s largest collection of post-classical sculpture, with the holdings of Italian Renaissance items being the largest outside Italy....
Imperial War Museum London
Free: All time Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organization with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Out of the three (IWM London, IWM Belfast, and Churchill War Rooms), only IWM London is free of charge. The museum houses many exhibits, from all the tanks and...
The Drawing Center
Free: Thursdays 6pm – 8pm The Drawing Center is the only fine arts institution in the U.S. to focus solely on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. This nonprofit organization was established in 1997 to provide opportunities for emerging and under-recognized artists. The Center is small and intimate in scale and it has...
Japan Society Gallery
Free: Fridays 6-9pm Japan Society is a non-profit cultural center that’s dedicated to the deepening of the cultural relationship between Japan and the U.S. The organization is housed in a stunning five-floor building in which the interior fuses clean architecture design with natural greenery. The Society has a gallery that hosts two prominent exhibits and...
New York Public Library
Free: All time The New York Public Library technically refers to the entire 87 branches of this library system in New York City (which are all free). However, for tourist, The New York Public Library that probably matters is the main branch in Manhattan. It is the flagship building and a prominent historic landmark of...
Prague Astronomical Clock
Free: All time Prague Astronomical Clock is definitely one of the most popular attraction in this city. Every hour of the hour, the site is crowded with people wanting to watch “The Walk of the Apostles.” This clockwork hourly shows figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures – notably a figure of Death –...
