Azuki Museum, Food museum in Himeji, Japan.

The Azuki Museum, officially Gozasoro Azuki Museum, is a food museum in Himeji, Japan, opened in 2009 by the confectionery maker Gozasoro next to its main factory. Its exterior is painted azuki-bean red, and inside a ten-times-life-size model of an azuki bean, called "10x Azuki", stands in a double-height exhibition room around which visitors circulate in concentric loops. The museum is integrated with a satoyama garden and a restaurant.

The museum opened in 2009 as the first institution in Japan dedicated to a single food ingredient. The choice of red beans reflects how central azuki has been to Japanese cooking across many centuries, from temple offerings to everyday sweets.

Red beans carry a strong connection to celebrations in Japan, appearing in sweets offered at temples and given as gifts during festivals. The exhibits show how the same ingredient takes on very different forms depending on the region of the country.

The museum is within walking distance of the train station in Himeji, making it easy to combine with a visit to the city. Plan enough time to move through all the rooms, since the layout spreads across multiple areas on different levels.

The museum's mascot, Azuki-san, won the Museum Character Award 2012. The building was designed by KAJIMA DESIGN with landscaping by Ohoku Hokumeishoen, the firm behind the garden at Himeji Castle. The exhibition approach earned the 2013 Japan Exhibition Society Award.