东京当季艺术展览

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

2025.10.25 - 2026.5.10

This exhibition features two panel paintings created in Flanders in the 1520s, depicting the Life of St. James. Separated between Japan and Belgium in the early 20th century, these works reunite here for the first time in a century.

Adults ￥500

Note: Discounts available for students, seniors and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.12.25 - 2026.4.2

The "MOT Collection" exhibition showcases the wide-ranging works of the museum's collection. Formed by two sections, this exhibition highlights the activities of artists with a focus on recently acquired works.

Adults ￥500

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.12.25 - 2026.4.2

Sol LeWitt was one of the most influential American artists of the latter half of the twentieth century. This exhibition is the first substantial survey of his art at a public museum in Japan, encompassing wall drawings, structures, works on paper, and artist's books.

Adults ￥1,600

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO

2026.1.17 - 2026.4.5

A large-scale retrospective exhibit commemorating 151 years since the birth of Western-style painter Kanokogi Takeshiro. It explores realism in Japanese Western-style painting while introducing works from the artist’s early period, his years in Europe, and his return to Japan.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Toyo Bunko Museum

2026.1.21 - 2026.5.17

This exhibition commemorates the museum’s reopening after an approximately one-year closure for renovations. It examines valuable written accounts and books from outside Japan showing how foreign visitors, from Marco Polo to Lafcadio Hearn, saw the country.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2026.1.27 - 2026.4.12

This special exhibition featuring paintings from Sweden’s Golden Age of art in the late 19th-century makes its Japan debut. Showcasing approximately 80 pieces related to key themes of “nature,” “light” and “brilliance within everyday life.”

Adults ￥2,300

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Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2026.1.31 - 2026.5.6

This exhibition explores the origins of the world and the unseen realms through a collaboration between art and scientific fields such as cosmology and quantum physics.
It features a wide range of expressions, from XR works to dynamic video installations.

Adults ￥1,800

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Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

TOBACCO & SALT MUSEUM

2026.1.31 - 2026.4.5

An exhibition of works from photographer Takashi Katahira, who has traveled the globe taking salt-themed photos since the early 1970s. Introducing scenes of salt created by the earth itself that would be unimaginable in Japan.

Adults ￥300

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Artizon Museum

2026.2.7 - 2026.5.24

The word “katarium” comes from the Japanese “katari”, meaning “speaking, telling a story,” and “-arium,” a suffix indicating space. Based on the theme of “a place for storytelling,” this exhibition introduces approximately 60 works including national treasures and important cultural properties.
*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to Monet: Questioning Nature

Adults ￥2,500

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Artizon Museum

2026.2.7 - 2026.5.24

An exhibit commemorating 100 years since the death of Claude Monet. Featuring approximately 140 works from Musée d’Orsay in Paris, various art museums in Japan and private collections, it explores Monet’s appeal as a landscape painter.
*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to Katarium

Adults ￥2,500

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The National Art Center, Tokyo

2026.2.11 - 2026.5.11

This exhibit explores the dynamic evolution of British art from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. It traces the radical creativity and groundbreaking approaches of British art in the 1990s through a diverse range of works with themes of popular culture and shifting social structures.

Adults ￥2,300

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Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo

2026.2.19 - 2026.5.24

Explores the history of landscape prints from Kobayashi Kiyochika, one of the last ukiyo-e artists, to Kawase Hasui and others who were active in the Taisho period (1912-26) and the Showa period (1926-89), through the Muller Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.

Adults ￥2,300

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Mitsui Memorial Museum

2026.2.21 - 2026.4.5

A special exhibit marking 1,200 years since the birth of renowned Heian period (794-1185) poet Ariwara no Narihira. Featuring paintings, craftworks and other pieces inspired by Narihira and The Tales of Ise, this exhibit explores the spread of these rich images and the charm of their craftsmanship.

Adults ￥1,500

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SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM

2026.2.21 - 2026.4.12

Commemorating 40 years since the museum’s opening, this exhibition introduces the museum’s collection of works from French painter Henri Rousseau and artists with roots in Setagaya. Discover the museum’s rich history along with documentation of past exhibitions.

Adults ￥220

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Matsuoka Museum of Art

2026.2.25 - 2026.5.31

Browse famous spring and summer themed works from the museum’s Nihon-ga collection of Japanese paintings. Introducing pieces that explore natural seasonal beauty, such as Ikeda Shoen’s delicately beautiful “Cherry Blossom Boat.”

Adults ￥1,400

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Matsuoka Museum of Art

2026.2.25 - 2026.5.31

An exhibition of unique ceramic pieces that were buried together with members of the nobility in their tombs. It introduces a variety of pieces ranging from the Han dynasty to the Tang dynasty, such as warriors to protect the tombs, horses evoking thoughts of east-to-west exchange, and camels.

Adults ￥1,400

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Yamatane Museum of Art

2026.2.28 - 2026.5.10

An exhibition showcasing numerous famous works depicting flowers. It introduces the charms of paintings highlighting seasonal flowers, such as Yokoyama Taikan’s “Spring Morning” featuring mountain cherry blossoms sparkling in the morning sun, while also focusing on the artistic approaches used to create these works.

Adults ￥1,400

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CHIHIRO ART MUSEUM TOKYO

2026.3.1 - 2026.5.10

An exhibition featuring works from picture book artist Chihiro Iwasaki depicting children with familiar animals, such as small birds, dogs and cats. It also introduces Chihiro’s own memories of animals.

Adults ￥1,200

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Itabashi Art Museum

2026.3.7 - 2026.4.12

An exhibition showcasing yakie pyrography, in which heated iron pencils or trowels are pressed onto paper or silk to create images. Discover numerous works offering a deep and subtle charm created with skillful expressions reminiscent of ink paintings.

Adults ￥900

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Fuchu Art Museum

2026.3.14 - 2026.5.10

An exhibition of works by mid-Edo-period painter Rosetsu Nagasawa. In the first half of the exhibition, works featuring puppies and other adorable creatures will be on display. In the second half, the focus shifts to one of his signature masterpieces—the dragon and tiger paintings on the sliding doors of Muryoji Temple in Kushimoto—exploring their enduring appeal in depth.

Adults ￥800

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Paper Museum

2026.3.14 - 2026.5.24

Akira Yoshizawa (1911–2005) was a pioneering origami artist who elevated Japanese origami to the level of art and spread it worldwide as ORIGAMI. This exhibition presents a selection of his most outstanding works created over the course of his 94-year life.

Adults ￥400

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

National Museum of Nature and Science

2026.3.14 - 2026.6.14

A special exhibition focusing on dangerous organisms and their lethal abilities, such as power, fangs, venom and electric shocks. It uses rare specimens, CG, models and video footage to introduce the astonishing abilities of these creatures.

Adults ￥2,300

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The Sumida Hokusai Museum

2026.3.17 - 2026.5.24

Edehon are drawing manuals designed for anyone who wants to study drawing. The ever popular Hokusai Manga, known as Sketches by Hokusai outside Japan, is one among many drawing manuals designed by Hokusai. This exhibition displays woodblock printed manuals by Hokusai and his students.

Adults ￥1,000

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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2026.3.17 - 2026.5.10

A large retrospective exhibition of Shimomura Kanzan, who pioneered a new era in Nihon-ga painting. This exhibit introduces Kanzan’s exquisite brushwork and delves into the core of his art through famous works and the latest research.

Adults ￥2,000

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The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

2026.3.20 - 2026.5.27

Potters who developed a close friendship over their lives, Kanjiro Kawai and Shoji Hamada coined the term “Mingei” together with philosopher Soetsu Yanagi. This exhibition features works by these two potters who led the Mingei (“crafts of the people”) movement, and introduces the charms of the artworks.

Adults ￥1,500

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21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

2026.3.27 - 2026.8.9

Focuses on soup as the minimal food unit that wraps the body from within. This exhibition examines soup from new perspectives using five senses, and reconsiders the roots of food, clothing and shelter along with the role of design.

Adults ￥1,600

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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

2026.3.28 - 2026.6.14

A retrospective exhibit of renowned Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Introducing approximately 80 pieces, including famous works being displayed in Japan for the first time.

Adults ￥2,200

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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

2026.3.28 - 2026.6.14

The first display of Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji from the Iuchi Collection, on deposit since 2024. All 46 prints and two variant impressions will be shown, totaling 48 works.

Adults ￥2,200

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Toguri Museum of Art

2026.4.3 - 2026.6.21

This exhibition focuses on decorative patterns and forms, such as cherry blossoms and Mt. Fuji, that reflect Japan’s four seasons and natural scenery, as seen on Imari ware and Nabeshima ware. Around 80 pieces are presented, mainly works from the late 17th century to early 18th century.

Adults ￥1,300

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum

2026.4.3 - 2026.6.22

Room No. 1 focuses on embellishments and designs featuring glitter and ribbons seen on Eastern and Western clothing. Room No. 2 displays jeans from the 1940s and looks back at the history of denim.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Takehisa Yumeji Museum

2026.4.4 - 2026.6.28

This exhibition focuses on the design work of famous Taisho Romantic painter Takehisa Yumeji. It introduces numerous modern designs, blending Japanese charm and Western culture, that brighten up everyday life.

Adults ￥1,200

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Eisei Bunko Museum

2026.4.11 - 2026.6.7

In the year that Kumamoto Castle marks ten years since the Kumamoto Earthquake, this exhibition explores the history of the famed castle through the Hosokawa family documents, designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2025, and related artworks and crafts.

Adults ￥1,000

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Sompo Museum of Art

2026.4.11 - 2026.6.21

The first exhibition in Japan of works by French painter Eugène Boudin, known as the forerunner of Impressionism, in approximately 30 years. It focuses on people and building motifs, and introduces their charms.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students