Laufende und kommende Ausstellungen in Tokyo

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

2026.3.20 - 2026.6.21

A special exhibition held in the milestone year marking 100 years since the start of the Showa period (1926-89). It looks back on the turbulent Showa period through the evolution of buildings and facilities that transformed in response to the demands of the times.

Adults ￥400

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

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

Note: Discounts available for students

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

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

National Film Archive of Japan

2026.4.7 - 2026.7.26

The exhibition focuses on film posters as an art form. It showcases approximately 90 works, primarily focusing on those produced from the 1960s to the 1980s—an era that saw the emergence of innovative graphics by artists such as Kiyoshi Awazu and Tadanori Yokoo.

Adults ￥250

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Mori Arts Center Gallery

2026.4.9 - 2026.6.21

A Sanrio Exhibition commemorating 60 years since the establishment of Sanrio. This FINAL ver. examines the history of “kawaii culture” and features the largest-ever display of Sanrio merchandise.

Adults ￥2,800

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

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

Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art

2026.4.11 - 2026.6.21

Introduces the museum’s collection of works from Georges Rouault, one of the preeminent French painters of the 20th century. Focusing on the artist’s studio, this exhibition introduces the environment that gave rise to Rouault’s paintings as well as important works spanning his career.

Adults ￥1,200

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

*Reservations for specific date and time required on weekends and national holidays

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Okura Museum of Art

2026.4.14 - 2026.6.28

This exhibition showcases 54 rare examples of lacquerware from China’s Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties that have had few opportunities to be presented to the public. In addition to Chinese pieces, it also features Japanese lacquerware and incense utensils.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The National Art Center, Tokyo

2026.4.15 - 2026.7.6

This retrospective exhibition, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Hanae Mori’s birth, is the first to be held since her passing. Featuring around 400 pieces, including dresses, it delves into Mori’s artisanship and her vision of a new type of womanhood embodied in the concept she called the “vital type.”

Adults ￥2,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Tokyo Station Gallery

2026.4.18 - 2026.6.21

A solo exhibition of Swiss painter Karl Walser. It introduces 150 works being shown in Japan for the first time, including paintings depicting Japanese scenery and customs from 120 years ago, as well as book illustrations and stage designs.

Adults ￥1,800

Note: Discounts available for students

Mitsui Memorial Museum

2026.4.18 - 2026.6.21

Displaying the complete Western ceramics collection from the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu. This exhibition introduces European masterworks crafted over roughly a hundred years from the mid-19th century onward.

Adults ￥1,500

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

WHAT MUSEUM

2026.4.21 - 2026.9.13

An immersive exhibition where visitors can experience the architects’ philosophies in a dynamic way through architectural models. Explore the diverse expressions of models created by eight teams of architects for this exhibition.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Suntory Museum of Art

2026.4.22 - 2026.6.21

Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–89) was a painter active during the final years of the Edo period and the Meiji period. This exhibition showcases approximately 110 works, including original paintings and prints, from the Israel Goldman Collection, London.

Adults ￥1,800

Note: Discounts available for students

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2026.4.25 - 2026.7.26

A retrospective exhibition of American picture book author and designer Eric Carle, known for “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” It showcases approximately 180 works, including original picture book illustrations and works from Carle’s years as a graphic designer.

Adults ￥2,300

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

TOBACCO & SALT MUSEUM

2026.4.25 - 2026.6.21

A special exhibition focused on kanban signboards and hikifuda, printed flyers distributed to clients. It explores the evolution of commerce in the Meiji period (1868-1912) through paintings depicting shops, hikifuda announcing store openings and sales, advertisements, and more.

Adults ￥300

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO

2026.4.25 - 2026.7.5

This exhibition presents, in multiple phases, works that have been revived through the Sumitomo Foundation’s cultural property restoration grants. It also introduces the significance and outcomes of cultural property restoration, as well as the tools used in the restoration process.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO

2026.4.25 - 2026.7.5

An exhibition of works by Konoshima Okoku, a Nihonga painter active from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to the Showa period (1926-89). It explores his use of color through works including the complete “Folding Screens of the Four Seasons” series, originally created for the great hall of the Sumitomo residence, as well as bird-and-flower-and-animal paintings and portraits.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM

2026.4.25 - 2026.6.28

Shintaro Tanaka, an avant-garde artist active since the 1960s, is the subject of this retrospective exhibition. It displays approximately 40 pieces, ranging from paintings never before shown in Japan to his later two-dimensional works and metal drawings.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2026.4.28 - 2026.7.5

This is the first retrospective in Japan of Andrew Wyeth, one of the leading American painters of the 20th century, since his passing. It focuses on the “boundaries” depicted in his works and reexamines Wyeth’s inner world.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Mori Art Museum

2026.4.29 - 2026.9.23

The first large-scale solo exhibition in Japan in approximately 18 years by UK-based contemporary artist Ron Mueck. It showcases eleven of his major works, including “Mass,” a piece comprising 100 giant skull sculptures.

Adults ￥2,300

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

CHIHIRO ART MUSEUM TOKYO

2026.5.15 - 2026.7.20

Introducing magical picture books from the Chihiro Art Museum Collection, which includes artworks and other materials related to Japanese and international picture book authors as well as to the history of picture books. The exhibition invites visitors into the uniquely wondrous worlds that only picture books can create.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

2026.5.16 - 2026.7.12

With the theme of “Gaudí’s Windows,” this exhibition in Barcelona, Tokyo and Toyama marks the 100th anniversary of the passing of architect Antoni Gaudí. In Tokyo, a satellite exhibition with its own unique display configuration will be held.
*Organized by window manufacturer YKK AP Inc.

free

Yamatane Museum of Art

2026.5.16 - 2026.7.26

This first installment of a special exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the museum’s opening looks back on the works of Nihonga painter Kawai Gyokudō. It introduces his early masterpiece “Cormorant Fishing” and other significant works ranging from the Meiji period to the Taisho period and the Showa period.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Gotoh Museum

2026.5.23 - 2026.7.20

A display of Japanese, Chinese and Korean ceramics from the museum’s collection. Around 80 outstanding works are presented at once, including Chinese celadon, blue-and-white porcelain and five-color porcelain, as well as tea ceramics from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty and Japan’s Momoyama period.

Adults ￥1,100

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Fuchu Art Museum

2026.5.23 - 2026.7.12

This is the first large-scale solo museum exhibition for painter Yoko Matsumoto. It introduces 45 representative works selected in collaboration with the artist herself, including her latest pieces and a series of paintings dominated by her signature pink.

Adults ￥800

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2026.5.26 - 2026.7.26

This is the largest exhibition to date of fashion designer Hiroko Koshino. It introduces approximately 200 artworks and other materials, including not only fashion but also paintings, calligraphy, music and videos.

Adults ￥2,200

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Ueno Royal Museum

2026.5.29 - 2026.8.12

This grand Van Gogh exhibition showcases paintings from Vincent van Gogh in two installments. This first installment displays approximately 60 works, including “Terrace of a Café at Night (Place du Forum),” and introduces the first half of Van Gogh’s life.

Adults ￥3,000

Note: Discounts available for students

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Nezu Museum

2026.5.30 - 2026.7.12

This exhibition focuses on the writing found within paintings and craftworks, such as signatures and poetic and other inscriptions written in the margins to appraise or complement a painting). It introduces the various roles these written characters play within the artworks.

Adults ￥1,600

Note: Discounts available for students

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

2026.6.6 - 2026.8.12

This is the second special exhibition commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Nihon Mingeikan (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum). In addition to looking back at past exhibitions, it showcases the works of Soetsu Yanagi, who launched the Mingei (folk crafts) movement alongside Kanjiro Kawai and Shoji Hamada.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

The National Art Center, Tokyo

2026.6.10 - 2026.9.21

This is the international traveling edition of the special exhibition originally held in Paris to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's passing. British designer Paul Smith directed the venue layout, and approximately 80 works by Picasso are showcased.

Adults ￥2,400

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo

2026.6.13 - 2026.9.23

This exhibition explores the art born in cafes during the late 19th century, including "Le Chat Noir" in Montmartre, Paris. It displays masterpieces by artists such as Impressionists, Van Gogh, Lautrec, Picasso, and Casas.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2026.6.16 - 2026.9.13

This exhibition features approximately 60 silver gelatin prints, which represent the origin of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto's artistic practice. It comprehensively covers his work from early pieces in the late 1970s to his recent creations, and also includes numerous works being exhibited for the first time in the world.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students

Matsuoka Museum of Art

2026.6.16 - 2026.10.12

An exhibition focused on British Victorian-era paintings and French Impressionist paintings from the late 19th century. Enjoy these works capturing beautiful scenes of nature’s gentle breezes and shifting light.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts

2026.6.19 - 2026.8.30

An exhibition of works by artist and printmaker Shinzaburo Takeda, who moved to Mexico in 1963 and has worked there ever since. It primarily displays his works produced up to the 1990s.

Free

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

2026.6.23 - 2026.8.23

Highlights the animals and monsters depicted in ukiyo-e paintings. From cute animals to scary monsters and strange, mysterious creatures, this exhibition examines how these unique characters have been depicted.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

EDO-TOKYO MUSEUM

2026.6.23 - 2026.8.23

This exhibition features Western-style buildings in Japan during the Meiji period. Discover a history of builders and architects taking on new challenges, from master carpenters’ Giyofu architecture with both Japanese and Western elements, to foreign architects like Josiah Conder and Japanese architects, including Kingo Tatsuno and others, who learned from Conder.

Adults ￥1,600

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Sumida Hokusai Museum

2026.6.23 - 2026.8.30

This exhibition focuses primarily on different series depicting Mt. Fuji from two Maestros of ukiyo-e landscape prints, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige. Discover how works from these two artistic greats diverge and intersect.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Artizon Museum

2026.6.23 - 2026.10.4

This is the first large-scale retrospective exhibition in Japan of famed 20th-century Italian architect and designer, Ettore Sottsass. Enjoy a vast array of works featuring bold colors and shapes.
*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to TAKIGUCHI Shuzo: Writing and Drawing

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Artizon Museum

2026.6.23 - 2026.10.4

An impressive display of works from renowned Showa-period (1926-89) poet and art critic Takiguchi Shuzo. With approximately 140 works in total, this exhibition introduces Takiguchi’s activities and works alongside works by related artists such as Paul Klee, Marcel Duchamp and Joan Miró.
*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to Ettore Sottsass: Design begins where magic begins

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

2026.6.27 - 2026.8.23

An exhibition of works from early ukiyo-e pioneer Hishikawa Moronobu. It features a collection of Genroku-period paintings such as the “Genre Scenes of Twelve Months” scroll depicting scenes from ordinary life, together with many of his most famous works.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

2026.7.1 - 2026.9.27

A special exhibition commemorating 70 years of Antarctic research and observation. Experience the real Antarctica as you touch actual Antarctic ice, discover an ice core from deep below the surface, view a meteorite display, experience a blizzard, and more.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2026.7.2 - 2026.9.21

The second installment of the TOP collection for 2026. This exhibition introduces photography and films from 14 artists based on the theme of “food.” Browse an extensive selection of works with wide-ranging perspectives on food.

Adults ￥700

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Hachioji Yume Art Museum

2026.7.3 - 2026.8.30

Introducing diverse design work from the Meiji and Taisho periods by artists such as Hisui Sugiura and Yumeji Takehisa. Discover the world of Taisho Imagerie through beautifully enchanting book covers, posters and postcards.

Adults ￥900

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Toguri Museum of Art

2026.7.3 - 2026.9.21

This exhibit introduces the charm of Imari ware used for enhancing the sake-drinking experience, as well as Edo-period drinking culture. Approximately 80 works are on display, divided into categories such as sake bottles and sake cups.

Adults ￥1,300

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Station Gallery

2026.7.4 - 2026.8.30

This retrospective exhibition commemorates 130 years since the birth of Western-style painter Maeta Kanji. In addition to Maeta’s own works fusing a poetic sensibility with realism, you can also see works by members of the 1930 Society, which marks its centennial this year.

Adults ¥1,600

Note: Discounts available for students

Mitsui Memorial Museum

2026.7.4 - 2026.8.30

This exhibition highlights the Buddhist art handed down at Kyoto’s ancient Shinshogokuraku-ji (Shinnyodo Temple), as well as the world of Buddhist sculpture in the 10th century, when the temple was founded. It presents Buddhist statues created on Mt. Hiei and in Kyoto, the ancient capital, together with works connected to the Mitsui family, whose family temple is Shinnyodo.

Adults ￥1,500

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Shoto Museum of Art

2026.7.4 - 2026.9.6

The largest-ever retrospective exhibition of works from Western-style painter Takashima Yajuro. Approximately 170 works and related artists, unaffiliated with any art groups and known as “the solitary artist,” are on display, including well-known pieces and pieces on public display for the first time.

Adults ￥1,000

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Bunkamura

2026.7.4 - 2026.8.26

This large-scale exhibition arrives in Japan after already receiving 140,000 visitors on its world tour so far. It brings together approximately 200 diverse works transcending conventional frameworks of photography from 30 female Japanese photographers who have captured the world’s attention.
*Hikarie Hall (Shibuya) will serve as the exhibition venue.

Adults ￥2,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities