Current & Upcoming Exhibitions in Tokyo

Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum

2025.1.18 - 2025.5.6

From January 18th, 2025, Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum will present the exhibition, “Encouragement of Japanese Contemporary Ceramics Kikuchi Collection.” With approximately 60 works from the 1970s to the 1980s, this exhibition will showcase the diverse vision and development of the Japanese contemporary ceramic artists.

Adults ￥1,100

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Yayoi Museum

2025.2.1 - 2025.6.1

This exhibition features Aoike Yasuko, a cartoonist renowned for “From Eroica with Love.” Some 300 color and monochrome original drawings and manuscripts are exhibited along with original drawings only displayed at this venue.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Takehisa Yumeji Museum

2025.2.1 - 2025.6.1

Takehisa Yumeji is renowned as a poet and painter who conveyed the atmosphere of the Taisho period. “Beauty in the Yumeji Style” reflected his personal ideal of female perfection, while works depicting his romantic affiliations are introduced. Messages intended for children and society at large are also focused on.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Mori Art Museum

2025.2.13 - 2025.6.8

This exhibition highlights contemporary art that incorporates game engines, AI, virtual reality, generative AI, and more. These pieces consider the relationship between humans and technology, and delve deeply into issues affecting our modern world.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Mori Art Museum

2025.2.13 - 2025.6.8

Focusing on the rise and fall of underground culture (or angura in Japanese) that once swept through society, this exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on the history of the underground arts, as well as relevant ideas and key figures through printed materials such as posters and leaflets.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo

2025.2.15 - 2025.5.11

A joint project in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this exhibition examines the history of British painter Aubrey Beardsley. Featuring approximately 220 pieces of Beardsley’s art, including well known illustrations and hand-drawn sketches.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students

Matsuoka Museum of Art

2025.2.25 - 2025.6.1

Commemorating 50 years of the Matsuoka Art Museum by recreating the original museum opening exhibition of 1975 to 1976. This exhibition features a selection of works displayed by the museum during those years, including Eastern ceramic pieces and Japanese paintings, and reflects on that moment in history.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2025.2.27 - 2025.6.8

A solo exhibition from photographer and artist Takano Ryudai. Discover Takano’s body of work showcasing the ordinary, including pieces being shown publicly for the first time and those highlighting Takano’s original term “kasubaba,” literally meaning “junk places” in Japanese.

Adults ￥700

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2025.3.1 - 2025.7.6

A major retrospective exhibition of renowned 20th-century Spanish painter Joan Miró. It offers a comprehensive introduction to Miró’s works, featuring paintings, ceramics, and sculptures from his early period until his final years, including the “Constellations” series.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Artizon Museum

2025.3.1 - 2025.6.1

Introducing creative work of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, who began her career as a textile designer, and her husband, the sculptor, painter and poet Jean Arp. This exhibition reassesses the creative potential of a couple’s partnership.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to the HAZAMA Inosuke and The Ishibashi Foundation Collection Highlights.

Artizon Museum

2025.3.1 - 2025.6.1

An exhibition of the artist Hazama Inosuke, a student of Henri Matisse. It features approximately 60 works by Hazama—oil paintings, prints, and ceramics—alongside works with connections to the artist from the collection of Western paintings, including pieces by Matisse and Rousseau collected by Hazama.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to the Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Jean Arp and The Ishibashi Foundation Collection Highlights.

Artizon Museum

2025.3.1 - 2025.9.21

This exhibition showcases masterpieces from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection, including French Impressionism and other nineteenth- and twentieth-century modern Western art, abstract art from the twentieth century to the present day, and modern and contemporary Japanese art.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

*Admission fee is 500 yen during the period from June 10 to June 22.
*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to the Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Jean Arp and HAZAMA Inosuke.
*Some exhibits will be changed during the museum’s June 2 to June 9 closure.

CHIHIRO ART MUSEUM TOKYO

2025.3.1 - 2025.5.11

With various paintings from Chihiro Iwasaki, photographs featuring her, photographs she took herself, and photographs with her family, this exhibition shares a fascinating photo that explores the source of Chihiro’s creativity.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2025.3.4 - 2025.6.15

The first major retrospective exhibition in Asia of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint. Approximately 140 works are being shown in Japan for the first time, including her representative series of work “The Paintings for the Temple,” which features “The Ten Largest,” a set of ten paintings.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

2025.3.7 - 2025.6.15

The exhibition features original ramen bowls by 40 artists, new ramen stalls by three architects, and an introduction to the climate and history of the Tono region, where the bowls are produced. An exhibition that reveals ramen from the bowl.

Adults ￥1,600

Note: Discounts available for students

Yamatane Museum of Art

2025.3.8 - 2025.5.11

An impressive collection of famous works featuring cherry blossoms. In addition to Japanese paintings such as Togyu Okumura’s “Cherry Blossoms at Daigo-ji Temple” and Gyokudo Kawai’s “Spring Breeze, Spring Stream” as well as displays inspired by nighttime views of cherry blossoms, visitors can even see “The Weeping Cherry Tree of the Regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi” that served as the model for “Cherry Blossoms at Daigo-ji Temple.”

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

2025.3.11 - 2025.6.8

This exhibition asks visitors to consider from what perspective they view these pieces from both the San Diego Museum of Art and the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Explore Western art history from the Renaissance to the 19th century.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

2025.3.14 - 2025.6.1

This exhibition explains the shift from geocentric to heliocentric approaches with the eye-catching anime. Visitors can learn about the universe while immersed in the world of this work.

Adults ￥2,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Fuchu Art Museum

2025.3.15 - 2025.5.11

This exhibition introduces works from Edo-period Western painters SHIBA Kokan and AODO Denzen. It examines the charms of Western paintings while highlighting how modeling incorporating perspective adds to their appeal.

Adults ￥800

Note: Discounts available for students

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Paper Museum

2025.3.15 - 2025.5.18

An exhibition of works from Takashi Ueda who revived the technology of kinkarakawashi, which became popular in the Meiji period, as kinkarakami (Japanese Leather-like Paper). It focuses on restored wallpaper from important cultural properties in architecture.

Adults ￥400

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

National Museum of Nature and Science

2025.3.15 - 2025.6.15

This exhibition explores the history of Japan with excavated ancient human bones, archaeological artifacts, and high-resolution CG images of ancient human skulls. Another feature is about the dogs and cats that have long had close relationships with human beings, presenting the history of their arrival in Japan, as revealed through methods such as DNA analysis.

Adults ￥2,100

Note: Discounts available for students

The Sumida Hokusai Museum

2025.3.18 - 2025.5.25

Showcases the producers, called hanmoto, who were tasked with planning ukiyo-e paintings, hiring painters, and directing carvers and printers. Enjoy works from Hokusai and today’s artists, which were put into the world by these producers.

Adults ￥1,000

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The National Art Center, Tokyo

2025.3.19 - 2025.6.30

This exhibition examines the modern house of 20th-century architects in seven dimensions, including hygiene, materiality and windows. It introduces 14 masterworks of residential architecture from around the world.

Adults ￥1,800

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts

2025.3.20 - 2025.6.15

This exhibition examines the 1200-year history of Japanese prints from the perspective of cultural exchange within East Asia. Introducing approximately 240 works, including the Muku Joko Daidarani-kyo—a printed Buddhist scripture that is the oldest printed material currently in existence in Japan.

Adults ￥800

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

2025.3.20 - 2025.6.15

An exhibition exploring shifting trends in food culture from old Edo to modern Tokyo through the Edo-Tokyo Museum collection, featuring ukiyo-e and restaurant rankings from Edo period, Meiji era tableware, and more.

Adults ￥400

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo National Museum

2025.3.25 - 2025.8.3

A project from the Tokyo National Museum and NHK introducing Japanese culture with immersive, high-definition videos. Learn about everything from Jomon pottery to anime, with a focus on national treasures and important cultural properties.

Adults ￥2,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

2025.3.30 - 2025.6.1

This exhibition features tools for daily life selected from the museum collection by Naoto Fukasawa, product designer and director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum. It introduces the charm of mingei that capture the unexpected beauty of ordinary daily life.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum

2025.4.3 - 2025.6.21

Introducing clothes from the collection with similar shapes and patterns despite coming from different cultures and countries. Look and compare these pieces to discover and contemplate what they have in common and the deeper meaning of clothing.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

2025.4.3 - 2025.5.25

An exhibition of flower-and-bird painter Ohara Koson who created works during the Meiji and Taisho periods. It features flower-and-bird woodblock prints with cute bird motifs.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Tokyo Station Gallery

2025.4.5 - 2025.6.15

The first large-scale solo exhibition of Finnish artist Tapio Wirkkala held in Japan. Featuring approximately 300 works, including glassworks, woodcarvings, design objects, photographs, and more.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

2025.4.5 - 2025.6.22

This exhibition highlights the mysterious black seen in Yōhen Tenmoku tea bowls, of which only three now exist in the world. It introduces artworks that make powerful use of the color black, including national treasure “Inaba Tenmoku”, Japanese swords and iron sword guards. This exhibition uses the latest research to explore the hidden mysteries of the Yōhen Tenmoku tea bowls.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO

2025.4.5 - 2025.5.18

This is the second installment in a series of exhibitions that showcases Konoshima Okoku’s entire series of folding screens of the four seasons and introduces the distinctive characteristics of his painting style. This time, the focus is on his figure paintings and exploring the mysteries of line drawing.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2025.4.5 - 2025.6.22

The TOP Collection is a collaborative project from five curators. Based on the theme of “continuity and change,” this exhibition examines photographs and visual artwork spanning from the 19th and 20th centuries to the present day.

Adults ￥700

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Hachioji Yume Art Museum

2025.4.5 - 2025.6.1

A solo exhibition of works from Errol Le Cain, called “the enchanter of images” for his style that interweaves artistic expression from all different times and places. Discover the charms of his works through picture book illustrations, sketches and more.

Adults ￥900

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Mitsui Memorial Museum

2025.4.12 - 2025.6.15

Displaying an extensive collection including two National Treasures and seven Important Cultural Properties from the museum's collection, such as swords, lacquered sword mountings, as well as armor associated with the Mitsui family, and battle scrolls. Additionally, Children’s Dolls from the Mitsui family will also be exhibited.

Adults ￥1,200

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art

2025.4.12 - 2025.6.22

A solo exhibition of Odilon Redon, a French artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It presents a full picture of his artistic journey through approximately 110 works from museums in Japan and overseas.

Adults ￥1,300

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Sompo Museum of Art

2025.4.12 - 2025.6.22

This exhibition introduces the works of Foujita Tsuguharu (Léonard Foujita) through seven perspectives. It contains about 150 works, such as oil paintings, woodblock prints, and other materials. There is also an exhibition of works by nine Japanese artists with a deep connection to Foujita.

Adults ￥1,800

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Toguri Museum of Art

2025.4.12 - 2025.6.29

This exhibition introduces old Imari ware—which was also valued in the west—intended for export. Works on display include a late 17th-century Kakiemon-style flower-shaped dish, Kinrande style porcelain, and blue-and-white.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Okura Museum of Art

2025.4.15 - 2025.6.29

An exhibition introducing Noh costumes and Kyogen masks, connected to the families of Inshu Ikeda, Bizen Ikeda and Yoriyasu Arima, from the museum’s collection. It also showcases other works that depict Noh and Kyogen as well as equipment used in Noh.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo National Museum

2025.4.22 - 2025.6.15

An exhibition introducing various aspects of Edo culture through the works of Tsutaya Jūzaburō, the publisher who brought ukiyo-e artists such as Utamaro to prominence. This exhibition is also connected to the 2025 NHK period drama which features Jūzaburō as its subject.

Adults ￥2,100

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Tokyo National Museum

2025.4.22 - 2025.6.15

A display of “contemporary ukiyo-e” from approximately 80 artists created using traditional woodblock print techniques that brought ukiyo-e to life. This exhibition reveals possibilities for continuing traditional techniques from the present into the future.

Adults ￥1,400

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

TOBACCO & SALT MUSEUM

2025.4.26 - 2025.6.22

An exhibition of ukiyo-e prints connected to the Sumida River from the museum’s collection. See charming views of Edo depicted in various works, such as series featuring famous places in Edo, local temples and shrines, famous flower-viewing spots, and restaurants.

Adults ￥300

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM

2025.4.26 - 2025.6.22

A new initiative from painter Tadanori Yokoo — linked paintings. Introducing approximately 60 new oil paintings—mainly in size 150—inspired by a single commemorative photograph, along with related works and sketches.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Eisei Bunko Museum

2025.4.26 - 2025.6.22

Extending 400 meters, Ryonaimeishozukan is the longest set of handscrolls in Japan. This exhibition introduces landscape paintings and production history details from seven of the fourteen still-remaining scrolls, along with photographs of the depicted areas.

Adults ￥1,000

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Mori Arts Center Gallery

2025.4.26 - 2025.6.29

An exhibition featuring Godzilla depicted through various artforms. The display showcases a collection of new works from leading Japanese and international artists, as well as a diorama and special film only available at this venue.

Adults ￥2,500

Note: Discounts available for students

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.4.26 - 2025.6.29

A collaborative project from contemporary sonic arts platform Soundwalk Collective and poet and performer Patti Smith. A time-transcending exhibition makes its debut in Japan.

Adults ￥1,800

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.4.29 - 2025.7.21

A solo exhibition of plastic artist Kenjiro Okazaki’s diverse works spanning architecture, environmental cultural sphere initiative, children’s books and robotics. It introduces approximately 100 works with a focus on new works created since 2021.

Adults ￥2,000

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.4.29 - 2025.7.21

As a special exhibition celebrating the museum's 30th anniversary, the display is organized into nine rooms, each representing a decade of contemporary art from 1935 to the present. The exhibition showcases works from the collection, including pieces by artists such as TSURUOKA Masao and KUSAMA Yayoi, presented from a variety of perspectives.

Adults ￥500

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Suntory Museum of Art

2025.4.29 - 2025.6.15

Japan’s most famous demon—Shutendōji—is featured in this exhibition. It showcases artist Kano Motonobu’s Shutendōji Picture Scroll, the designated important cultural property known as the 'beginning of the pictorialization' of this demon. Various works from later years with the same theme are also on display.

Adults ￥1,700

Note: Discounts available for students