Expositions actuelles et à venir dans Tokyo

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

2025.7.19 - 2025.12.14

This exhibition showcases archaeological artifacts, as well as folklore and art materials, from the Jomon period collected by the former Musashino Folklore Museum, the predecessor of the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum. It also introduces the museum’s history of preserving cultural heritage.

Adults ￥400

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.8.2 - 2025.11.24

To mark this milestone 30th anniversary, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo presents “Nine Profiles: 1935→2025,” a survey of 90 years of art exhibited over nine rooms, each dedicated to a different ten-year period.

Adults ￥500

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.8.23 - 2025.11.24

The exhibition is the first mid-career retrospective for Aki Sasamoto (1980–). It will provide an introduction to the New York–based Sasamoto’s oeuvre and explore how her themes and methods have evolved over two decades as a working artist.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo National Museum

2025.9.9 - 2025.11.30

The seated statue of the Bodhisattva Maitreya (Miroku Bosatsu), a masterpiece and national treasure in the Northern Round Hall of Kohfukuji Temple in Nara from famed Buddhist sculptor Unkei, is on public display outside the temple for the first time in nearly 60 years. Seven Buddhist figures designated as national treasures will be on display together, recreating how the temple’s inner sanctuary must have looked at the time of its reconstruction during the Kamakura period (1185-1333).

Adults ￥1,700

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2025.9.12 - 2025.12.21

This exhibition features over 30 works by Vincent van Gogh, as well as four letters on display in Japan for the first time. It focuses on Vincent’s works and dreams, as shared with future generations by his brother Theo and Theo’s wife Jo.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Note: On weekends, national holidays, and from Tuesday, December 16 onward, admission will be by timed-entry reservation.

The Sumida Hokusai Museum

2025.9.16 - 2025.11.24

This exhibition focuses on Katsushika Hokusai as a master of bijinga (pictures of beautiful women), although he is more famous for his landscapes. It explores Hokusai’s roots in bijinga and the evolution of his style in that genre, while also introducing works from other ukiyo-e artists of his era.

Adults ￥1,500

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The National Art Center, Tokyo

2025.9.17 - 2025.12.15

The largest ever Bvlgari exhibition in Japan. Based on the theme of “colors,” it showcases approximately 350 pieces of precious jewelry, modern art, installations, and more.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Paper Museum

2025.9.20 - 2025.11.30

Introducing the appeal of composite art by asking how ukiyo-e prints are created, this exhibition examines the roles and manufacturing processes of the publishers, painters, woodcarvers, printers and others involved.

Adults ￥400

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Fuchu Art Museum

2025.9.20 - 2025.12.7

Cats typically played a supporting role in western paintings, but painter FOUJITA Tsuguharu (Léonard Foujita) placed them center stage in a wide range of creative works. This exhibition introduces pictures of cats considered to be subject matter unique to Japanese Western-style painting.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Sompo Museum of Art

2025.9.20 - 2025.12.14

An exhibition of works from Maurice Utrillo, a painter known for depicting the cityscapes of early 20th-century Paris. This exhibition presents a comprehensive view of Utrillo’s body of work through approximately 70 artworks and other materials, ranging from his early to late periods.

Adults ￥1,800

Note: Discounts available for students

Takehisa Yumeji Museum

2025.9.20 - 2025.12.21

Discover works from the early Showa era by painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa, who is widely known as a symbol of Taisho Roman culture. Based on the theme of “Yumeji in Showa,” this exhibition introduces the results of the artist’s visits to western countries and lesser-known aspects of this period.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Mitsui Memorial Museum

2025.9.26 - 2025.11.24

This exhibition showcases the works of Maruyama Ōkyo, a famous 18th-century painter from the Kyoto Gadan school. It explores how he became an innovator and a great master through major works, such as his newly discovered first collaboration with Itō Jakuchū.

Adults ￥1,800

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

2025.9.27 - 2026.1.18

This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the International Exhibition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts through Van Cleef & Arpels High Jewelry creations. It features carefully selected works of recognized historical value.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Note: The exhibition requires reservations for date and time.

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2025.9.30 - 2026.1.7

Volume 22 of the Contemporary Japanese Photography exhibition, aimed at discovering promising artists and exploring new methods of creation. It introduces works from five contemporary artists telling small stories from daily life.

Adults ￥700

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art

2025.10.4 - 2025.12.17

This exhibition introduces design and craft works from Vienna’s early 19th-century Biedermeier era and the fin de siècle, two artistic periods with distinctly modern styles. See an array of pieces from Viennese studios, as well as delicate drawings from Gustav Klimt.

Adults ￥1,500

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

* Time-specific reservations are required for visits on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

2025.10.4 - 2025.12.21

On the occasion of Osaka/Kansai Expo 2025, this exhibition features over 20 works—including national treasures and important cultural properties—that were previously shown at an expo at the beginning of the twentieth century. A huge painting by Kikuchi Yōsai is also on display for the first time.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Yamatane Museum of Art

2025.10.4 - 2025.11.30

The second installment of “A Nihonga Pilgrimage,” which showcases Nihonga paintings depicting real-life places. It introduces iconic spots in Japan and overseas, including the first public exhibition of Yamaguchi Akira’s “Tokei (Tokyo): The Tokyo Olympic Games in 1940 and 1964.”

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Eisei Bunko Museum

2025.10.4 - 2025.11.30

An exhibition commemorating the conservation and return of important cultural property “Black Cat” by Hishida Shunso. See all four works by Shunso in the museum collection, divided into his early and late periods, together with exquisite works by leading modern Japanese painters.

Adults ￥1,000

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Toguri Museum of Art

2025.10.10 - 2025.12.21

The continuation of a summer and fall series showcasing the colors of Edo period (1603-1867) Imari ware. Featuring approximately 80 pieces, the fall exhibition focuses on paint colors and examines the exquisiteness of color trends across different time periods and color combinations.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Artizon Museum

2025.10.11 - 2026.1.12

Featuring Western-style painter YASUI Sotaro. This exhibition explores the trajectory of Yasui’s artistic career, with a focus on the significant work, “Seated Lady,” that established his unique style featuring the use of deformé.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo

2025.10.11 - 2026.1.25

Displaying approximately 310 items from the Art Deco period, including garments, accessories, documents and paintings, this exhibition introduces dresses and small accessories created by leading Parisian houses of couture such as Lanvin and Chanel.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

2025.10.25 - 2026.2.15

A collection of impressionist masterpieces from Degas, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more, based on the topic of “inside.” Enjoy browsing approximately 100 works, including about 70 from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

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

The Gotoh Museum

2025.10.28 - 2025.12.7

An exhibition of blue and white kosometsuke and shonzui porcelain works created in Chinese Jingdezhen folk kilns in the first half of the 17th century. Discover the different charms of these two genres, which both feature distinctive blue patterns.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Matsuoka Museum of Art

2025.10.28 - 2026.2.8

The third installation of an exhibition marking 50 years since the museum’s opening. It offers insight into the life of museum founder, Seijiro Matsuoka, and introduces his various collections ranging from colorful wooden coffins of Ancient Egypt to Chagall.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

CHIHIRO ART MUSEUM TOKYO

2025.10.31 - 2026.2.1

This exhibition focuses on three remarkable women—Chihiro Iwasaki (picture book illustrator), Noriko Ibaraki (poet) and Toshiko Okanoue (artist). In conjunction with the publication of a related book, the exhibition explores their true identities through the theme of “attire.”

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Nezu Museum

2025.11.1 - 2025.12.7

This special exhibition commemorates the 1200th birthday of Ariwara no Narihira, the amorous nobleman and poet behind the protagonist of the “Tales of Ise”, a Heian period (794-1185) collection of poems and stories. Enjoy a gathering of the fascinating works of art inspired by the “Tales of Ise.”

Online timed-entry ticket Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students

National Museum of Nature and Science

2025.11.1 - 2026.2.23

A special exhibition examining the evolution of life from the “Big Five” largest extinction events in history. It shares archaeological findings from Morrocco and specimens on display for the first time in Japan.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students

Bunkamura

2025.12.2 - 2026.1.18

The largest retrospective exhibition of influential Scandinavian designer Hans Wegner ever held in Japan. The exhibition explores Wegner’s achievements and design philosophy through an extensive selection of works and related materials.
*Hikarie Hall (Shibuya) will serve as the exhibition venue.

Adults ￥2,300

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Mori Art Museum

2025.12.3 - 2026.3.29

The eighth edition of Roppongi Crossing, a series of modern art exhibitions staged every three years. Based on the theme of “time,” this exhibition introduces 21 artists/artist groups active in Japan and overseas.

Adults ￥2,200

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

2025.10.25 - 2026.2.15

An exhibition of woodcut series from Albrecht Dürer's “Three Great Books,” showcasing the German Renaissance artist's work. Experience the essence of Dürer's woodcut artistry rendered in black lines.

Adults ￥500

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Mori Arts Center Gallery

2025.11.22 - 2026.3.1

After attracting 540 thousand visitors worldwide, this Machu Picchu exhibition makes its Asia debut. Along with approximately 130 cultural artifacts, it also features a space recreating World Heritage Site Machu Picchu with unique technology.

Adults ￥2,900

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Mitsui Memorial Museum

2025.12.6 - 2026.2.1

The exhibit showcases the complete “Records of Kumano Pilgrimage,” a diary and national treasure written by renowned nobleman and poet Fujiwara no Teika. It also features tea utensils and other items decorated in the style of Teika, which were favored by the famed tea master and aristocrat Kobori Enshu, among others.

Adults ￥1,200

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Sumida Hokusai Museum

2025.12.11 - 2026.2.23

Widely distributed as famous products of Edo, ukiyo-e also serves as a medium for communicating information. Discover the history, techniques and themes of this artistic genre through the works of Katsushika Hokusai and other ukiyo-e artists.

Adults ￥1,000

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

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum

2025.12.13 - 2026.3.22

A display of ceramic artworks submitted by the public for the 11th Kikuchi Biennale. Introducing 46 prize-winning pieces selected from 452 entries, this exhibition showcases “the present of ceramics” through works from a wide array of artists.

Adults ￥1,100

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Gotoh Museum

2025.12.16 - 2026.2.11

Showcasing approximately 80 works in the museum’s tea utensil collection. Featuring tea utensils connected to daimyo and tea master Matsudaira Fumai, such as kaiseki utensils and charcoal utensils, as well as lacquerware pieces used in the tea ceremony.

Adults ￥1,100

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

National Film Archive of Japan

2025.12.16 - 2026.3.22

This exhibition features photographs of famous Hollywood directors and actors from the collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that hosts the annual Academy Awards in the United States. Come rediscover the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Adults ￥250

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Nezu Museum

2025.12.20 - 2026.2.1

Nezu Kaichirō Sr. collected a vast array of pre-modern artworks including textiles. This exhibition showcases his collection of beautiful textile works featured in “Ayanishiki” (Rich Brocade), the catalogue of works that he lent for Taisho era (1912-26) exhibitions in Nishijin, Kyoto Prefecture.

Adults ￥1,300

Note: Discounts available for students

Fuchu Art Museum

2025.12.20 - 2026.3.1

A retrospective exhibition of Narashige Koide, a Western-style painter from Osaka who was active from the Taisho era (1912-26) to the early Showa period (1926-1989). Introducing the artist’s works, including his Japanese-style paintings, glass paintings, book bindings and essays.

Adults ￥800

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2025.12.25 - 2026.3.29

An exhibition commemorating the winners of the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award for mid-career artists. Through the collaboration of Tetsuya Umeda and Haji Oh, winners of the 5th Award, a new view will be created featuring both new and past works.

*Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Arts and Space / Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

Free

Yayoi Museum

2026.1.3 - 2026.3.29

An exhibition focused on women’s hakama trends during the transition from Japanese-style to Western-style fashions. Sharing the appeal and significance of women’s hakama through paintings, photographs and actual clothing from the Meiji era (1868-1912) to the present.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students

Takehisa Yumeji Museum

2026.1.3 - 2026.3.29

Painted envelopes were popular in Japan from the Taisho era (1912-26) to the early Showa period (1926-1989). Focusing on works from Yumeji Takehisa and Kaichi Kobayashi, popular artists of the time, this exhibition explores the charms of painted envelopes reflecting the trends of the era.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

2025.11.14 - 2025.12.14

Displaying “Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo,” a famous series of artworks from Utagawa Hirokage, a pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige. The exhibit introduces this series of 50 works humorously depicting people’s daily lives in Edo.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2025.11.18 - 2026.1.8

The 9th annual Ueno Artist Project. Focusing on diverse forms and styles of embroidery pieces, this exhibition introduces five famous Japanese embroiderers whose combined careers span from the early 20th century to today.

Adults ￥800

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Shoto Museum of Art

2025.11.18 - 2026.2.1

A retrospective exhibition exploring the creative activities of YASUHIKO Yoshikazu, an animator and manga artist who is best known for his character design work in MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM. It introduces numerous works spanning his almost 50-year-long career.

Adults ￥1,000

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

*Reservations (date and time) are required from January 24 to February 1, 2026.

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

2025.11.21 - 2026.3.8

Focusing on six maestros of 20th-century design, including Bruno Munari and Max Bill, this exhibition introduces their work and the impact they had on society.

Adults ￥1,600

Note: Discounts available for students

Suntory Museum of Art

2025.11.22 - 2026.1.12

Focusing on Negoro, lacquerware made by layering red on top of black lacquer. Along with introducing masterpieces of beautiful color and form, this exhibition also explores the artform’s origins at Negoroji Temple (in Wakayama Prefecture), which flourished in the medieval period.

Adults ￥1,800

Note: Discounts available for students

Okura Museum of Art

2025.11.22 - 2026.1.18

An exhibition highlighting doshakuga portraits of figures connected to Daoism and Buddhism. Displaying statues of Kannon and other Bodhisattvas, who bring people happiness and courage, the Seven Lucky Gods, Shoki, and more, it introduces various forms of Shinto gods and Buddhas with an emphasis on the Edo period (1603-1867).

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Station Gallery

2025.11.22 - 2026.1.18

A large retrospective exhibition of Western-style painter Tokusaburo Kobayashi. It explores his artistic career through works featuring fish, such as sardines and horse mackerel, and vegetables, as well as family and scenic paintings showing daily life.

Adults ￥1,300

Note: Discounts available for students

SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM

2025.11.22 - 2026.2.1

Introducing the artisanship of the minä perhonen brand based on the key phrase TSUGU, a Japanese word meaning “to inherit,” “to connect,” “to follow” and “to tell.” This exhibition explores the work and thought behind this brand through apparel, products and other items created by handicraft and artisans.

Adults ￥1,700

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass