Expositions actuelles et à venir dans Tokyo

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.

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yamatane Museum of Art

2025.12.6 - 2026.2.15

A special exhibition introducing modern and contemporary paintings based on the theme of “love.” Enjoy a wide range of paintings depicting various forms of love, such as romantic love, familial love, love for one’s hometown, love for animals, and more.

Adults ￥1,400

Note: Discounts available for students 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

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

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

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

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

2026.1.2 - 2026.3.22

An exhibition with the theme of “battling Buddhas.” Featuring works such as the famous sculptures of the 12 divine generals that once stood in Jōruriji Temple, as well as tomb guardians from China’s Tang Dynasty with connections to similar figures developed in Japan.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

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

2026.1.6 - 2026.3.1

This exhibition focuses on “ojisan,” the often-unnamed, everyday men who frequently appear in ukiyo-e works from artists such as Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai. Explore the unique charm of these unsung figures.

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum

2026.1.6 - 2026.3.3

Introducing tapestries and carpets from across the globe as dyed textiles used in daily life. Dyed textiles related to horses, the animal for the 2026 lunar calendar, will also be on display.
Concurrent Exhibition: Textiles connected to Horses

Adults ￥1,000

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

2026.1.6 - 2026.3.10

This exhibit showcases the abstract beauty that Yanagi focused on in his later years. Explore the appeal through craftworks with abstract patterns featured in vol. 63 of Mingei magazine (1958), a special feature about abstract patterns.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students and people with disabilities

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts

2026.1.6 - 2026.2.23

An exhibition of new additions to the collection of works held by the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, a museum that collects and preserves outstanding woodblock prints and other materials from Japan and abroad. Focusing on new additions to the collection from 2024 and later.

Free

Toguri Museum of Art

2026.1.8 - 2026.3.22

Introducing a collection of approximately 80 pieces of Imari ware featuring creatures such as fish, dragons, tigers, butterflies and lions. An exhibition in illustrated book format based on “Wakan Sansai Zue,” an Edo period (1603-1867) encyclopedia.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students

Discounted entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Sompo Museum of Art

2026.1.10 - 2026.2.15

In commemoration of its 50th anniversary, the museum presents an exhibition dedicated to Shinjuku. Introducing the approximately 50-year history of modern art in Shinjuku through works of artists associated with the area.

Adults ￥1,500

Note: Discounts available for students

Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art

2026.1.15 - 2026.3.22

An exhibition themed to the people and movement in 20th-century Japan who sought a beautiful way of life. It explores this history through works such as paintings, craftworks and architectural design, and searches for utopias today.

Adults ￥1,200

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Eisei Bunko Museum

2026.1.17 - 2026.3.29

An exhibition of asian sculptures collected by Moritatsu Hosokawa. This exhibition features various Chinese and Indian sculptures, as well as a Japanese national treasure known as “the Hosokawa Mirror,” a bronze mirror with a hunting motif in gold and silver inlay.

Adults ￥1,000

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

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

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Hachioji Yume Art Museum

2026.1.30 - 2026.3.22

A solo exhibition of commemorating the 40th anniversary of the passing of Oguiss Takanori, a painter who based his career in Paris. The exhibition showcases the artist’s oeuvre, focusing on lithographs from the collection of the Inazawa City Oguiss Memorial Art Museum.

Adults ￥900

Note: Discounts available for students and senior citizens

Free 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

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

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass