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Japanistry

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This website started as a hobby to explain photography (posts listed here), but over time expanded to provide (hopefully) useful information about Japan and the Japanese language. I also run edonoyu.com with a friend—a site that covers onsen in the Tokyo region.

Museums & Galleries

Gallery éf

Well regarded and unusual art gallery near Asakusa housed inside a beautiful old Edo warehouse which has managed to survive fires, air raids, and earthquakes. The gallery markets itself as a cafe/bar space and a place for cultural exchanges, and many of the works of art are themed around the historic area.

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Watari-Um: The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

Contemporary art museum showcasing works from international artists.

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Mizuma Art Gallery

The Mizuma Art Gallery opened in 1994 and exhibits works of art from emerging artists in Japan and…

Museums & Galleries

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art—one of the oldest contemporary art museums in Tokyo—opened in 1979 to display…

Museums & Galleries

SCAI The Bathhouse

A contemporary art gallery open in 1993 which is housed inside a former bathhouse and building that is over 200 years old. The gallery is known for introducing Japan’s avant-garde artists to the world as well as for helping foreign artists establish a presence in Japan.

Expat

Tokyo Shutoko Expressway

If you are living in or visiting Tokyo you may at some point need to use the Shuto…

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Toshimaen Insect Museum

One of the capital’s more unusual museums containing over 40 different types of insects from all over the…

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Taimeiken Kite Museum

A museum exhibiting kites from Japan, Asia, and some European countries. The museum occupies the 5th floor of…

Museums & Galleries

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Museum opened in 1995 to display a collection of post-1945 modern and contemporary art from Japan and abroad. The museum has three floors of galleries devoted to temporary exhibitions and two floors for the “MOT Collection”—the museum’s permanent display of over 5,000 exhibits and works of art.