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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.

Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan

Museum and art space to introduce and propagate the world of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding…

Calligraphy Museum

The Calligraphy Museum holds important collections for the Chinese and Japanese calligraphy histories, which were collected by a…

Tobacco & Salt Museum

A small museum in Sumida dedicated to the history and culture surrounding tobacco and salt. These two products…

Artizon Museum

Art museum established by Ishibashi Shojiro, the founder of the Bridgestone Corporation, the tire manufacturer. The Ishibashi Foundation has built on Ishibashi’s personal collection over the years and today the museum is an eclectic mix 2,600 pieces of Japanese, European, and American.

Eisei-Bunko Museum

A collection of almost 100,000 works of art and other objects collected by the Hosokawa Clan, a family…

The Gotoh Museum

A private museum in Setagaya Ward founded in 1960 by Goto Keita (1882-1959), the late chairman of the…

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

Crafts museum founded by Soetsu Yanagi in 1936 to display the beauty of arts and crafts in Japan,…

Daimyo Clock Museum

Small museum with a collection of about 20 Edo period clocks

Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum

The museum focuses primarily on late 19th century Western art work—notably including 250 works of graphic art originally owned by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Ancient Orient Museum

A small private museum in Ikebukuro specializing in artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia. Opened in 1978 it was the first such museum in Japan. Check the website for the latest exhibition details.

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

Art museum holding over 14.000 ukiyo-e works, including 12.000 works collected by the late Seizō Ota Ⅴ, a former former president of Tōhō Insurance Company.