Roppongi Art Night

Art weekend which was first held in 2009. Each year brings with it a different theme (e.g. 2019’s…

Setagaya Hachimangu Autumn Festival 2021

Autumn matsuri held at Setagaya Hachimangu, one of the larger shrines in Setagaya Ward. Notable for the dohyo…

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…

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.

Tokyo Shutoko Expressway

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

Toshimaen Insect Museum

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

Taimeiken Kite Museum

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

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…

Meiji Centennial Observation Tower

Meiji Centennial Observation Tower (明治百年記念展望塔) was built in 1971. It is designed as a set of interlinked platforms…