Museum Type: Art

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Tokyo Trick Art Museum

Museum of 3D optical illusions some of which are large murals into which visitors stand and pose for photographs to make themselves part of the scene. Visitors are actively encouraged to bring their cameras.

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

The Eisei-Bunko Museum (永青文庫) is a prestigious private archive located in the Mejirodai neighborhood of Bunkyo. It houses…

The Gotoh Museum

The Gotoh Museum (五島美術館) is a sophisticated cultural enclave located in the leafy Kaminoge district of Setagaya. Opened…

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum (日本民藝館, Nihon Mingeikan) is the spiritual and philosophical headquarters of the Mingei movement.…

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.

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.

The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum

The world’s first publicly run museum dedicated to bonsai near Saitama’s Omiya Bonsai Village. It was opened in…

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum

This museum is the former home and studio of Okamoto Taro (1911-1996) whose surreal style was heavily influenced by his ten years in Paris during the 1930s.

Asakura Museum of Sculpture

The Asakura Museum of Sculpture (台東区立朝倉彫塑館) is a profound “lull” in the historic Yanaka district, preserving the former…

Mitsui Memorial Museum

Over 4,000 exhibits, including six designated as National Treasures, from the collections of the Mitsui family and Mitsui Group.

Sato Sakura Museum of Art

The Sato Sakura Museum of Art (郷さくら美術館) is a contemporary sanctuary for Nihonga—traditional Japanese-style painting. While the Nakameguro…