A traditional Edo period area, Kiyosumi Shirakawa (清澄白河) and the surrounding area has seen something of a revitalization in recent decades with the inflow of art museums and, more recently, artisan coffee roasters.
Things to Do
Small museum dedicated to the Edo era with a life-size replica of a Tokyo shitamachi neighborhood from around 1840.
Beautiful Japanese-style gardens around a large pond built on the site of a mansion owned by a wealthy merchant during the Edo period.
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.
