arts-museums in Japan

61st Venice Biennale

The 61st Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition is one…

Hokusai Plus Exhibition

The Hokusai Plus Exhibition is a permanent collection at The…

"Scenery on Both Banks of the Sumida River" and "Sketches by Hokusai"

This exhibition at the Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo presen…

Tokyo Night & Light

Tokyo Night & Light is a contemporary illumination art event…

Invitation from Hogwarts

Invitation from Hogwarts is a Harry Potter-themed immersive …

Rina Banerjee: You Made Me Leave Home

Rina Banerjee: 'You Made Me Leave Home.

The River of Humanity — Selected by the Artist Chapter 1

The River of Humanity — Selected by the Artist Chapter 1 is …

Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor celebrated …

Hanzomon Museum 3F Exhibition

Spanning over a century of Central Asian visual history, thi…

Hanzo-mon Museum Photography Exhibition: 125 Years of Uzbek Photography

Spanning 125 years of visual history from a Central Asian na…

MOMAT Collection

The MOMAT Collection is a major permanent collection exhibit…

120th Anniversary of His Birth: Hasegawa Saburo and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

This exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo …

The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial

The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial is a gro…

KAZAMA Sachiko: Clairvoyance in a 9㎡ room

KAZAMA Sachiko: Clairvoyance in a 9㎡ room is the first major…

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker is one of the most beloved ballets in the cla…

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction

A major retrospective exhibition of Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of…

Mako Idemitsu: Women's Works — An Experimental Filmmaker's Autobiography

Mako Idemitsu: Women's Works is a comprehensive retrospectiv…

The 11th Special Exhibition: The Ainu People and World's Fairs

The 11th Special Exhibition at the National Ainu Museum and …

Mamoru Hosoda: The Origins — A Retrospective of the Acclaimed Animation Director

This retrospective exhibition celebrates the creative journe…

Meiji Western Architecture: Dreams and Challenges — Edo-Tokyo Museum Reopening Special Exhibition

This special exhibition marks the reopening of the Edo-Tokyo…

Ettore Sottsass: Design begins where magic begins

This is the first major retrospective in Japan dedicated to …

Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection

Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection is an ex…

TAKIGUCHI Shuzo: Writing and Drawing

The Artizon Museum in Tokyo presents a comprehensive retrosp…

Swedish Tableware — Living with Gustavsberg

This is Japan's first major exhibition dedicated to Gustavsb…

Playback! Millennium 1991→2001: Boundaries Crossed Through Printmaking

Millennium 1991→2001 is a retrospective exhibition at Machid…

Fairy Tale MODE — Fashion in the World of Fairy Tales

Fairy Tale MODE is a special exhibition at the Chiba City Mu…

Takashi Yanase Retrospective — Life is a Game of Making People Happy

This retrospective celebrates Takashi Yanase, the beloved Ja…

Super Kabuki: Princess Mononoke

Super Kabuki: Princess Mononoke is a theatrical adaptation o…

Lucie Rie: Elegant Vessels Fusing East and West

This exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum i…

Special Exhibition: The Amazing World of Creatures

A special exhibition at Tokyo's National Museum of Nature an…

Special Exhibition: Kobo Daishi's 1250th Birth Anniversary — Kukai and Treasures of Shingon Buddhism

Kukai — the monk who introduced Shingon Buddhism to Japan in…

Nam June Paik | Jugemu Exhibition — 20th Anniversary Retrospective

This major retrospective at Watari-um Museum of Contemporary…

Dear Evan Hansen — Tony Award-Winning Musical

Dear Evan Hansen is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical ma…

Girl with a Pearl Earring Exhibition

This major exhibition brings Johannes Vermeer's iconic 17th-…

Akechiko! Steam Black Diamonds Island of Madness

— Steam, Black Diamonds, and an Island of Madness is a conte…

Prefectural Museums Collaboration: Museum Mysteries

Prefectural Museums Collaboration: Museum Mysteries is a joi…

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO & TIN DRUM KAGAMI+

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO & TIN DRUM KAGAMI+ is a groundbreaking mixe…

Van Gogh's Drawbridge and the Impressionist Masters

Van Gogh's Drawbridge and the Impressionist Masters is a maj…

Karl Walser

Karl Walser spent several months in Japan in 1908 and came b…

Slightly Relatable Exhibition 2 + Too Small Exhibition (Osaka)

Two concurrent comedy-flavored art exhibitions from creative…

Special Exhibition: The Great Extinctions — The Big Five in Life's History (Osaka)

Anchored by the world premiere display of a complete Steller…

Studio Ghibli Park Exhibition — Osaka

A travelling exhibition that brings Studio Ghibli Park to th…

Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe — The Poe Clan

The Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe presents a musical adaptati…

Aki Sasamoto's Life Laboratory

Aki Sasamoto is a New York-based Japanese performance artist…

Horror Film Art Exhibition — The World of Movie Set Design

Behind every unsettling horror film scene is a production de…

Kawai Kanjiro × Hamada Shoji Exhibition

This exhibition marks the 60th anniversary of the death of K…

Asuka Historical Museum Exhibition

A long-term loan exhibition at the Asuka Historical Museum i…

Marimekko: Art of Printmaking — Beauty, Dream, Love

This exhibition celebrates Marimekko, the legendary Finnish …

Antonio Fontanesi: Transcending Landscape — A European Artist at the Opening of Japan

This comprehensive exhibition examines the life and work of …

Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Ukiyo-e Super Creator — Masterworks of Japan's Most Versatile Woodblock Artist

Kuniyoshi was the Edo period's great rule-breaker — a woodbl…

2026 Collection Exhibition — Second Term

The second term of the rotating Collection Gallery exhibitio…

The Mysterious Chocolate Theater — Act 2 | Felissimo Chocolate Museum

The Mysterious Chocolate Theater — Act 2 is an upgraded inte…

Chocolate Package Award Exhibition — When You Open the Box, Stories Unfold

The Chocolate Package Award Exhibition showcases the winning…

Music Box Theater: Yoshitomo Nara "A Puppy That Wanted a Friend"

Music Box Theater: Yoshitomo Nara 'A Puppy That Wanted a Fri…

Tadanori Yokoo: The River of Sequential Paintings | Tadanori Yokoo Museum of Contemporary Art

Tadanori Yokoo: The River of Sequential Paintings is a major…

Special Exhibition: From the Island of Whales vol.2

This special exhibition is the second installment of 'From t…

Museum Mysteries | Special Exhibition at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

Seven of Hyogo Prefecture's museums have pooled their collec…

Museum Mystery — Multi-Museum Collection Exhibition

Museum Mystery is a collaborative exhibition uniting collect…

Prefectural Museum Collaborative Project: The Mystery of the Museums

This summer exhibition at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Ar…

Museum Mystery Exhibition — Volunteer Slide Presentation

This is a free volunteer-led slide presentation held every S…

Connected Worlds of Picture Books — Kaiseisha Children's Books Exhibition

Connected Worlds of Picture Books is a special exhibition ma…

Special Exhibition: Godzilla THE ART — 70th Anniversary Celebration

Godzilla THE ART is a contemporary fine art exhibition marki…

Goldman Collection: The World of Kawanabe Kyōsai — Special Exhibition

This special exhibition at the Kobe City Museum presents app…

THE Poe Clan

Takarazuka Revue brings Moto Hagio's landmark gothic manga t…

Curator-Led Exhibition Walkthrough

A series of curator-led guided walkthrough tours held on Sat…

Kobe Horror Collection 2026

Four interconnected haunted house attractions take over an e…

Glass Animal Garden 2026 — Special Exhibition

Handcrafted glass sculptures of zoo animals — rendered in la…

Ghost in the Shell Exhibition — Kansai Tour

Over 1,600 rare materials — original manga pages, character …

Akiyama Miho's Paper Zoo — Creatures of Color and Form

A Hyogo-based paper artist turns cut, folded, and pasted pap…

teamLab Learn! Future Park Hakodate

Future Park Hakodate is an interactive digital art installat…

Taishi Urakawa: Split Island

Spanning multiple panels in a structure the artist describes…

Akechi-ko! — A Bizarre Antique Musical | Shinkansen 46th Anniversary Summer Production

Gekidan Shinkansen's theatrical productions are notorious fo…

Tove Jansson and the Moomins — In Search of Treasured Things

Tove Jansson led a double life that most Moomin fans never f…

Come to Summer Art Museum Vol. 3 — The Great Thief's House

Somewhere between an escape room and a gallery, this immersi…

Hello Kitty Exhibition — I Change, Kitty Changes Too — Oita Venue

Hello Kitty Exhibition — I Change, Kitty Changes Too — is a …

Special Exhibition: The Ice Age — The World 40,000 Years Ago as Seen by Humanity

Forty thousand years ago, humans shared the planet with wool…

Fukuoka City Museum Collection — Ghosts and Yokai Paintings

This special exhibition at Fukuoka City Museum presents appr…

Swedish Textiles — Nordic Design Rooted in Nature and Daily Life

Swedish Textiles — Nordic Design Rooted in Nature and Daily …

Special Exhibition: See-Through 2 — The World of How Things Work

See-Through 2 — The World of How Things Work is a special ex…

Sezon Museum of Modern Art Collection Exhibition: Miracles Seen from There

Miracles Seen from There is a curated collection exhibition …

Collection Exhibition 2026-Ⅰ

Collection Exhibition 2026-Ⅰ is a rotating display of perman…

Collection Exhibition 2026-I

Collection Exhibition 2026-I is the first rotating permanent…

Moving Ukiyo-e Exhibition HIROSHIMA

Three hundred ukiyo-e masterpieces by Hokusai, Hiroshige, an…

The 12th Hiroshima Art Prize: Mel Chin

The Hiroshima Art Prize is a prestigious international conte…

Miyagi Museum of Art Reopening — The Age of Art: Showcasing Our Collection

The Miyagi Museum of Art is celebrating its 45th anniversary…

Aperto 21: NOMURA Yuka 'Golden River'

Aperto 21 is the latest installment in the 21st Century Muse…

ROJŌ[shared ground] ―am i in your way?

ROJŌ[shared ground] ―am i in your way?

Pardon the Intrusion — Street Art Exhibition

Pardon the Intrusion is a street art exhibition hosted at th…

Collection Exhibition: Walking, Staying

Collection Exhibition: Walking, Staying is a thematic presen…

Karl Walser

Karl Walser (1877–1943) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, an…

Yokai Immersive — Moving Yokai Exhibition

Claimed as a world-first, this immersive digital art museum …

Mika Ninagawa with EiM × Dogo Onsen DOGO ART

Mika Ninagawa with EiM × Dogo Onsen DOGO ART is a contempora…

Minagawa Akira with EiM × Dogo Onsen DOGO ART

Minagawa Akira with EiM × Dogo Onsen DOGO ART is a contempor…

Fragrance Meets Animation — Character Fragrances Exhibition

Character fragrances are a surprisingly serious niche in Jap…

Collection Cinema

Collection Cinema is a special exhibition at Hakone Open Air…

The New Vision: Monet and the Contemporary Gaze

Marking the Pola Museum of Art's 25th anniversary and the ce…

Hometown Festival Dolls Exhibition — Seasonal Celebrations in Japanese Culture

The Hometown Festival Dolls Exhibition at the Japan Toy Muse…

2026 Special Exhibition — Newly Designated Important Cultural Properties of Himeji

This special exhibition at the Himeji City Buried Cultural P…

TSUBOHORI Excavation Survey Exhibition 2026 Part 2 — Archaeological Discoveries from Himeji

The TSUBOHORI Excavation Survey Exhibition 2026 Part 2 is an…

Nishimaki Chigako Special Exhibition — Picture Book Art & Illustration

Spanning original artwork, preparatory sketches, and finishe…