Museums in Tokyo
Top Museums in Tokyo
Tokyo’s museum landscape spans centuries of heritage, from the UNESCO-listed National Museum of Western Art designed by Le Corbusier to specialized institutions like the Ota Memorial Museum of Art, dedicated to ukiyo-e woodblock prints. This selection includes the Nihon Minka-en open-air museum of traditional houses, the Mingei folk craft collections in Meguro, and the Hosokawa clan’s samurai treasures at Eisei Bunko. Contemporary culture is also represented through dedicated anime exhibits and rotating modern art displays in the Ueno and Shoto districts.
Nihon Minka-en
Nihon Minka-en is a park in the Ikuta Ryokuchi Park of Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Toguri Museum of Art
A quiet museum devoted to Japanese, Korean and Chinese crafts, mainly pottery. Great for art enthusiasts.
The Ueno Royal Museum
A private museum in Ueno Park that hosts rotating special exhibitions and the annual Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize, focusing on contemporary Japanese art and major international loans.
Eisei Bunko
The Eisei Bunko Museum is a museum in Bunkyo-ku district in Tokyo, Japan.
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