Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum is a comprehensive art museum focusing on photography and film. It opened in June 1990 to enrich and develop the culture of photography and film in Japan. It is currently closed due to large-scale renovations, and plans to reopen in the autumn of 2016. It is a museum that is rare even around the world, and currently owns many valuable works. The collection numbers approximately 30,528 items (as of the end of March 2014). Although it has its roots in the 20th-century style analog print photography, it continues to record developments in photography and film . It is a museum where you can learn about the history and cultural development of photography. The museum is inside Yebisu Garden Place, within walking distance of JR Ebisu Station.