Best Art Museums Spot List

From crafts, paintings, and more: this museum has many famous works on display

A unique art museum displaying future works and commanding a magnificent view of Lake Ashino-ko in Hakone.

The Crafts Gallery is an annex to the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, and you can view a wide range of crafts and designs from Japan and around the world. It is located in the beautiful Kitanomaru Park, which adjoins the Imperial Palace.

This museum offers both beauty and healing surrounded by the nature of Hakone. A giant mural of wind god Fujin and thunder god Raijin can be appreciated while soaking your feet in an ashi-yu footbath.

Immerse yourself in the world of this photographer who loved the Yamato path

A museum located on the 53rd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower connected directly to Roppongi Station. You can enjoy a panoramic view of Tokyo from the observation deck on the 52nd floor.

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is in Ueno Park. Special exhibitions of domestic and foreign famous paintings, variety of planned exhibitions, and exhibitions of works by the general public are held there.

A museum were you can enjoy the modern works painted by the illustrators such as Takabatake Kasho who swept through the art publication world.

A metropolitan museum where you can experience art up close

A museum located in Ueno Park. Visitors can enjoy a variety of artworks including ones designated as Important Cultural Properties.

You can experience the world of Mitsuo Aida, a poet and calligrapher who emphasized the preciousness of life with his own phrases and unique styles of calligraphy.

This is the world's first museum dedicated to the classic novella ”The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It displays documentation and memorabilia from the author Saint-Exupéry, and visitors can fully enjoy the world of ”The Little Prince.”

Hakone Garasunomori Museum, or the Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone, is the first museum of this kind in Japan. The glass exhibitions that change each season are worth seeing.

Experience arts from Akita

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

The leading domestic collection of modern art prints

The Suntory Museum of Art is directly connected with Roppongi Station and inside Tokyo Midtown — a chic integrated complex where you can enjoy shopping.

A unique hexagon-shaped art museum that houses some 2,000 ceramics, Japanese lacquerwares, and tea kettles.

The National Film Center is the only national institution devoted to cinematography. It keeps movie films as well as many valuable materials related to movies. They are shown on the screens or displayed in the exhibition hall.

It has over 5,000 pieces of Japanese and Oriental antique art. The building in the shinden-zukuri aristocratic architectural style (developed between the late 7th to early 11th century) and the Japanese garden are worthy of a viewing.