Museums / Art galleries

Museums / Art galleries

[111]21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

Description This is an art museum in Tokyo Midtown that focuses on understanding and realizing everyday events and things from a design perspective. The name was derived from “”20/20 Vision””, which means excellent eyesight in the British and American languages, to help people see ahead. It will host a multifaceted program centered on exhibitions, such […]

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[108]National Museum of Western Art (Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijutsu-kan)

Description It is a national art museum specializing in Western art located in Ueno Park. It mainly focuses on paintings and sculptures from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century called Impressionism. You can also see works by Western Old Masters. (painters before the 18th century) Business Hours AM9:30 to PM5:30 […]

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[105]Old Yoshidaya Liquor Store in the downtown entertainment museum (Shitamachi Fuzoku Siryokan Fusetsu Tenjijo Kyu-Yoshidaya Sake-ten)

Description This is an exhibition hall that recreates the lives of common people in the past. (the downtown entertainment museum is under renovation) This Yoshidaya Liquor Store is an actual liquor store that was open from the Edo period until 1986. Indoors, tools used at the time, such as scales and barrels, are still on […]

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[096]Tokiwa-so Manga Museum

Description Tokiwa-so is a legendary apartment where masters of manga, including Osamu Tezuka, lived and spent their youthful days. This is a faithful reproduction of Tokiwa-so as it was at the time, and you can not only see the exterior but also get a glimpse of the lives of manga artists in the immediate post-war […]

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[095]Japanese Sword Museum (Token Hakubutsu-kan)

Description The Sword Museum is a museum that preserves and displays Japanese swords, and aims to spread Japanese sword culture and disseminate it to the world. This is a museum specializing in Japanese swords, and exhibits works donated by sword enthusiasts as well as swords, sword mounts, and sword accessories that have been entrusted to […]

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[093]Sumida EdoKiriko Museum (Sumida Edo Kiriko-kan)

Description Edo Kiriko is a glass processing method invented in the Edo period and is recognized as a national traditional craft. The history and production process of Edo Kiriko is on display, and you can observe the craftsmen’s skills and experience making it. It also exhibit and sell Edo Kiriko glasses etc. Business Hours AM10:00 […]

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[091]Ryogoku Fireworks Museum (Ryogoku Hanabi Siryokan)

Description Ryogoku was once an area where many fireworks artists were active, and Tokyo’s largest fireworks festival, the Sumida River Fireworks Festival, is also held nearby. It displays the history of fireworks, including firework balls and launch tubes from the Edo period. It Introduces cross-sectional models of firework balls and how to make them as […]

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[089]Sumida Hokusai Museum (Sumida Hokusai Bijutsu-kan)

Description This museum exhibits only works by Katsushika Hokusai, an ukiyo-e artist from the late Edo period. It was founded because Hokusai spent most of his life in what is now Sumida Ward. In addition to exhibits such as “”Kanagawa-oki-namiura””, there is also a library that displays materials related to Hokusai. Business Hours AM9:30 to […]

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[086]Printing Museum (Insatsu Hakubutsu-kan)

Description Introducing the value and potential of printing as a communication medium, from its origins to the latest printing technology. In addition to permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions of materials, it also hold experiential events. Business Hours AM10:00 to PM6:00 Closed Days Every Monday (if Monday is a holiday, the next weekday) English Support unknown […]

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[082]Toei Animation Museum

Description A museum that exhibits setting materials and original drawings of works created by Toei Animation, and introduces production sites, etc. Standies and life-size figures of characters appearing in the work are installed, allowing you to enjoy the world view of the work. Special exhibitions are held regularly in the event space, and the shop […]