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Top 10 Art Museums in Minato, Kanto
The Minato district of Toyko is home to a few excellent museums, including the Nezu Museum of antiques and the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. Tokyo City View, an observation area on the 52nd floor of the Mori Tower, offers an amazing panoramic view of the entire metropolitan area.
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1. Mori Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,105 reviews
This museum, located in Roppongi Hills, is one of Asia's largest spaces for contemporary art.
Reviewed By warrenD190 - Vladivostok, Russia
You can find some great exhibitions here and couple a visit to the art museum with a visit to the observatory with a 360 degree panorama of Tokyo, as spectacular as or more spectacular than the view from the SkyTree and a lot shorter line. I brought professional camera gear and they let me go up on the roof, otherwise restricted. Fantastic
2. Nezu Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 874 reviews
To cooperate with extended measures to prevent further expansion of COVID-19, Nezu Museum, including the garden and NEZUCAFÉ, will remain closed,at least until May 31, 2021, and “The Allure of Color” exhibition will not reopen. For the refund of already purchased timed-entry tickets for the above exhibition, please see here. We apologize for any inconvenience caused, but look forward to welcoming you again soon.
Reviewed By RoomReport - Sydney, Australia
The Nezu Museum is an oasis in Aoyama, with a beautiful museum building, a large and lovely garden to wander around and an excellent cafe in a glass box at the top of the garden with great views over the greenery
3. The National Art Center, Tokyo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,302 reviews
Announcement of Temporary Closing (May 11, 2021) In compliance with the state of emergency and the government's request, the National Art Center, Tokyo will be closed to prevent the further spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) from April 25 (Sun) for the time being. Re-opening plans will be announced at a later date on the NACT website/SNS. We apologize for any inconvenience and we appreciate your understanding and cooperation. --- The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) is a unique and innovative art exhibition facility: instead of maintaining a permanent collection, it makes the most of a total of 14,000 square meters of exhibition space, one of the largest in Japan, and focuses on serving as a venue for various art exhibitions.
Reviewed By Joao_FGR - Sapporo, Japan
The museum doesn't have a permanent collection, which means that the exhibitions change very often. The building is really nice, including very good restaurants, and the choice of the themes is always very interesting. Although the prices are a bit high, the collections presented are normally very large and well organised. I visited 3 times during the last years and it was always very, very interesting.
4. Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 370 reviews
Reviewed By hfot2 - Vermont, United States
While many come here to visit the Art Museum, we come to stroll in the Japanese garden. You can pay a garden-only entrance fee which is quite minimal, and even smaller for seniors. Along with the Japanese strolling garden, the grounds include a European garden, several large statues and sculpture installations on a broad open lawn area often populated by kiddie playgroups (and children happily climbing on the abstract sculptures), family gatherings, young couples, seniors, and, of course, the Art Museum itself. The small Japanese garden, tucked into the far reaches of the grounds, is well worth your time. We found that late morning visits provided better light than later in the afternoon. We have been several times at different times of day. The autumn foliage never disappoints. This is a popular place and it often has many tourists. If you want to take photos without people - as we do - you will find yourself waiting a long time before you can get your desired shot. The circuit around the koi pond offered many different views, some including borrowed scenery. At the top of a small hill is a lovely tea house. Two women (volunteers?) invited us to take our shoes off to photograph the space. They also gave us a pamphlet in English about the tea house. They seemed most pleased that we showed such interest in the building. Be aware that there are uneven steps up to and down from the tea house. After making a second circuit around the pond and photoing the garden from every angle we finally decided it was time to depart. Visitors tips: This is a perfect place to visit before or after a walk through the very close Nature Institute. Happo-en garden can be visited on the same (very full) day as well. Ask about a senior, over 65, discount for entrance - be prepared to show you passport to prove your age. Even if you don’t visit the Art Museum, you can visit BLANC, one of two shops for the Museum, located just outside the entrance to the grounds. Lots of interesting items for sale here.
5. 21 21 DESIGN SIGHT
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4.5 based on 283 reviews
Reviewed By pchamberland - Montreal, Canada
This Ando designed museum has interesting exhibits - the current one is on handcrafts that are done by artisans. The charming park is great for a stroll. The small space next door has an exhibit of bags and fabrics by Issey Miyake. Next to Roppongi mid-town mall which is also worth a visit. 1 days excursion insludes the Mori tower, walk over to the Tokyo Art Museum and the Neze Museum.
6. The Okura Shukokan Museum of Fine Arts
7. Mori Arts Center Gallery
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 137 reviews
Reviewed By ErikaGohde - Oslo, Norway
We decided to visit the Mori Tower Observatory and the Mori Arts museum. When we arrived we were told that the Observatory was closed, but that we could visit the Sky Deck. We were first disappointed, but when at the outdoor top deck, we were amazed. The almost 360 degree view and the enormous sky above us were really amazing. In Japan we several times found that the Japanese are found of setting music to different scenes, not always so pleasant to my taste, but at the Sky Deck it was the right music and it enhanced the experience. The Museum was great, an interesting collection, particularly the films I saw. I didn't find the temporary exhibition so interesting, but it was thereby more interesting to see the collection and we spent hours in there. I would really recommend to visit both these attractions.
8. Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum
9. Suntory Museum of Art
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 194 reviews
Reviewed By himawarisun
At first I was hesitant to give Suntory Museum a try. However, I ended up liking the museum so much that I visited twice, and I thoroughly enjoyed it both times! No pictures are allowed but the exhibits were so beautiful that they left a lasting impression in my memory. Yes, the museum is small and the admission is more expensive. On the plus side, the atmosphere is great--less crowded than the bigger museums, quiet, spacious--and the quality is excellent. I like that the museum has a small collection of high quality items rather than hundreds of items that are not so memorable. The museum store is also a nice place to browse. It has reasonable prices and doesn't feel too touristy. The Suntory Museum is conveniently located in Tokyo Midtown, a high-end shopping mall, which is also a nice place to window shop or grab a bite to eat. It is connected to Roppongi Station as well, so it's easy to get to via public transportation. Tip: You can get a 100yen discount if you show the coupon from their website!
10. Advertising Museum Tokyo
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By sandwich7
I loved this museum. Very interesting exhibits on advertising in Japan, right from back in the Edo era, in a very modern and well designed museum with plenty of interactive exhibits. I especially enjoyed the 'interviews' with the advertising gurus of old Japan. Almost everything seemed to have an English translation. Then they had this wonderful exhibition of all the entries in an advertising design competition - this was extremely well put together - and I found myself sitting for a little while to watch some of the adverts! You can also vote for your favourite if it takes your fancy. The staff were extremely helpful. A few times somebody appeared out of nowhere and randomly pointed something interesting out to me, which I really appreciated a lot. The whole place is not very big but I spent probably just over an hour going round as there's a lot to look at. This place is very hard to find is the main issue. If you head to the Shiodome shopping centre (which is itself not that easy to spot from street level!) and then go down to the bottom floor, you will find the museum alongside all the nondescript shops. Despite at no point until you're very close to it seeing any evidence whatsoever that it's going to be down there... do not be discouraged, but keep walking! It's worth it, and also it's open until 6pm so it's a nice way to spend the end of an afternoon.
