Top Things to do in Minato
Top 10 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. Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art
7. Nikon Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By alexandraremi
The museum is situated in the Intercity Tower C. It's very close to Shinagawa Station and took about 8 minutes walk along the walkway connecting the station and the building. Entry is free. Staff were very friendly and helpful. English speaking too. The museum had a special exhibition on railway and quite a number of videos displayed showing images and clips took by various cameras. The history of the brand was documented. Any Nikon fans or photography enthusiasts should find it interesting. It's worth visiting.
8. Kawasaki Robostage
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4.5 based on 21 reviews
"Kawasaki Robostage" aims to propose new forms of human–robot coexistence and collaboration towards the coming robot society. The showroom targets both the companies considering utilizing robots as well as the general public. Anyone can come to see,experience the marvels of robots and deepen their understanding of robotics. *Opening Hours* Tue, Wed & Fri 13:00~18:00 Sat, Sun & national holidays 10:00~18:00 *Closed* Mon & Thu *Open if a national holiday We will have irregular operating hours due to maintenance and exhibition renewal.
Reviewed By badmintontim - Hastings, United Kingdom
This is not so easy to find but is a great place to visit as it is interactive and fun for all ages - do go in as even though a lot of the outside is in Japanese, it is free to enter and one can interact with the robots that are generally used for other tasks in the real world, such as car manufacture or medicines and travel in a VR reality as well! The staff are really friendly and we came away with portraits drawn by a robot as well - all free of charge! Definitely recommended Enjoy
9. Tokyo Little House
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Tokyo Little House is a tourist space located in a 70-year old house in Akasaka. In the first-floor cafe and gallery, visitors can enjoy curated exhibits on Tokyo’s history and leaf through a library of books, old magazines, maps, and other rare documents that reveal the city as it was seen by the residents and tourists of the past. Visitors are requested to make a purchase at the cafe.
