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Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo
Illustration and picture books offer a gentle change of pace in Nerima.
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Places worth your time
The museums, garden and temple behind our Tokyo selection.
The museums, garden and temple behind our Tokyo selection. Explore our growing Tokyo selection, with checked details and official sources.
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Okura Museum of Art
Japanese and East Asian art inside a distinctive museum beside the Okura.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
An exhibition-led art stop in Ueno Park, surrounded by other cultural destinations.
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Mitsui Memorial Museum
Historic collections meet the architecture of Nihonbashi’s Mitsui Main Building.
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Artizon Museum
Modern and contemporary art in Kyobashi, within walking distance of Tokyo Station.
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Printing Museum
Print, type and communication turn a familiar technology into a museum subject.
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Ancient Orient Museum
Ancient cultures offer an unexpected museum pause in Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City.
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Fukagawa Edo Museum
Recreated streets bring everyday Edo life into an indoor neighbourhood scene.
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Setagaya Art Museum
Art inside Kinuta Park makes a natural pairing with a walk among the trees.
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Gotoh Museum
Japanese and East Asian collections sit within a garden setting in Kaminoge.
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Museum of Modern Japanese Literature
Writers, manuscripts and literary history offer a different cultural stop in Komaba.
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Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum
The creator of Sazae-san gives Sakurashinmachi a distinctive museum destination.
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Kanda Myōjin
A shrine visit between the old streets of Kanda and Akihabara’s busier corners.
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Tomioka Hachiman Shrine
Fukagawa’s shrine culture makes Monzen-nakacho worth exploring on foot.
