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Where Color Meets Form: Japanese Artists in New York at Waseda University Aizu Museum: The exhibition looks at Japanese artists who worked in New York, using colour and form as an entry into that encounter between artistic places and practices.
Writers, manuscripts and literary history offer a different cultural stop in Komaba.
Japanese porcelain gives a Shōtō walk a calm, concentrated museum stop.
A Japanese folktale becomes a picture-story performance in the Tokyo National Museum’s family programme.
Japanese art, a changing exhibition or natural history, followed by time in the park. Choose the Ueno museum that fits your curiosity and leave room between the galleries.
A carefully planned Japanese meal pairs with a quieter evening around Kagurazaka.
Western-style architecture and Japanese garden design meet in northern Tokyo.
Japanese cooking at Tempura Kondo, with the exact address ready for your city route.
Japanese and East Asian collections sit within a garden setting in Kaminoge.
Tea culture and Japanese art shape a focused visit in Shirokanedai.
Japanese and East Asian art inside a distinctive museum beside the Okura.
Will the Sword Choose You? 3rd at Nihonbashi N11 Gallery: Swordsmiths Akihira Kawasaki and Shigenori Ozawa join sword-case maker Keisuke Nakamura in a show about the craft of Japanese swords. Handling and order appointments are separate from the general display.
A Japanese tasting menu makes this Hibiya address the centrepiece of a special evening.
Chinese and Japanese photography and video meet in a six-artist exhibition at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Give Ueno a museum day. Start with the Japanese galleries, then choose a smaller corner of the collection to linger in.
A long-running gallery in Nihombashi, with a history of connecting British and Japanese contemporary art.
Aoyama’s nature-led fine dining calls for an evening organised around the reservation.
Contemporary art above Ginza, in Gallery Koyanagi’s ninth-floor exhibition space.
A university museum at Waseda, with exhibitions drawn from art, archaeology and the study of material culture.
A reserved counter meal makes Azabu a destination for a focused dining evening.
Film history and curated screenings give Kyōbashi a moving-image destination.
