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10 best art exhibitions in Tokyo right now

What's on right now at Tokyo's most popular art museums and galleries

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13 best free museums in Tokyo

Here are our favourite free museums in Tokyo for art, food, history, science and even taxidermy parasites

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5 best art day trips from Tokyo

These destinations for art and museum lovers are less than two hours from Tokyo, with art by Yayoi Kusama and Rothko

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teamLab Planets has expanded with new artworks

The massive extension of the digital art museum includes new areas such as 'Catching and Collecting Extinct Forest' and 'Athletics Forest'

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The Edo-Tokyo Museum will finally reopen in March 2026

The history museum’s long-awaited reopening arrives this spring, complete with a free 100-day commemorative event

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Capcom’s creative legacy comes to life at the gaming giant’s Tokyo exhibition

‘Capcom Creation’ showcases the world-conquering studio’s craftsmanship through some of its most iconic titles

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This 'My Melody & Kuromi' pop-up exhibition in Shibuya is dangerously kawaii

'Miniature Wonderland' celebrates the duo's stop-motion Netflix series released earlier this year

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Evangelion celebrates its 30th anniversary in style with this massive Tokyo exhibition

Discover three decades of groundbreaking visuals and world-building at this comprehensive celebration of the anime phenomenon

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Capcom Creation: Moving Hearts Across the Globe

Founded in Osaka in 1983, Capcom has shaped the landscape of global gaming with legendary franchises like Street Fighter, Resident...

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All of Evangelion: Evangelion 30th Anniversary Exhibition

The massive event will feature works spanning the franchise's decades-long history

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Black Markets and the Reimagining of Tokyo

Explore how post-war black markets shaped the evolution of Tokyo’s urban fabric at this intriguing exhibition, held at Takashimaya Archives Tokyo on...

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Roppongi Crossing 2025: What Passes Is Time. We Are Eternal.

Roppongi Crossing, the Mori Art Museum’s acclaimed triennial exhibition series, returns at the end of 2025 with ‘What Passes Is Time. We Are...

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Andy Warhol: Serial Portraits – Selected Works from the Collection

Pop art impresario Andy Warhol (1928–1987) blurred the boundaries between high culture and mass consumption, transforming everyday objects and the...

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Osgemeos and Barry McGee: ‘One More’

The Watari-um’s ‘One More’ brings together two global icons of contemporary urban art: Brazilian twins Osgemeos and American artist Barry...

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Sol LeWitt: Open Structure

Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) is counted among the most influential figures in postwar American art. Emerging in the 1960s amid the rise of minimalism and...

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Art Deco and Fashion

Women’s emancipation was in full swing at the beginning of the twentieth century and had a considerable influence on fashion. The interwar period saw...

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City Hunter Original Art Exhibition: Forever, City Hunter

Tsukasa Hojo’s popular manga City Hunter debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1985, and the action comedy series has since become firmly established in the...

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Johnny Depp: A Bunch of Stuff – Tokyo

Johnny Depp may be best known for his eccentric on-screen roles, but long before fame, he was quietly building a collection of artworks. Now, more than 100...