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Free monthly guide to over 200 contemporary art galleries and museums in Tokyo. Printed edition on the website (in PDF format). Edited by Edan Corkill. [en]

RealTokyo

Daily updated web magazine, providing information on cultural events, including a visual arts section. Exhibitions in museums and galleries, writers' opinions in various columns, interviews and reviews, features, etc. [en, ja]

Bunkamura Museum of Art

Focuses on 19th century art, works by female artists, and loans from prestigious foreign institutions. In addition, the museum's annual photographic exhibition has become an established tradition. Address: 2-24-1, Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. [en, ja]

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

Founded in 1979. Permanent collection with over 600 works by artists from Asia, the Americas and Europe who represent the diversity of post-1950 developments in art. The collection offers an overview of Japanese contemporary art from the postwar period through the present. Address: 4-7-25 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. [en, ja]

Mori Art Museum

Museum of the Mori Arts Center, to be opened in October 2003 in the top 5 floors of the 54-storey Roppongi-Hills-Building in central Tokyo. Focuses on visual and media arts, design, architecture, and interdisciplinary forms. The first Director is David Stuart Elliott, who had managed the Moderna Museet in Stockholm since 1996. [en]

Museum of Contemporary Art

Opened in March, 1995. Permanent collection and temporary exhibitions of contemporary art from Japan and abroad. Address: Metropolitan Kiba park, 4-1-1 Miyoshi Koto-ku, Tokyo. [en, ja]

The National Art Center, Tokyo

Venue for art exhibitions with about 14,000 square meters of exhibit space. No permanent collection. [en, ja]

National Museum of Modern Art

Opened in 1952 as a museum for art from Japan and abroad, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Later, the Crafts Gallery and the National Film Center were also opened. Address: 3 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. [ja]

National Museum of Western Art

Established in 1959, its core is the Matsukata Collection. Main building (pre- 18th century art) designed by Le Corbusier. Further collections include: painting from the 19th - early 20th century (with some of the most important Impressionist masters and classics of Modernism). Graphic arts, sculptures (incl. 58 by Rodin). Address: 7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo. [en, ja]

Nezu Institute of Fine Arts

Founded in 1940, the core of the museum's collection consists of objects from different periods assembled by Kaichiro Nezu Sr.: paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and archaeological materials, as well as objects in lacquer, metal, wood and Buddhist art. Address: 6-5-1, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku Tokyo. [en, ja]

Setagaya Art Museum

Opened in 1989 in Kinuta Park. Its exhibitions and collections place special emphasis on art from Japan and abroad which exhibits the quality of naivety. Also shown are works from the large number of artists living in the Setagaya area. Address: 1-2 Kinuta-koen, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. [ja]

Tama Art University

Private art educational institution, founded in 1935. Involved in international artistic exchange. Own collection: Tama Art University Museum. [en, ja]

Tokyo National Museum

Fine and applied arts from Japan and other countries and regions of Asia, including China and Central Asia, Korea, India and Southeast Asia, Egypt and West Asia. Extensive website with ca. 500 objects from the collections (by region or type). Address: 13-9 Ueno Park,Taito-ku, Tokyo. [en, ja]

Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery

Exhibition center in the Tokyo Opera City art and culture complex in Hatsudai. Temporary exhibitions of contemporary art from around the world, as well as permanent presentations of works from the collection put together by Terada Kotaro. Address: 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. [en, ja]

The University Art Museum

Museum of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Opened in 1999 with one of Japan's largest collections of Japanese modern art, including art works of former teachers and students. Address: 12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8714. [en, ja]

Watari-um: Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

Private museum operated by the Watari family, includes large art book collection. Exhibits contemporary Japanese and international art and photography. Address: 3-7-6, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo. [ja]