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museum 🇯🇵 Gifu, Japan

Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural museum presenting Japanese and Western modern art alongside Oribe ceramics and regional Gifu artists.

Japanese art Oribe ceramics prefectural

museum 🇯🇵 Nagano, Japan

Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum

Prefectural museum in Zenkoji Temple area presenting works by Higashiyama Kaii and modern Japanese landscape painting.

Japanese art landscape painting Higashiyama Kaii

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Taka Ishii Gallery

Leading Tokyo gallery showing Japanese and international contemporary photography and art.

contemporary photography Roppongi

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

MAKI Gallery Omotesando

Contemporary gallery in Omotesando showing Japanese and international emerging and established artists.

contemporary Omotesando Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Mori Yu Gallery

Kyoto commercial gallery established in 2001 promoting contemporary art by rising and established artists.

contemporary Kyoto emerging

museum 🇯🇵 Otsu, Japan

Shiga Museum of Art

Lakeside museum presenting modern and contemporary Japanese art alongside exhibitions connected to the Lake Biwa region.

modern art Japanese art Lake Biwa

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Sompo Museum of Art

Houses Van Gogh's Sunflowers alongside Japanese and Western modern art in the Sompo building in Shinjuku.

Van Gogh Sunflowers Impressionism

museum 🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Inujima Seirensho Art Museum

Art museum built into a former copper refinery ruin on Inujima island, using the industrial heritage as art.

industrial art Inujima ruins

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Wako Works of Art

Tokyo gallery in the Piramide Building showing international post-war and contemporary art.

contemporary post-war Roppongi

museum 🇯🇵 Takasaki, Japan

Museum of Modern Art Gunma

Arata Isozaki-designed museum with collections of Japanese and international modern and contemporary art in a geometric building.

modern art Isozaki contemporary

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Koyanagi

Ginza gallery showing established Japanese and international contemporary artists.

contemporary Ginza Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Sendai, Japan

Sendai Mediatheque

Sendai cultural centre designed by Toyo Ito presenting contemporary art and media exhibitions.

contemporary Toyo Ito media

gallery 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

Mitsubishi Artium Gallery

Fukuoka gallery in the Tenjin district presenting contemporary art exhibitions.

contemporary Tenjin exhibitions

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Suntory Museum of Art

Museum in Tokyo Midtown focusing on Japanese art and crafts, presenting exhibitions exploring the beauty of daily life in Japanese culture.

Japanese art crafts Tokyo Midtown

museum 🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Kobe City Museum

Museum in the former settlement district showcasing Namban art depicting early European-Japanese encounters alongside modern art.

Namban art European-Japanese modern art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

KOSAKU KANECHIKA

Tokyo gallery in Terrada Art Complex presenting contemporary Japanese and international artists.

contemporary Japanese art Tennoz Isle

gallery 🇯🇵 Yokohama, Japan

Plot 48 Gallery

Yokohama gallery in Minato Mirai presenting contemporary Japanese art and design.

contemporary design Minato Mirai

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

National Museum of Art Osaka

Major contemporary art museum in Nakanoshima presenting Japanese and international modern and contemporary art.

contemporary national museum Nakanoshima

gallery 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

IAF Shop Gallery

Fukuoka gallery and bookshop presenting contemporary art and design.

contemporary bookshop design

museum 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore

Mizuma Gallery Singapore

Singapore branch of Tokyo-based Mizuma Art Gallery presenting Japanese and Southeast Asian contemporary art.

Japanese art Southeast Asian contemporary

museum 🇯🇵 Nara, Japan

Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

Art museum in Nara Park showing Japanese art with special focus on the rich cultural heritage of Nara.

Japanese art Nara cultural heritage

gallery 🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China

Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong

Japanese gallery's Hong Kong space presenting Asian contemporary and modern art.

contemporary Japanese gallery Asian art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo

Cultural space in Omotesando presenting contemporary art exhibitions from the Fondation Louis Vuitton collection.

contemporary foundation Omotesando

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

WAITINGROOM

Contemporary gallery in Tokyo's Meguro showcasing emerging and mid-career artists.

contemporary emerging Meguro

museum 🇯🇵 Mito, Japan

Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

Museum in Mito presenting modern and contemporary Japanese art alongside international works in the Senba Lake area.

modern art Japanese art lakeside

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

YOD Gallery

Osaka contemporary art gallery showcasing Japanese and Asian art with an emphasis on cross-cultural dialogue.

contemporary Asian art Osaka

museum 🇯🇵 Kurashiki, Japan

Ohara Museum of Art

Japan's first private museum of Western art, founded in 1930 in Kurashiki. Houses El Greco, Monet, Matisse, and Pollock.

Western art Impressionism El Greco

museum 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural museum in the Aichi Arts Center with collections of modern and contemporary Japanese and international art including works by Klimt and Picasso.

modern art Klimt international

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

The National Art Center Tokyo

Japan's largest exhibition space presenting rotating contemporary art shows without a permanent collection.

contemporary Kunsthalle Roppongi

museum 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan

Toyota Municipal Museum of Art

Contemporary art museum in Toyota City with an impressive Yoshio Taniguchi building and outdoor sculpture.

contemporary Taniguchi sculpture

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Meguro Museum of Art

Contemporary art museum in residential Meguro showing Japanese and international works in an intimate setting.

contemporary Meguro intimate

museum 🇯🇵 Sendai, Japan

Miyagi Museum of Art

Sendai's main art museum with Japanese, Western, and Tohoku regional art set in forested parkland.

Japanese art Tohoku regional

museum 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan

Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural museum showcasing Ishikawa's cultural heritage alongside Kutani ceramics, lacquerware, and contemporary art near Kenrokuen Garden.

Kutani ceramics lacquerware Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

ShugoArts Tokyo

Tokyo gallery presenting contemporary art by Japanese and international artists with focus on conceptual practice.

contemporary conceptual Tennozu

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

21_21 Design Sight

Design museum in Tokyo Midtown conceived by Issey Miyake and designed by Tadao Ando, exploring the intersection of art and design.

design Tadao Ando Issey Miyake

gallery 🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

KIITO Creative Center Gallery

Kobe creative center and gallery presenting contemporary art and design exhibitions.

contemporary design creative center

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Yayoi Kusama Museum

Dedicated museum showcasing the polka-dot queen's paintings, sculptures, and immersive infinity rooms.

Kusama infinity rooms polka dots

gallery 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Kodama Gallery

Originally opened in 1998 in Osaka to promote local talent from Osaka and Kyoto, now based in Kyoto.

contemporary local talent Kyoto

museum 🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art

Prefectural art museum focusing on modern art connected to Hokkaido, including paintings, glass art, and crafts.

modern art Hokkaido glass art

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Gallery Nomart

Osaka gallery focused on avant-garde and experimental contemporary art since 1983.

avant-garde experimental Osaka

gallery 🇯🇵 Yokohama, Japan

BankART Studio NYK Gallery

Yokohama gallery presenting contemporary art in a historic waterfront warehouse.

contemporary warehouse waterfront

museum 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

World's only museum dedicated exclusively to modern and contemporary Asian art, showcasing works from 23 countries.

Asian art contemporary international

museum 🇯🇵 Kagoshima, Japan

Kagoshima City Museum of Art

Art museum with views of Sakurajima volcano, featuring Western modern art and local Satsuma-region artists.

modern art Sakurajima regional

museum 🇯🇵 Miyazaki, Japan

Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum

Museum presenting modern and contemporary Japanese art alongside Italian art in a spacious park setting in Miyazaki.

Japanese art Italian art prefectural

gallery 🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Gallery Yamaki Fine Art

Kobe gallery presenting modern and contemporary Japanese art.

modern art Japanese art Kobe

gallery 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore

Ota Fine Arts Singapore

Japanese gallery's Singapore space at Gillman Barracks showing Asian contemporary art.

Asian contemporary Gillman Barracks Japanese gallery

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Side 2

Tokyo gallery in Roppongi presenting contemporary art with a focus on sculpture and installation.

contemporary sculpture Roppongi

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Yumiko Chiba Associates

Tokyo gallery representing emerging Japanese and international contemporary artists.

contemporary emerging Kiyosumi

museum 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

One of Japan's oldest public art museums, renovated in 2020 with a modern glass addition alongside the original 1933 building.

Japanese art modern renovated

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ota Fine Arts Roppongi

Gallery in the Piramide building presenting contemporary art by Yayoi Kusama and Southeast Asian artists.

contemporary Kusama Southeast Asian

museum 🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan

Sapporo Sculpture Museum

Outdoor sculpture museum in a forested park displaying 74 sculptures by Sapporo-born artist Hongo Shin.

sculpture Hongo Shin outdoor

museum 🇯🇵 Naoshima, Japan

Benesse House Museum

Museum and hotel on Naoshima with contemporary art integrated into Tadao Ando architecture.

Naoshima Tadao Ando site-specific art

museum 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Musée Guimet

France's national museum of Asian art, with one of the largest collections of Asian art outside Asia. Holdings include Khmer sculpture, Japanese prints, Chinese ceramics, and Indian bronzes.

Asian art Khmer Japanese prints

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives

New contemporary art museum opened in 2025 with rooftop garden and immersive art experiences.

contemporary new 2025 immersive

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Art Court Gallery

Influential contemporary art gallery in the heart of Osaka promoting Japanese art internationally.

contemporary Japanese art Osaka

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Pace Gallery Tokyo

International mega-gallery's Tokyo space showing blue-chip contemporary art.

contemporary blue chip Azabudai

gallery 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Gallery 16

Established Kyoto gallery presenting contemporary art by Japanese artists since 1962.

contemporary pioneering Kyoto

museum 🇯🇵 Toyama, Japan

Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design

Museum in Toyama City blending art and design with collections of 20th-century poster art and modern Japanese art in a futuristic building.

poster art design modern art

museum 🇯🇵 Mito, Japan

Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery

Arata Isozaki-designed contemporary art gallery within the Art Tower Mito cultural complex, presenting exhibitions of contemporary Japanese and international art.

Arata Isozaki contemporary art cultural complex

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

ANOMALY

Tokyo gallery in the Terrada Art Complex showing experimental contemporary art.

contemporary experimental Tennoz Isle

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ota Fine Arts

Gallery representing Yayoi Kusama and other leading Japanese contemporary artists with spaces in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Singapore.

contemporary Kusama international

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

SCAI The Bathhouse

Tokyo gallery in a converted 200-year-old bathhouse showing Japanese and international contemporary art.

contemporary bathhouse Yanaka

museum 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

Fukuoka Art Museum

Renovated art museum in Ohori Park with collections spanning from ancient Buddhist art to Dalí and Warhol.

modern art Warhol Buddhist art

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Nerima Art Museum

Municipal art museum presenting modern and contemporary Japanese art with a focus on artists connected to the Nerima area.

Japanese art modern art regional

gallery 🇯🇵 Naoshima, Japan

Benesse Art Site Naoshima

Pioneering art island complex with museums by Tadao Ando presenting contemporary art in a spectacular island setting.

contemporary Tadao Ando art island

museum 🇯🇵 Yasugi, Japan

Adachi Museum of Art

Japanese paintings and one of the world's most beautiful gardens, voted best Japanese garden for 20+ years.

Japanese painting garden Yokoyama Taikan

museum 🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan

Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture

Sapporo museum dedicated to sculptor Shin Hongo, showcasing his monumental bronze and wood works.

sculpture Hongo Shin Sapporo

museum 🇯🇵 Nagaoka, Japan

Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

Museum in Senshugahara park presenting modern and contemporary art with a focus on international and Japanese works since the 20th century.

modern art international parkland

museum Lawrence, United States

Spencer Museum of Art

University of Kansas art museum with a broad collection spanning medieval European art to contemporary works, including significant Japanese Edo-period paintings.

university museum Japanese art European art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Taro Nasu

Contemporary gallery in Tokyo representing Japanese conceptual and post-minimalist artists.

conceptual post-minimalist Roppongi

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Mizuma Art Gallery

Tokyo gallery showing Asian contemporary art with focus on Southeast Asia and Japan.

Asian art contemporary Southeast Asian

gallery 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Gallery HAM

Nagoya gallery presenting contemporary art by emerging Japanese artists.

contemporary emerging Japanese art

museum 🇯🇵 Sakura, Japan

Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art

Private museum in the Chiba countryside with an impressive collection including Rothko Room, Monet, Renoir, and Chagall.

Rothko Impressionism private museum

museum 🇬🇧 Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Bournemouth's Victorian mansion with four galleries showcasing Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Japanese art, and personal collections of the Russell-Cotes family.

Pre-Raphaelite Victorian Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Wada Fine Arts

Tokyo gallery in Nihonbashi presenting contemporary Japanese paintings and works on paper.

contemporary painting Nihonbashi

museum 🇯🇵 Tonosho, Japan

Teshima Yokoo House

Restored traditional Japanese house on Teshima transformed by artist Tadanori Yokoo into an immersive art installation.

Tadanori Yokoo immersive island art

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Yoshimi Arts Gallery

Osaka gallery presenting contemporary art by Japanese and international artists.

contemporary international Osaka

museum 🇯🇵 Kofu, Japan

Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art

Museum in Kofu presenting works by Millet and Barbizon School painters alongside modern Japanese art in a park setting.

Millet Barbizon Japanese art

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Public art museum in Ueno Park hosting major exhibitions and promoting contemporary Japanese art since 1926.

exhibitions Ueno Japanese art

museum 🇩🇪 Neuss, Germany

Langen Foundation

Tadao Ando-designed museum on the former NATO rocket base adjacent to Insel Hombroich. Presents Japanese art and contemporary exhibitions.

Tadao Ando Japanese art contemporary

museum 🇯🇵 Tatebayashi, Japan

Gunma Museum of Art Tatebayashi

Takahiko Yanagisawa-designed museum presenting modern and contemporary art in a water-surrounded building in Gunma's lakeland area.

modern art water architecture Gunma

gallery 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Kenji Taki Gallery Nagoya

Nagoya gallery presenting contemporary art by Japanese and international artists.

contemporary international Nagoya

museum 🇯🇵 Atami, Japan

MOA Museum of Art

Hilltop museum in Atami with Japanese art treasures including National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties.

Japanese art National Treasures sea views

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Gallery + BTAP

Japan's first commercial gallery specializing in contemporary art, opened in 1950, with a Beijing branch.

contemporary pioneering Ginza

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Kotaro Nukaga

Tokyo gallery with spaces in Roppongi and Tennoz Isle showing international contemporary art.

contemporary international Roppongi

museum 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art

Private museum presenting modern and contemporary Japanese art in a traditional Kyoto setting near Gion.

contemporary Japanese art Gion

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial Museum of Art

Museum in Harajuku dedicated to ukiyo-e woodblock prints with rotating exhibitions from a collection of over 14,000 prints.

ukiyo-e woodblock prints Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Nanzuka

Shibuya gallery representing Japanese and international artists working in pop and underground culture.

pop art underground culture Shibuya

museum 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan

National Crafts Museum

Japan's only national museum dedicated to modern crafts, relocated from Tokyo to Kanazawa with collections of ceramics, textiles, lacquer, and metalwork.

crafts ceramics lacquer

museum 🇯🇵 Tottori, Japan

Tottori Prefectural Museum

Museum presenting modern art and folk craft from the San'in region with collections of works by Tottori-connected artists.

modern art folk craft San'in

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tagboat Gallery

Tokyo gallery and online platform promoting emerging Japanese contemporary artists.

emerging contemporary Nihonbashi

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery

Osaka gallery showing Japanese contemporary painting, sculpture, and photography.

contemporary painting Osaka

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Mori Art Museum

Contemporary art museum on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills, offering panoramic views alongside international exhibitions. Known for ambitious thematic shows addressing global issues through art.

contemporary views international roppongi

museum 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art

Japan's first public contemporary art museum, opened in 1989, set on a hilltop in Hijiyama Park.

contemporary first public MOCA Hijiyama

museum 🇯🇵 Akita, Japan

Akita Museum of Modern Art

Prefectural museum presenting modern art with a massive painting by Fujita Tsuguharu depicting autumn festivals alongside Akita regional art.

Fujita Tsuguharu regional art modern

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Common

Harajuku gallery presenting emerging contemporary art by Japanese and international artists.

contemporary emerging Harajuku

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Take Ninagawa

Tokyo gallery showing Japanese and international contemporary art with an emphasis on conceptual practices.

contemporary conceptual Shimbashi

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ginza Tsutaya Books Gallery

Gallery and art bookshop in Ginza Six presenting contemporary art exhibitions and artist editions.

contemporary bookshop Ginza Six

museum 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Ceramics Center Gallery

Gallery dedicated to Kyoto's renowned ceramic traditions including Kiyomizu-yaki and contemporary ceramic art.

ceramics Kiyomizu-yaki traditional craft

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

√K Contemporary

Contemporary gallery in Kagurazaka presenting Japanese and international emerging artists.

contemporary emerging Kagurazaka

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

ShugoArts

Tokyo gallery representing Lee Ufan, Kishio Suga, and other Mono-ha artists.

contemporary Mono-ha Japanese art

museum 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Nagoya City Art Museum

Modern and contemporary art museum in Shirakawa Park with works by Modigliani, Mexican muralists, and local artists.

modern art Modigliani Mexican muralism

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ando Gallery

Tokyo gallery in Meguro representing Japanese contemporary painters and sculptors.

painting sculpture Meguro

museum 🇯🇵 Aomori, Japan

Aomori Museum of Art

Jun Aoki-designed museum with Yoshitomo Nara's giant Aomori Dog and Chagall's ballet backdrops.

Nara Chagall contemporary

museum 🇯🇵 Chiba, Japan

Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art

Museum in Chiba Port Park presenting modern and contemporary art with connections to Chiba Prefecture.

modern art Japanese art port park

museum 🇮🇹 Turin, Italy

Museo d'Arte Orientale

Turin's museum of Asian art in the Palazzo Mazzonis, with collections spanning from ancient to contemporary art from South and East Asia. Includes Japanese prints and Indian sculpture.

Asian art Japanese prints sculpture

museum 🇫🇷 Giverny, France

Maison et Jardins de Claude Monet

Monet's restored home and gardens in Giverny, the inspiration for his Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge paintings. The flower gardens and water garden can be visited as living works of art.

Monet Impressionism gardens

gallery 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Kanaal Art

Nagoya-based gallery presenting contemporary art by emerging Japanese artists.

contemporary emerging Nagoya

museum 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Museum of Art

Art museum in a distinctive round building in Shukkeien garden area housing French Impressionist paintings including works by Monet, Renoir, and Degas.

French Impressionism Monet Renoir

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Tezukayama Gallery

Osaka gallery presenting contemporary art by emerging Japanese artists.

contemporary emerging Osaka

museum 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Sister museum of Boston's MFA presenting exhibitions of American and European art from the MFA collection in Nagoya.

Boston MFA European art American art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Misako & Rosen

Gallery in Toshima with a collaborative approach to contemporary art, seeking alternatives to commercial practices.

contemporary collaborative Ikebukuro

gallery 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Finch Arts

Kyoto-based contemporary gallery presenting Japanese and international emerging artists.

contemporary emerging Kyoto

museum 🇯🇵 Matsue, Japan

Shimane Art Museum

Museum on the shore of Lake Shinji, showing modern Japanese art with views of sunset over the lake and outdoor sculpture.

modern art lakeside sunset views

museum 🇯🇵 Naha, Japan

Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum

Okinawa's main art museum presenting Ryukyu Kingdom art, bingata textiles, and contemporary Okinawan art reflecting the island's unique cultural heritage.

Ryukyu art bingata Okinawan art

museum 🇯🇵 Towada, Japan

Towada Art Center

Museum integrated into the city streetscape with works by Kusama, Nara, and Eliasson visible from the street.

contemporary art Kusama public art

museum Tashkent, Uzbekistan

International Caravansarai of Culture (Ikuo Hirayama Gallery)

Museum and gallery named after the Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, dedicated to Silk Road art and culture. Displays Hirayama's paintings alongside Uzbek art inspired by the Silk Road.

Silk Road Japanese art cultural exchange

museum 🇯🇵 Chiba, Japan

Chiba City Museum of Art

Municipal art museum presenting Edo-period painting, modern Japanese art, and contemporary exhibitions.

Edo painting modern Japanese art Chiba

museum 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

SANAA-designed circular glass museum that blurs indoor and outdoor space, free to enter the public zones.

contemporary art SANAA architecture

studio 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

3331 Arts Chiyoda

A former junior high school in Akihabara converted into a multi-level arts centre with artist studios, galleries, and workshop spaces. A hub of Tokyo's grassroots creative community.

studios community akihabara grassroots

museum 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Nakanoshima Museum of Art

New black-box museum opened in 2022 in the Nakanoshima arts district showcasing modern and contemporary art.

modern art contemporary new museum

museum 🇯🇵 Sakata, Japan

Sakata City Art Museum

Museum in Sakata showcasing works by photographer Domon Ken and modern art connected to the Shonai region.

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gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Yoshimi Arts

Osaka gallery presenting emerging contemporary art by young Japanese and international artists.

contemporary emerging Minami-Senba

museum 🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural museum presenting Japanese and Western art with strength in local Okayama artists and modern art.

Japanese art modern art prefectural

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Taro Nasu Gallery Osaka

Gallery presenting international contemporary art with a focus on conceptual and multimedia practices.

contemporary conceptual Horie

gallery 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Imura Art Gallery Kyoto

Kyoto gallery founded in 1990 to showcase emerging artists and prove the city's worth as a contemporary art hub.

contemporary emerging Kyoto

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Shiseido Gallery

One of Japan's oldest art galleries, operating since 1919 in Ginza, presenting contemporary art exhibitions with a focus on experimental and cross-disciplinary work.

contemporary art Ginza experimental

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Satoko Oe Contemporary

Tokyo gallery in Roppongi dedicated to presenting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Japan.

contemporary emerging Roppongi

gallery 🇯🇵 Kagoshima, Japan

Kirishima Open-Air Museum

Kagoshima open-air museum presenting contemporary sculpture in a natural mountain setting.

sculpture open-air nature

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Atsuko Barouh

Gallery in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa showing Japanese and international emerging contemporary art.

contemporary emerging Kiyosumi

museum Taipei, Taiwan

Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (MOCA Taipei)

Taiwan's first museum solely dedicated to contemporary art, housed in a 1921 Japanese colonial-era school building.

contemporary art colonial building Taipei

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Nezu Museum

A jewel of Japanese and East Asian art housed in a Kengo Kuma-designed building. The serene garden, one of central Tokyo's hidden treasures, features tea houses, ponds, and ancient stone sculptures.

japanese art garden kuma traditional

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Akio Nagasawa Gallery

Tokyo gallery with locations in Toranomon Hills and Minami-Aoyama showing photography and contemporary art.

photography contemporary Toranomon

museum 🇯🇵 Naoshima, Japan

Naoshima Bath I Love Yu

Working public bathhouse on Naoshima designed by artist Shinro Ohtake as a living artwork blending pop art, found objects, and bathing culture.

Shinro Ohtake public art pop art

museum 🇯🇵 Tsu, Japan

Mie Prefectural Art Museum

Museum in Tsu featuring works by local Japanese artists alongside French and Spanish masters in a modern building.

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gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ota Fine Arts Tokyo

Tokyo gallery presenting contemporary art with strong ties to Southeast Asian art scenes.

contemporary Southeast Asian Shinagawa

museum 🇬🇧 Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum

Victorian seaside villa in Bournemouth housing an eccentric collection of Victorian paintings, Japanese art, and souvenirs gathered by the Russell-Cotes family from world travels.

Victorian art Japanese art seaside villa

gallery 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

Gallery Moryta

Fukuoka gallery presenting contemporary art by Kyushu-based and national Japanese artists.

contemporary Kyushu Japanese art

museum 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan

D.T. Suzuki Museum

Yoshio Taniguchi-designed museum dedicated to the Zen philosopher, with contemplative water garden spaces.

Zen architecture Taniguchi

museum 🇯🇵 Yamagata, Japan

Yamagata Museum of Art

Prefectural museum presenting Japanese and French art with works by Monet and Renoir alongside modern Yamagata artists.

Impressionism Japanese art prefectural

gallery 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa

Iconic circular museum presenting contemporary art in one of Japan's most architecturally celebrated buildings.

contemporary architecture SANAA

museum 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto

Immersive digital art space opened in 2025 exploring the relationship between nature, art, and technology.

digital art immersive new 2025

museum 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Musée Cernuschi

Museum of Asian art belonging to the City of Paris, housed in banker Henri Cernuschi's mansion near Parc Monceau. The collection spans Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese art across millennia.

Asian art Chinese art Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Yukiko Mizutani

Tokyo gallery in the Terrada Art Complex presenting contemporary Japanese and international art.

contemporary Tennoz Isle Japanese art

museum 🇯🇵 Wakayama, Japan

Museum of Modern Art Wakayama

Prefectural museum on the castle grounds focused on modern Japanese art connected to the Kansai region.

modern art Kansai castle grounds

gallery 🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst-Bau

Kobe gallery presenting contemporary art in the Kitano district.

contemporary Kitano gallery

museum Oberlin, United States

Allen Memorial Art Museum

Oberlin College's renowned museum with an encyclopedic collection of 15,000 works, including notable holdings of Japanese woodblock prints and Dutch and Flemish paintings.

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museum 🇯🇵 Shizuoka, Japan

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

Museum with Eastern and Western landscape art including Monet and Gauguin, with a Rodin wing featuring The Gates of Hell.

Rodin Monet landscape art

gallery Taipei, Taiwan

Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei

Taipei museum presenting contemporary art in a renovated Japanese colonial building.

museum contemporary colonial

museum 🇯🇵 Shibukawa, Japan

Hara Museum ARC

Branch of the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art set in Gunma's green highlands with outdoor sculpture.

contemporary sculpture highlands

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

National Art Center Tokyo

Japan's largest exhibition space designed by Kisho Kurokawa with no permanent collection, only rotating shows and the annual Nitten exhibition.

exhibitions Kurokawa Roppongi

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Kikutake Gallery

Gallery in the Piramide Building showing emerging and mid-career Japanese contemporary artists.

contemporary emerging Roppongi

museum 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu, Japan

Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art

Museum presenting modern and contemporary art with Japanese painting, Western art, and a focus on artists connected to northern Kyushu.

modern art northern Kyushu Western art

museum 🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

Tadao Ando-designed waterfront museum in HAT Kobe presenting modern and contemporary art from the collection and international touring shows.

Tadao Ando modern art waterfront

gallery 🇯🇵 Yokohama, Japan

BankART 1929

Yokohama arts complex in historic buildings presenting contemporary art exhibitions and artist residencies.

contemporary residency historic

gallery Los Angeles, United States

Blum & Poe

LA gallery that championed the Superflat movement, representing Takashi Murakami and Sam Gilliam. Major presence at international art fairs.

contemporary Superflat Japanese art

museum 🇬🇧 Kirkcudbright, United Kingdom

Broughton House & Garden

An 18th-century town house on the High Street, home of painter E.A. Hornel from 1901 until his death in 1933. A leading member of the Glasgow Boys, Hornel extended the house to include a gallery and studio, and created a remarkable Japanese-inspired garden descending to the River Dee. Now a National Trust for Scotland property, the house preserves Hornel's art collection, his personal library of rare Burns and Galloway books, and his studio arranged as he left it. The garden is one of the hidden treasures of south-west Scotland.

E.A. Hornel Glasgow Boys National Trust Japanese garden

museum 🇯🇵 Wakayama, Japan

Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

Kisho Kurokawa-designed museum presenting modern and contemporary art connected to Wakayama's cultural heritage and the Kumano region.

Kisho Kurokawa modern art Kumano

museum 🇯🇵 Naruto, Japan

Otsuka Museum of Art

Unique museum in Naruto displaying over 1,000 full-size ceramic reproductions of masterpieces from 190 Western art museums spanning 25 countries.

ceramic reproductions Western art Naruto

museum 🇯🇵 Matsuyama, Japan

Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art

Museum in Matsuyama presenting modern Japanese and Western art with strength in works connected to Ehime Prefecture.

modern art Japanese art prefectural

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Japan's first comprehensive museum of photography and visual imagery in Ebisu Garden Place with three floors of exhibitions.

photography visual imagery Ebisu

museum 🇯🇵 Matsumoto, Japan

Matsumoto City Museum of Art

Art museum dedicated to Matsumoto-born artist Yayoi Kusama with a large outdoor polka-dot sculpture and Japanese modern art.

Yayoi Kusama polka dots Japanese modern art

museum 🇯🇵 Hakone, Japan

Hakone Open-Air Museum

Japan's first open-air museum with over 100 sculptures set against volcanic mountain scenery including a Picasso pavilion.

sculpture park Picasso outdoor art

museum 🇯🇵 Saga, Japan

Saga Prefectural Museum of Art

Prefectural museum presenting Arita porcelain art, Nabeshima ware, and modern Japanese painting from the Saga region.

Arita porcelain ceramics Japanese painting

museum 🇯🇵 Nagasaki, Japan

Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum

Kengo Kuma-designed waterfront museum showcasing Spanish art and Nagasaki's cultural exchange heritage.

Spanish art Kengo Kuma waterfront

museum 🇯🇵 Kumamoto, Japan

Kumamoto Contemporary Art Museum

Central Kumamoto museum promoting contemporary art and community engagement through diverse exhibitions.

contemporary community art Kumamoto

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

BLUM Tokyo

International gallery's Tokyo space in Harajuku showing contemporary art.

contemporary international Harajuku

museum Dallas, United States

Crow Museum of Asian Art

Free museum in the Dallas Arts District presenting a significant collection of Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Southeast Asian art spanning 5,000 years.

Asian art free admission jade

gallery 🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan

500m Art Museum Gallery

Sapporo underground gallery presenting contemporary art in a 500-meter pedestrian walkway.

contemporary underground public art

museum 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan

Kanazawa Noh Museum

Museum presenting the art and craftsmanship of Noh theater masks, costumes, and visual culture in the traditional arts capital of Kanazawa.

Noh theater masks traditional arts

museum 🇯🇵 Saitama, Japan

Saitama Museum of Modern Art

Kurosawa Fumio-designed museum in Kita-Urawa presenting modern art with a focus on design and the relationship between art and daily life.

modern art design daily life

museum 🇯🇵 Akita, Japan

Akita Museum of Art

Tadao Ando-designed museum housing Tsuguharu Foujita's massive painting Events in Akita alongside prefectural art collections.

Foujita Tadao Ando prefectural

museum 🇯🇵 Fukui, Japan

Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art

Museum presenting modern and contemporary art with focus on works by Fukui-born artists and Japanese nihonga painting.

nihonga modern art prefectural

museum 🇯🇵 Oyamazaki, Japan

Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art

Museum in a 1932 English-style villa with an Ando Tadao addition, overlooking the confluence of three rivers near Kyoto.

Impressionism Tadao Ando villa museum

museum 🇯🇵 Naoshima, Japan

Chichu Art Museum

Underground museum by Tadao Ando on Naoshima island with Monet, Walter De Maria, and James Turrell, using only natural light.

Tadao Ando Monet James Turrell

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

XYZ collective

Artist-run experimental space in Tokyo presenting installation, performance, and new media art.

artist-run experimental Komagome

museum 🇯🇵 Hirosaki, Japan

Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art

Opened in 2020 in a renovated Meiji-era brick warehouse, showcasing Japanese and international contemporary art.

contemporary brick warehouse renovated

museum 🇯🇵 Tokamachi, Japan

Echigo-Tsumari Art Field

Vast outdoor art festival region with permanent installations across 200 villages in rural Niigata's rice terraces.

land art rural art triennale

museum 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts

Classical Japanese and Chinese art collection housed in Tennoji Park, featuring Buddhist art and calligraphy.

Japanese art Chinese art Buddhist art

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Nanzuka Underground Osaka

Osaka branch of Tokyo's Nanzuka gallery presenting contemporary pop and underground art.

contemporary pop art underground

museum 🇯🇵 Naoshima, Japan

Naoshima New Museum of Art

Tadao Ando-designed museum opened in 2025, the newest addition to the Benesse Art Site Naoshima complex.

Tadao Ando new 2025 contemporary

museum 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

Japan's first public museum dedicated to contemporary art, designed by Kisho Kurokawa on Hijiyama hill overlooking the city.

contemporary art Kisho Kurokawa hilltop

museum 🇯🇵 Saga, Japan

Saga Prefectural Art Museum

Prefectural museum presenting Saga Nishiki brocade art, Okada Saburosuke paintings, and Nabeshima and Arita porcelain-inspired art.

Arita porcelain Nabeshima brocade art

museum 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto

Modern Japanese art from the Meiji period onward, with emphasis on Kyoto-school and nihonga painting.

modern art nihonga Kyoto

museum 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Osaka National Museum of Art

Underground contemporary art museum designed by César Pelli beneath a striking steel lattice on Nakanoshima.

contemporary art underground César Pelli

museum 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

Instituto Tomie Ohtake

Cultural institute dedicated to Japanese-Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake, presenting contemporary art exhibitions.

contemporary art Tomie Ohtake Japanese-Brazilian

museum 🇯🇵 Oita, Japan

Oita Prefectural Art Museum

Shigeru Ban-designed museum opened in 2015 on the waterfront, with bamboo-woven exterior reflecting Oita's craft heritage.

Shigeru Ban bamboo contemporary

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Artizon Museum

Formerly Bridgestone Museum, reopened in 2020 with Impressionist, modern Japanese, and contemporary art collections.

Impressionism modern Bridgestone

museum 🇯🇵 Tokamachi, Japan

Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art KINARE

Museum hub of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field triennial in rural Niigata, presenting contemporary art in a Hiroshi Hara-designed building with a central water court.

art triennial Hiroshi Hara rural art

gallery 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

The Third Gallery Aya

Osaka gallery showing contemporary photography and mixed media by Japanese artists.

photography mixed media Osaka

museum 🇯🇵 Koka, Japan

MIHO Museum

I.M. Pei-designed museum in the Shigaraki mountains, approached through a tunnel and bridge like a hidden paradise.

I.M. Pei ancient art mountain setting

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Kaikai Kiki Gallery

Gallery founded by Takashi Murakami presenting works by Superflat artists and emerging Japanese talent.

Superflat pop art Murakami

museum 🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan

Hida Takayama Museum of Art

Art Nouveau and Art Deco museum in the Japanese Alps with Emile Galle glass, Rene Lalique, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh furniture.

Art Nouveau Art Deco Galle glass

gallery 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Gallery Valeur

Nagoya gallery presenting contemporary painting and sculpture.

contemporary painting sculpture

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Kayokoyuki

Tokyo gallery in Sumida presenting emerging contemporary Japanese artists.

emerging Japanese art Sumida

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Asakusa Gallery

Renovated 1965 townhouse gallery with intimate curation grappling with social and economic topics.

contemporary social practice Asakusa

museum 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Museum of art and design with collections spanning 4,000 years. Exceptional holdings of Art Nouveau, Japanese art, Islamic art, fashion, and contemporary design in a magnificent 19th-century building.

design Art Nouveau applied arts Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Takasaki, Japan

Rin Art Association

Gallery in Takasaki, Gunma presenting contemporary Japanese artists in a rural setting.

contemporary rural Gunma

museum 🇯🇵 Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama Museum of Art

One of Japan's largest art museums showing modern and contemporary art, including Dalí, Magritte, and Cézanne.

modern art Dalí Minatomirai

gallery 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

KYOTOGRAPHIE

Annual international photography festival presenting exhibitions across Kyoto's historic venues.

photography festival historic venues

museum 🇯🇵 Obuse, Japan

Hokusai Museum Obuse

Museum in the small town of Obuse dedicated to Katsushika Hokusai, who spent his final years here creating major works.

Hokusai ukiyo-e Obuse

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Itabashi Art Museum

Municipal art museum with collections of Edo-period Japanese painting and prints alongside modern and contemporary works in northern Tokyo.

Japanese painting Edo period prints

museum 🇯🇵 Tokamachi, Japan

Tokamachi City Museum

Museum in the Echigo-Tsumari region presenting art connected to the rice terraces landscape and the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial.

art triennial rice terraces rural art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tomio Koyama Gallery

Gallery representing Yoshitomo Nara, Mr., and other Japanese contemporary artists.

contemporary Nara Roppongi

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Whitestone Gallery Ginza

Ginza gallery presenting contemporary Asian art with spaces in Hong Kong, Taipei, and Karuizawa.

contemporary Asian art Ginza

museum 🇯🇵 Naoshima, Japan

Lee Ufan Museum

Tadao Ando-designed semi-underground museum on Naoshima dedicated to the Korean-born Mono-ha artist.

Lee Ufan Mono-ha Tadao Ando

museum 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

Japan House São Paulo

Kengo Kuma-designed cultural space presenting Japanese art, design, and contemporary exhibitions.

Japanese art Kengo Kuma design

museum 🇯🇵 Marugame, Japan

Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum dedicated to abstract artist Genichiro Inokuma, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, adjacent to JR Marugame Station.

Inokuma abstract Taniguchi

museum 🇯🇵 Karuizawa, Japan

Karuizawa New Art Museum

Contemporary art museum on Karuizawa's main street presenting exhibitions of Japanese and international contemporary art in a mountain resort setting.

contemporary mountain resort Japanese art

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

MAKI Gallery Tennoz

Second space in Terrada Art Complex showing large-scale contemporary installations and sculpture.

contemporary installations Tennoz Isle

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Nonaka-Hill Tokyo

Gallery with locations in Tokyo and Los Angeles showing Japanese and international contemporary art.

contemporary international Kiyosumi

museum 🇯🇵 Naoshima, Japan

Benesse Art Site Naoshima - Art House Project

Series of abandoned houses in Honmura village on Naoshima transformed into art installations by artists including James Turrell and Shinro Ohtake.

site-specific James Turrell installation

museum 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Hosomi Museum

Private museum of Japanese fine art spanning from antiquity to the Edo period, housed in a modern Kyoto building.

Japanese art Edo period private collection

museum 🇯🇵 Onomichi, Japan

Onomichi City Museum of Art

Tadao Ando-designed museum overlooking the Seto Inland Sea, showing local and contemporary art.

Tadao Ando Seto Inland Sea contemporary

gallery 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Imura Art Gallery

Kyoto gallery presenting contemporary Japanese art with a focus on painting and installation.

contemporary Japanese art Higashiyama

art_centre 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

teamLab Borderless

A boundary-dissolving immersive digital art museum where artworks move between rooms and interact with visitors. One of the most visited single-artist museums in the world, redefining what an art experience can be.

digital art immersive teamlab interactive

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Whitestone Gallery

Tokyo gallery with spaces in Ginza and Karuizawa showing modern and contemporary Japanese art.

modern art Japanese art Ginza

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Located in Kiba Park with a collection of around 5,500 works of contemporary art and houses the Art Library.

contemporary art Kiba Park Japanese contemporary

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

Private contemporary art museum in Shibuya founded in 1990, known as Watari-um, showing cutting-edge international art.

contemporary Shibuya international

gallery 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Perrotin Tokyo

French mega-gallery's Tokyo outpost showing international contemporary art.

contemporary international Roppongi

museum 🇯🇵 Hakone, Japan

Pola Museum of Art

Art museum in the Hakone forest with Impressionist and modern art including Monet, Renoir, and Picasso.

Impressionism Monet forest setting

museum 🇯🇵 Tokushima, Japan

Tokushima Modern Art Museum

Prefectural museum with 20th-century art including works by Picasso, Klee, and Japanese modern masters.

modern art Picasso Klee

museum 🇯🇵 Utsunomiya, Japan

Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts

Prefectural museum with works by Kawai Kanjiro, Seiki Kuroda, and modern Japanese painters in a park setting.

Japanese painting modern art parkland

museum 🇯🇵 Tonosho, Japan

Teshima Art Museum

Ryue Nishizawa's teardrop-shaped concrete shell museum on Teshima island, a single artwork by Rei Naito.

Nishizawa Rei Naito island art

museum 🇯🇵 Morioka, Japan

Iwate Museum of Art

Contemporary building in Morioka showcasing works by Tetsugoro Yorozu, Shunsuke Matsumoto, and other Iwate artists.

modern art Iwate artists contemporary

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

Japan's first national art museum displaying modern and contemporary Japanese art from the Meiji period onward, with nearly 14,000 works.

modern art Japanese art Meiji

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery

Contemporary art gallery in Shinjuku presenting solo exhibitions of emerging and established artists.

contemporary Shinjuku solo shows

gallery 🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan

CAI02 Gallery

Sapporo gallery presenting contemporary art by Hokkaido and international artists.

contemporary Hokkaido international

museum 🇯🇵 Takamatsu, Japan

Takamatsu Art Museum

Municipal art museum presenting modern and contemporary art with connections to Kagawa Prefecture's artistic heritage and the Seto Inland Sea.

modern art Kagawa art Seto Inland Sea

museum 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Setagaya Art Museum

Art museum in Kinuta Park with a collection spanning modern and contemporary Japanese and Western art, surrounded by greenery.

modern art Japanese art park setting

museum 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum

Art museum in Shukkeien garden with Japanese and Western modern art including Dalí and Picasso.

modern art Dalí Japanese art

museum 🇮🇹 Turin, Italy

Museo d'Arte Orientale (MAO) di Torino

Turin's museum of Asian art with collections spanning South Asia, China, Japan, and the Himalayan region in a restored 18th-century palazzo.

Asian art Japanese art Chinese art

museum 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Abeno Harukas Art Museum

Art museum on the 16th floor of Japan's tallest building, presenting blockbuster exhibitions of Japanese and international art.

exhibitions skyscraper Japanese art

museum 🇯🇵 Nagano, Japan

Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

Prefectural museum presenting art connected to Nagano's natural beauty including works by Higashiyama Kaii and landscape painting.

Higashiyama Kaii landscape painting Nagano

gallery_spotlight John Weber Admin

Broughton House: Inside E.A. Hornel's Japanese Dream in Galloway

Broughton House reveals how E.A. Hornel created a unique fusion of Scottish home and Japanese garden on Kirkcudbright's High Street.

Broughton House E.A. Hornel Japanese garden National Trust

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Tokyo's Digital Art Revolution: teamLab and Beyond

From teamLab's immersive projections to Kusama's infinity rooms, Tokyo is redefining what an art experience can be — with deep roots in Japanese aesthetic tradition.

Tokyo Japan teamLab digital art

cultural 🇯🇵 Aomori, Japan

Aomori Museum of Art & Shiko Munakata Walk

Visit Jun Aoki's white geometric Aomori Museum of Art with its 8.5m Chagall backdrop, then the Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of woodblock prints.

4 km moderate

Aomori Chagall Munakata Shiko woodblock prints

cultural 🇯🇵 Saga, Japan

Arita & Imari Pottery Trail

Follow the historic pottery trail through the Kyushu towns of Arita and Imari, visiting kilns and workshops producing porcelain since the 17th century.

15 km moderate

Arita Imari pottery porcelain

cultural 🇯🇵 Oita, Japan

Beppu Mixed Bathing World Art Route

Explore art installations in hot spring ryokan and public spaces during the Beppu Art Month, where artists create site-specific works in the onsen town.

6 km moderate

Beppu onsen site-specific art Oita

cultural 🇯🇵 Oita, Japan

Beppu Mixed Bathing World Art Walk

Walk through Beppu's hot spring town visiting contemporary art installations from the Mixed Bathing World international art festival.

4 km moderate

Beppu hot springs Mixed Bathing World onsen art

cultural 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires MALBA & Palermo Chico Museum Walk

Visit MALBA with its Latin American art collection and walk through Palermo Chico to the Museo de Arte Decorativo and the Japanese Garden.

3 km moderate

MALBA Palermo Chico Arte Decorativo Latin American art

cultural 🇯🇵 Niigata, Japan

Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Trail

Drive and hike through the rice terraces and forests of Niigata prefecture to discover over 200 site-specific art installations from the Triennale.

50 km moderate

Echigo-Tsumari Triennale rural art rice terraces

cultural Oregon, United States

Eugene Cultural Art Walk

Walk downtown Eugene and the Whiteaker neighborhood gallery corridor, visiting the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon — with the country's largest collection of Japanese ceramics outside a national museum — and the Maude Kerns Art Center studios.

4 km moderate

Eugene cultural

cultural 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

Fukuoka Art Walk: Tenjin to Hakata

Walk from the Fukuoka Art Museum and Ohori Park through the Tenjin gallery district to the Asian Art Museum in central Hakata.

5 km moderate

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Tenjin Kyushu

cultural 🇯🇵 Kyushu, Japan

Fukuoka Hakata & Asian Art Museum Walk

Visit the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and walk through the Hakata heritage area visiting temples, shrines, and the Canal City art installations.

3 km moderate

Fukuoka Asian Art Hakata Canal City

cultural 🇫🇷 Normandy, France

Giverny Monet Garden & Impressionism Walk

Visit Monet's house and gardens at Giverny including the famous water lily pond and Japanese bridge, then the Musée des Impressionnismes.

2 km moderate

Monet water lilies Japanese bridge Impressionism

cultural Haifa, Israel

Haifa German Colony & Tikotin Museum Art Walk

Walk from the German Colony's restored Templar architecture to the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art and Haifa Museum of Art.

3 km moderate

German Colony Tikotin Museum Haifa Museum of Art Templar

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Hakone Open-Air Museum & Art Walk

Visit the Hakone Open-Air Museum with its outdoor sculptures and the POLA Museum of Art in the volcanic mountains.

5 km moderate

Hakone Open-Air Museum POLA Picasso

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Hakone Open-Air Museum & Hot Spring Art Walk

Visit the Hakone Open-Air Museum with sculptures in mountain scenery and the Pola Museum of Art in the volcanic resort town.

5 km moderate

Hakone Open-Air Museum Pola hot springs

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Hakone Open-Air Museum Sculpture Trail

Wander through 120 sculptures set against mountain scenery at Japan's first open-air museum, including a dedicated Picasso Pavilion with 300 works.

3 km moderate

Hakone sculpture Picasso open-air museum

cultural 🇯🇵 Nagasaki, Japan

Hasami & Arita Ceramics Trail

Visit the porcelain towns of Hasami and neighbouring Arita in Nagasaki and Saga prefectures, exploring hundreds of years of ceramic artistry.

12 km moderate

Hasami ceramics porcelain Nagasaki

cultural 🇧🇪 Flanders, Belgium

Hasselt Fashion & Art Walk

Explore Hasselt's creative scene with the Z33 House for Contemporary Art, the Fashion Museum, and the largest Japanese Garden in Europe.

3 km moderate

Hasselt Z33 fashion contemporary

cultural 🇧🇪 Flanders, Belgium

Hasselt Japanese Garden & Fashion Art Walk

Visit the largest Japanese garden in Europe and walk through the Hasselt fashion museum and the galleries of this Limburg capital.

3 km moderate

Japanese garden fashion museum Hasselt Limburg

cultural 🇯🇵 Chugoku, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial & Art Museum Walk

Walk through the Peace Memorial Park and visit the Hiroshima Museum of Art and the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art.

4 km moderate

Hiroshima Peace Memorial MOCA contemporary

cultural 🇯🇵 Chugoku, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial & MOCA Walk

Visit the Peace Memorial Park and Museum then walk to the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art on Mount Hijiyama.

4 km moderate

Peace Memorial MOCA Hijiyama contemporary

cultural 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Art Walk

Walk through the Peace Memorial Park viewing Isamu Noguchi's bridges and cenotaph, the museum's art collection, and the rebuilt Hiroshima MOCA.

4 km moderate

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Noguchi MOCA

cultural Taipei, Taiwan

Huashan 1914 Creative Park Walk

Explore the maze of narrow walkways and open courtyards of Huashan 1914, a former Japanese-era wine factory turned creative park with galleries and art markets.

1.5 km moderate

Taipei Huashan 1914 creative park Japanese heritage

cultural 🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Inujima Art Island Trail

Visit the Seirensho Art Museum built in a former copper refinery and the Art House Project installations on this tiny Seto Inland Sea island.

3 km moderate

Inujima Seirensho Art House Project island art

cultural 🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Inujima Art Island Walk

Visit the Inujima Seirensho Art Museum in a former copper refinery and walk through the Art House Project on this small island.

3 km moderate

Inujima Seirensho refinery island art

cultural 🇯🇵 Kyushu, Japan

Kagoshima Sengan-en Garden & Art Walk

Visit the Sengan-en garden with its views of Sakurajima volcano and walk through the Shiroyama art and heritage district.

4 km moderate

Sengan-en Sakurajima Shimazu gardens

cultural 🇯🇵 Kagoshima, Japan

Kagoshima Sengan-en Garden & Satsuma Art Walk

Explore the feudal Sengan-en garden overlooking Sakurajima volcano, then visit the Satsuma ceramics museum and Shoko Shuseikan industrial heritage.

3.5 km moderate

Kagoshima Sengan-en Satsuma ceramics volcano

cultural 🇩🇪 Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Kaiserslautern & Pfalzgalerie Art Walk

Visit the Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern with its Impressionist and Expressionist collection and the Japanese Garden art installation.

3 km moderate

Kaiserslautern Pfalzgalerie Impressionism Japanese Garden

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Kamakura Great Buddha & Temple Art Walk

Visit the Great Buddha at Kotoku-in and walk through Kamakura's temple gardens and the Museum of Modern Art Kamakura.

5 km moderate

Kamakura Great Buddha temple art Zen gardens

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Kamakura Sculpture & Temple Art Trail

Walk between Kamakura's great Buddha, Zen temple gardens, and the modern Kamakura Museum of Literature along the seaside hills.

7 km moderate

Kamakura Great Buddha Zen temples sculpture

cultural 🇯🇵 Ishikawa, Japan

Kanazawa 21st Century Art Walk

Visit SANAA's circular 21st Century Museum, Kenroku-en Garden, and D.T. Suzuki Museum in this coastal city blending old and new.

4 km moderate

Kanazawa SANAA 21st Century Museum gardens

cultural 🇯🇵 Ishikawa, Japan

Kanazawa 21st Century Museum & Kenrokuen Walk

Visit the SANAA-designed 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art and walk through Kenrokuen, one of Japan's three great gardens.

3 km moderate

21st Century Museum SANAA Kenrokuen samurai district

cultural 🇯🇵 Ishikawa, Japan

Kanazawa 21st Century Museum & Samurai Walk

Visit the circular 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art by SANAA and walk through the samurai and geisha districts.

3.5 km moderate

Kanazawa 21st Century Museum SANAA samurai district

cultural 🇯🇵 Ishikawa, Japan

Kanazawa Higashi Chaya & Craft Walk

Walk through the Higashi Chaya geisha district and the Nagamachi samurai district visiting gold leaf and lacquerware workshops.

3 km moderate

Higashi Chaya geisha gold leaf lacquerware

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kobe Hyogo Art Museum & Port Walk

Visit the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art designed by Tadao Ando and walk the Kobe port waterfront to the Meriken Park.

3 km moderate

Kobe Hyogo Museum Tadao Ando port

cultural 🇯🇵 Hyogo, Japan

Kobe Kitano-cho & Harbour Art Walk

Walk from the European-influenced Kitano-cho district through the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art designed by Tadao Ando to the harbour art spaces.

5 km moderate

Kobe Kitano-cho Tadao Ando harbour

cultural 🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter Art Walk

Walk through the white-walled canal district of Kurashiki visiting the Ohara Museum of Art, Japan's first private Western art museum, and artisan workshops.

2.5 km moderate

Kurashiki Ohara Museum canal district Western art

cultural 🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter Walk

Walk through the picturesque canal district visiting the Ohara Museum of Art, Japan's first private museum of Western art.

2.5 km moderate

Kurashiki Bikan Ohara Museum canal district

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Arashiyama Art & Garden Walk

Visit the Tenryuji garden and walk through the bamboo grove to the Okochi Sanso villa and the Saga Arashiyama art galleries.

3.5 km moderate

Arashiyama bamboo grove Tenryuji gardens

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Higashiyama Temple Art Walk

Walk from Kiyomizu-dera through the Higashiyama district visiting temple gardens, the National Museum, and the Sanjusangen-do.

4 km moderate

Higashiyama Kiyomizu Sanjusangen-do temple art

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Kiyomizu-dera to Gion Artisan Walk

Descend from Kiyomizu-dera through the ceramic shops of Gojo-zaka and tea houses of Ninenzaka to the geisha district of Gion with its traditional arts.

3 km moderate

Kyoto Kiyomizu Gion ceramics

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Nishijin Textile & Craft District Walk

Walk through the Nishijin weaving district visiting the Nishijin Textile Center, traditional obi workshops, and kimono galleries.

2.5 km moderate

Nishijin textile obi kimono

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Nishijin Textile & Craft Walk

Walk through the Nishijin weaving district visiting textile workshops, the Nishijin Textile Center, and kimono artisan studios.

3 km moderate

Nishijin textiles kimono weaving

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Nishijin Textile Art Walk

Explore the Nishijin weaving district of Kyoto, visiting workshops producing brocade textiles used in kimonos and Noh costumes for over 500 years.

3 km moderate

Kyoto Nishijin textiles kimono

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Philosopher's Path & Silver Pavilion Walk

Walk the cherry tree-lined Philosopher's Path from Nanzen-ji to Ginkaku-ji visiting temple gardens and traditional craft galleries.

3 km moderate

Philosopher's Path Ginkaku-ji Nanzen-ji gardens

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Philosopher's Path Art Walk

Stroll the canal-side Philosopher's Path from Ginkaku-ji to Nanzen-ji, passing small galleries, artisan studios, and Zen temple gardens.

2 km moderate

Kyoto Philosopher's Path Zen canal walk

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Kyoto Temple Art & Gardens Trail

Visit Kyoto's temple gardens as living art installations, from the rock garden at Ryoan-ji to the golden pavilion and contemporary galleries.

15 km moderate

Kyoto temples Zen gardens Japanese art

cultural 🇨🇱 Coquimbo, Chile

La Serena Colonial & Archaeological Art Walk

Walk through La Serena's colonial-style centre visiting the Museo Arqueológico and the Japanese Garden, then explore the artisan Feria market.

3 km moderate

La Serena colonial archaeological museum artisan market

cultural Monaco, Monaco

Larvotto & Japanese Garden Sculpture Walk

Walk along the Larvotto beach promenade to the Japanese Garden designed by Yasuo Beppu, featuring traditional stone lanterns, a tea house, and waterfall sculptures.

2 km moderate

Larvotto Japanese Garden Yasuo Beppu stone lanterns

cultural Los Angeles, United States

Los Angeles Downtown Art Walk

Join the monthly Downtown LA Art Walk on the second Thursday each month, connecting MOCA Grand Avenue, the Broad Museum, Grand Park's public art, and the Japanese American National Museum through the revitalised Broadway and Spring Street gallery corridor.

4 km moderate

Los Angeles Angeles Downtown

cultural California, United States

Los Angeles DTLA Art Trail

Follow the DTLA Art Trail connecting the Broad Museum, MOCA, and the Japanese American National Museum through the revitalised downtown core.

3 km moderate

DTLA The Broad MOCA Japanese American

cultural 🇯🇵 Nagano, Japan

Matsumoto Art City Walk

Explore Matsumoto from its striking black castle to the Matsumoto City Museum of Art featuring Yayoi Kusama's outdoor sculptures in her hometown.

3 km moderate

Matsumoto Yayoi Kusama castle Nagano

cultural 🇯🇵 Nagano, Japan

Matsumoto Castle & Craft City Walk

Visit the National Treasure Matsumoto Castle and walk through the Nakamachi district visiting galleries and craft shops.

3 km moderate

Matsumoto Castle Nakamachi crafts National Treasure

cultural 🇯🇵 Nagano, Japan

Matsumoto Castle & Kusama Art Walk

Visit the black Matsumoto Castle and walk to the Matsumoto City Museum of Art with its Yayoi Kusama pumpkin and polka dot installations.

2.5 km moderate

Matsumoto castle Kusama pumpkin

cultural 🇯🇵 Chiba, Japan

Nagareyama Mori no Art Walk

Explore the forest art walk installations and the growing artist community in this Tokyo-adjacent city known for its blend of nature and creative spaces.

4 km moderate

Nagareyama forest art sculpture nature

cultural 🇯🇵 Nagasaki, Japan

Nagasaki Art & Heritage Walk

Walk from the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture through the Dutch trading post of Dejima to the Glover Garden and its Meiji-era art collections.

5 km moderate

Nagasaki Dejima Glover Garden Meiji art

cultural 🇯🇵 Aichi, Japan

Nagoya Aichi Triennale & Art Island Walk

Explore the venues of the Aichi Triennale from the Aichi Arts Center to the Nagoya City Art Museum and port-area installations.

6 km moderate

Nagoya Aichi Triennale contemporary installations

cultural 🇯🇵 Chubu, Japan

Nagoya Aichi Triennale & Sakae Art Walk

Walk through the Sakae district visiting the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art and the Triennale venues throughout central Nagoya.

3.5 km moderate

Nagoya Aichi Triennale Sakae contemporary

cultural 🇯🇵 Kagawa, Japan

Naoshima Art Island Circuit

Walk the Naoshima art island circuit visiting the Chichu Art Museum, Benesse House, and the Art House Project installations.

8 km moderate

Naoshima Chichu Benesse Art House Project

cultural 🇯🇵 Kagawa, Japan

Naoshima Art Island Trail

Ferry to this Seto Inland Sea island transformed by Benesse into an open-air art destination with Tadao Ando museums and Yayoi Kusama sculptures.

12 km moderate

Naoshima Benesse Tadao Ando island art

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Nara Todai-ji & Ancient Art Walk

Walk through Nara Park visiting Todai-ji with its Great Buddha, Kasuga Shrine lanterns, and the Nara National Museum.

4 km moderate

Nara Todai-ji Great Buddha ancient art

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Nara Todaiji & National Museum Walk

Visit the Todaiji Great Buddha Hall and walk to the Nara National Museum through the deer park viewing temple treasures.

3 km moderate

Todaiji Great Buddha Nara National Museum deer park

cultural 🇯🇵 Nara, Japan

Nara Traditional Craft & Temple Art Trail

Walk from Todai-ji's Great Buddha through the Naramachi merchant quarter visiting lacquerware, calligraphy, and ink-brush artisan workshops.

5 km moderate

Nara Todai-ji traditional crafts calligraphy

cultural 🇯🇵 Niigata, Japan

Niigata Bandaijima Art & Culture Walk

Visit the Niigata City Art Museum on Bandaijima and the Next21 building, then explore the Furumachi geisha district's traditional arts.

4 km moderate

Niigata Bandaijima geisha district traditional arts

cultural 🇯🇵 Tochigi, Japan

Nikko Toshogu Shrine Art Walk

Visit the ornate Toshogu Shrine with its spectacular carvings and lacquerwork set in a cedar forest.

3 km moderate

Toshogu shrine art lacquerwork cedar forest

cultural 🇯🇵 Tochigi, Japan

Nikko World Heritage Art & Craft Trail

Admire the ornate carvings and painted panels of the Toshogu Shrine complex, a UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece of Edo-period decorative art.

4 km moderate

Nikko Toshogu UNESCO Edo period

cultural 🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Okayama Korakuen Garden & Orient Museum Walk

Visit one of Japan's three great gardens alongside the Hayashibara Museum of Art and the Orient Museum with its ancient Near Eastern collection.

3 km moderate

Okayama Korakuen Orient Museum garden art

cultural 🇯🇵 Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa Tsuboya Pottery District Walk

Walk through the historic Tsuboya pottery district of Naha visiting traditional Okinawan ceramic workshops and the Tsuboya Pottery Museum.

2 km moderate

Naha Okinawa Tsuboya pottery

cultural 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Onomichi Temple Walk & Cat Art Trail

Climb the hillside paths of Onomichi past 25 temples, cat-themed street art, and small galleries with views over the Shimanami Kaido islands.

4 km moderate

Onomichi temples cat art Shimanami Kaido

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Osaka Amerikamura & Shinsaibashi Street Art Walk

Explore the street art and youth culture of Amerikamura and walk to the galleries along Shinsaibashi-suji.

2.5 km moderate

Amerikamura Shinsaibashi street art youth culture

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Osaka Nakanoshima Art Mile

Walk the Nakanoshima riverside island from the National Museum of Art to the new Nakanoshima Museum of Art and the Osaka City Central Library.

3 km moderate

Osaka Nakanoshima museum riverside

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Osaka Nakanoshima Museum & Dojima Art Walk

Visit the new Nakanoshima Museum of Art and walk through the Dojima gallery district on the waterfront island.

3 km moderate

Nakanoshima Dojima waterfront contemporary

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Osaka Nakanoshima Museum District Walk

Walk the Nakanoshima island visiting the National Museum of Art Osaka, the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, and the Central Public Hall.

2.5 km moderate

Nakanoshima NMAO museum district river island

cultural 🇯🇵 Kansai, Japan

Osaka Shinsekai & Tennoji Art Walk

Walk through the retro Shinsekai district and visit the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts in Tennoji Park.

3 km moderate

Shinsekai Tennoji retro Fine Arts Museum

cultural 🇨🇳 Shandong, China

Qingdao Former Concession & Art District Walk

Walk through the former German and Japanese concession areas with their colonial architecture and visit the Qingdao Art Museum.

3.5 km moderate

Qingdao German concession colonial architecture art museum

cultural 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo Liberdade & Japanese Art Quarter Walk

Walk through Liberdade, the Japanese-Brazilian cultural district, visiting the Japan House São Paulo and the Bunkyo Cultural Centre.

2.5 km moderate

Liberdade Japan House Japanese-Brazilian cultural district

cultural 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo Liberdade & Japanese-Brazilian Art Walk

Discover the artistic heritage of São Paulo's Japanese neighbourhood with visits to Japan House, galleries, and cultural centres.

2.5 km moderate

Liberdade Japan House Japanese-Brazilian cultural heritage

cultural 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo MASP & Paulista Avenue Art Walk

Visit MASP with its glass crystal gallery spanning Paulista Avenue, then walk the cultural mile past the Japan House, SESC Paulista, and IMS.

3 km moderate

MASP Paulista Japan House cultural mile

cultural 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo Paulista Avenue Museum Mile

Walk the length of Avenida Paulista visiting MASP, Japan House, Instituto Moreira Salles, and Sesc Paulista cultural centres.

3 km moderate

MASP Paulista Avenue Japan House Instituto Moreira Salles

cultural 🇯🇵 Hokkaido, Japan

Sapporo Moerenuma Park & Art Walk

Visit Moerenuma Park designed by Isamu Noguchi and walk through Sapporo visiting the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art.

5 km moderate

Moerenuma Noguchi Hokkaido Museum snow art

cultural 🇯🇵 Hokkaido, Japan

Sapporo Sculpture Garden & Art Park Walk

Walk through the Sapporo Art Park and the Sapporo Sculpture Garden with outdoor works set against the Hokkaido mountain landscape.

4 km moderate

Sapporo Art Park sculpture Hokkaido

cultural 🇯🇵 Hokkaido, Japan

Sapporo Sculpture Park & Outdoor Art Walk

Visit the Sapporo Art Park with its 74 outdoor sculptures set in a birch forest, combined with the nearby Sapporo Sculpture Garden.

5 km moderate

Sapporo Hokkaido sculpture park outdoor art

cultural 🇯🇵 Miyagi, Japan

Sendai Mediatheque & Jozenji-dori Art Walk

Visit Toyo Ito's transparent Sendai Mediatheque, then stroll Jozenji-dori boulevard with its zelkova trees and outdoor sculpture installations.

3 km moderate

Sendai Toyo Ito Mediatheque sculpture boulevard

cultural 🇯🇵 Tohoku, Japan

Sendai Mediatheque & Jozenji-dori Walk

Visit the Toyo Ito-designed Sendai Mediatheque and walk the zelkova-lined Jozenji-dori avenue with its public sculptures.

3 km moderate

Mediatheque Toyo Ito Jozenji-dori sculpture

cultural 🇯🇵 Kagawa, Japan

Setouchi Triennale Island Hop

Island-hop through the Seto Inland Sea visiting art installations across Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima during the Setouchi Triennale.

30 km moderate

Setouchi Triennale island art Seto Inland Sea

cultural 🇯🇵 Shizuoka, Japan

Shizuoka Granship & Tea Culture Art Route

Visit the Shizuoka Museum of Art and explore the tea ceremony culture at nearby heritage tea houses, blending visual and performative art traditions.

5 km moderate

Shizuoka tea ceremony Mt Fuji views museum

cultural Tainan, Taiwan

Tainan Blueprint Cultural Park & Art District Walk

Visit the Blueprint Cultural Creative Park in renovated Japanese dormitories, then explore Tainan's Shennong Street with its heritage shops and galleries.

3 km moderate

Blueprint Cultural Park Shennong Street Japanese heritage creative park

cultural Tainan, Taiwan

Tainan Hayashi Department Store & Japanese Heritage Art Walk

Visit the restored Hayashi Department Store and walk through the Japanese colonial-era heritage district with its renovated cultural spaces and art installations.

3 km moderate

Hayashi Japanese heritage Tainan colonial architecture

cultural Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei Beitou Hot Spring & Art Museum Walk

Visit the Beitou Museum housed in a Japanese-era public bathhouse and the Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch, then explore the thermal valley art installations.

3 km moderate

Beitou hot spring Japanese bathhouse green architecture

cultural 🇯🇵 Gifu, Japan

Takayama Old Town & Folk Art Walk

Walk through the beautifully preserved Edo-period old town of Takayama visiting the morning markets and traditional folk art museums.

3 km moderate

Takayama Edo period folk art morning market

cultural 🇯🇵 Gifu, Japan

Takayama Old Town Art & Craft Walk

Stroll the beautifully preserved Edo-period streets of Takayama's Sanmachi Suji district, visiting sake breweries, woodworking studios, and folk art galleries.

3 km moderate

Takayama Edo period folk art woodworking

cultural 🇯🇵 Kagawa, Japan

Teshima Art Island Walk

Walk or cycle across Teshima island visiting the Teshima Art Museum by Ryue Nishizawa and the Les Archives du Coeur.

10 km moderate

Teshima Ryue Nishizawa art island Boltanski

cultural 🇯🇵 Kagawa, Japan

Teshima Art Museum & Island Walk

Explore Teshima island's Ryue Nishizawa-designed droplet museum and the Les Archives du Coeur sound installation by Christian Boltanski.

8 km moderate

Teshima Nishizawa Boltanski island art

cultural 🇯🇵 Tokushima, Japan

Tokushima Awa Indigo Dyeing Art Trail

Explore the traditional awa indigo dyeing workshops of Tokushima prefecture, where artisans have perfected the deep blue Japan Blue dye for centuries.

5 km moderate

Tokushima indigo dyeing awa Japan Blue

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Akihabara to Ueno Art Corridor

Walk from Akihabara's pop culture art through Ameyoko market to the Ueno museum cluster including the Tokyo National Museum and SCAI The Bathhouse.

3.5 km moderate

Tokyo Ueno museums pop culture

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Aoyama & Omotesando Gallery Walk

Walk through the Aoyama and Omotesando districts visiting the Nezu Museum, Spiral building, and the architectural showroom galleries.

3 km moderate

Aoyama Omotesando Nezu Museum architecture

art_trail 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Contemporary Art Circuit

A route through Tokyo's most innovative contemporary art spaces, from the digital wonderland of teamLab to the architectural gems of Omotesando and the grassroots galleries of Roppongi. Tokyo's art scene blends traditional Japanese aesthetics with cutting-edge technology and global contemporary practice in ways found nowhere else.

25 km easy

tokyo japan contemporary digital art

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Gallery Roppongi to Ginza

Walk Tokyo's art axis from the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills through Midtown to the Ginza gallery district.

6 km moderate

Tokyo Roppongi Ginza contemporary

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Ginza Gallery Walk

Walk through Ginza visiting the galleries on Chuo-dori and visiting the Shiseido Gallery and Ginza Six art installations.

2.5 km moderate

Ginza Shiseido Gallery Ginza Six luxury galleries

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Gallery District Walk

Explore the emerging gallery district of Kiyosumi-Shirakawa with its converted warehouses, small contemporary art spaces, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.

3 km moderate

Tokyo Kiyosumi MOT gallery district

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Roppongi Art Triangle Walk

Walk the Roppongi Art Triangle connecting the Mori Art Museum, the National Art Center, and the Suntory Museum of Art.

2.5 km moderate

Roppongi Art Triangle Mori National Art Center

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Shimokitazawa & Daikanyama Art Walk

Explore the bohemian Shimokitazawa and refined Daikanyama neighbourhoods visiting T-Site Tsutaya, galleries, and vintage shops.

4 km moderate

Shimokitazawa Daikanyama T-Site bohemian

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Shimokitazawa & Setagaya Art Walk

Walk through the bohemian Shimokitazawa and visit the Setagaya Art Museum in its parkland setting.

3.5 km moderate

Shimokitazawa Setagaya bohemian theatre

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Shimokitazawa Street Art Walk

Explore the bohemian neighbourhood of Shimokitazawa with its indie galleries, street murals, vintage shops, and live performance spaces.

2.5 km moderate

Tokyo Shimokitazawa street art bohemian

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo teamLab Planets & Odaiba Digital Art Walk

Visit teamLab Planets immersive digital art museum and walk through Odaiba visiting the Miraikan and waterfront art installations.

3 km moderate

teamLab digital art Odaiba immersive

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Ueno Park Museum Circuit

Walk through Ueno Park visiting the Tokyo National Museum, National Museum of Western Art by Le Corbusier, and the Metropolitan Art Museum.

3 km moderate

Ueno National Museum Le Corbusier Western Art

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanto, Japan

Tokyo Yanaka Old Town Art Stroll

Explore the nostalgic neighbourhood of Yanaka with its traditional craft shops, small galleries, and the atmospheric Yanaka Ginza shopping street.

3.5 km moderate

Tokyo Yanaka traditional crafts shitamachi

cultural 🇯🇵 Aomori, Japan

Towada Art Center & Street Walk

Visit the Towada Art Center with works by Ron Mueck, Yoko Ono, and others, then walk the Arts Towada outdoor sculpture boulevard.

2.5 km moderate

Towada Aomori contemporary sculpture Ron Mueck

cultural 🇯🇵 Ishikawa, Japan

Wajima Lacquerware Art Trail

Visit the Wajima Lacquerware Museum and artisan workshops on the Noto Peninsula, where craftsmen have perfected urushi lacquer art for over 600 years.

3 km moderate

Wajima lacquerware Noto Peninsula urushi

cultural 🇯🇵 Wakayama, Japan

Wakayama Kumano Kodo Sacred Art Trail

Walk sections of the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route visiting ancient shrines with sacred art, mandala paintings, and Heian-period sculptures.

20 km moderate

Kumano Kodo UNESCO pilgrimage sacred art

cultural 🇵🇱 Lower Silesia, Poland

Wrocław Four Domes & Centennial Hall Art Walk

Visit the Four Domes Pavilion with its contemporary art and walk to the UNESCO Centennial Hall with its public art and Japanese Garden.

3 km moderate

Four Domes Centennial Hall UNESCO Japanese Garden

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Yokohama Triennale & Red Brick Art Walk

Walk the Yokohama waterfront visiting the Yokohama Museum of Art, the Red Brick Warehouses, and the Triennale exhibition venues.

4 km moderate

Yokohama Triennale Red Brick waterfront

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Yokohama Triennale & Red Brick Warehouse Walk

Walk through the Yokohama Triennale venues and the Red Brick Warehouse cultural complex on the harbour.

3.5 km moderate

Yokohama Triennale Red Brick harbour contemporary

cultural 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan

Yokohama Waterfront Art Walk

Explore Yokohama's creative waterfront from the Red Brick Warehouse art spaces to the Yokohama Museum of Art and BankART complex.

5 km moderate

Yokohama waterfront BankART Red Brick Warehouse

artist 🇯🇵 Berlin, Japan

Shimabuku

Japanese artist creating poetic conceptual interventions.

Performance Video Conceptual

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Suda Yoshihiro

Japanese sculptor creating hyperrealistic plant works.

Sculpture

artist 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Chiharu Shiota

Japanese installation artist known for room-filling webs of thread and suspended objects exploring memory and existence.

Installation Performance

artist 🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Saburo Murakami

Japanese Gutai artist known for paper-breaking performances.

Performance Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Chiho Aoshima

Japanese artist creating fantastical digital prints and murals.

Digital Printmaking Mural

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Yoko Ono

Japanese multimedia artist known for conceptual and performance works.

Performance Installation Music

artist 🇨🇦 Vancouver, Canada

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Haida artist blending manga and Haida art traditions.

Painting Drawing

artist 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Yanagi Yukinori

Japanese artist exploring nationalism and borders.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Tomoko Kashiki

Japanese painter creating dreamy figurative paintings.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Takahiro Iwasaki

Japanese sculptor creating miniature architectural models from everyday materials like towels and hair.

Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Kumamoto, Japan

Takamine Tadasu

Japanese video and performance artist exploring social margins.

Video Performance

artist 🇯🇵 Niigata, Japan

Kuribayashi Takashi

Japanese artist creating water and ice installations.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Haruya Kudo

Japanese new media artist creating interactive digital installations exploring human-technology interfaces.

Digital Art Installation

artist 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand

Yuki Kihara

Samoan-Japanese New Zealand artist exploring Pacific identity, gender, and colonial photography.

Photography Performance Video

artist 🇯🇵 Kamakura, Japan

Lee Ufan

Korean-Japanese artist and founding member of the Mono-ha movement. Known for minimalist paintings and stone/steel sculp...

Painting Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

Yukinori Maeda

Japanese painter creating vivid oil paintings exploring cultural identity and art historical references.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Yokota

Japanese photographer known for experimental darkroom techniques.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Noriko Ambe

Japanese artist known for intricately cut linear paper sculptures that map topographic-like terrain from stacked sheets.

Sculpture Drawing

artist 🇯🇵 Uwajima, Japan

Shinro Ohtake

Japanese artist whose diverse practice includes collage, painting, sculpture, and sound, blending everyday detritus into...

Collage Painting Sculpture Sound

artist 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Simon Fujiwara

British-Japanese artist based in Berlin creating narrative installations.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Leiko Ikemura

Japanese-Swiss artist based in Berlin painting dreamlike figurative works exploring migration.

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Sanda, Japan

Shingu Susumu

Japanese kinetic sculptor creating wind sculptures.

Sculpture Kinetic

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Hikaru Fujii

Japanese artist creating documentary-based installations exploring historical memory and social issues.

Installation Video Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Ryuji Miyamoto

Japanese photographer documenting architectural ruins and disaster sites.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

On Kawara

Japanese conceptual artist known for his Today series of date paintings and works systematically documenting the passage...

Painting Conceptual Art

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Nobuaki Takekawa

Japanese painter creating watercolor world maps and installations exploring migration and global politics.

Painting Watercolor Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Yokohama, Japan

Meiro Koizumi

Japanese video artist creating intense emotional narratives exploring war memory and Japanese society.

Video Performance

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tsubasa Kato

Japanese artist known for ambitious sculptural projects including building a full-scale wooden ship and floating house.

Sculpture Installation Performance

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Kusama Yayoi

Japanese artist known for polka dot and infinity works.

Painting Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 New York, Japan

Sugimoto Hiroshi

Japanese photographer of seascapes and theaters.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Teppei Kaneuji

Japanese sculptor creating assemblages from toys and objects.

Sculpture Assemblage

artist 🇯🇵 Shizuoka, Japan

Kishio Suga

Japanese Mono-ha artist who arranges natural and industrial materials to reveal the interdependence of objects and space...

Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Diego Marcon

Japanese video artist creating uncanny animated works (exhibiting in Japan).

Video Animation

artist 🇯🇵 Hiroshima, Japan

Yukinori Yanagi

Japanese artist creating works on nationalism using flags and ants.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Amagasaki, Japan

Kazuo Shiraga

Japanese Gutai artist known for action paintings made by swinging from ropes and painting with his feet.

Painting Performance

artist New York, United States

Lee Ufan

Korean-Japanese Mono-ha artist based partly in the US.

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ei Arakawa

Japanese performance and installation artist exploring collaboration, art history, and new forms of social engagement.

Performance Installation Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, Japan

Motoi Yamamoto

Japanese artist creating intricate, large-scale labyrinthine patterns from salt, meditating on memory and loss.

Installation Drawing

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tomoko Konoike

Japanese painter creating large mythological paintings and sculptures.

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Atsushi Saga

Japanese painter creating delicate watercolor works exploring memory and everyday observation.

Painting Watercolor

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Mr.

Japanese artist creating paintings of cute anime-style girls and flowers.

Painting

artist San Francisco, United States

Ruth Asawa

Japanese-American sculptor known for looped wire hanging sculptures.

Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Araki Nobuyoshi

Japanese photographer of provocative Tokyo works.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Chim↑Pom

Japanese artist collective creating provocative social interventions.

Installation Performance Video

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Mori Mariko

Japanese artist creating futuristic sculptures and immersive installations.

Sculpture Installation Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Chim Pom

Japanese art collective known for provocative guerrilla actions and installations addressing disaster, urban life, and s...

Installation Performance Video

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Hisashi Tenmyouya

Japanese painter blending traditional nihonga with street art.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Los Angeles, Japan

Naotaka Hiro

Japanese artist creating sculptural paintings exploring the body.

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Noe Aoki

Japanese sculptor known for welded iron spring sculptures.

Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Sputniko!

Japanese-British artist and designer creating speculative design works and films that question technology, gender, and b...

Film Installation Design

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Murakami Takashi

Japanese painter creating superflat pop works.

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Mika Rottenberg

Argentine-Israeli artist exhibited widely in Japan creating surreal video installations about labor and production.

Video Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Shibata

Japanese photographer documenting the tension between natural landscapes and human-made infrastructure across Japan.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Katsura Funakoshi

Japanese sculptor creating carved wood portrait busts.

Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Takis

Greek sculptor based partly in Japan creating magnetic sculptures.

Sculpture Kinetic

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Aiko Miyawaki

Japanese sculptor known for her stainless steel wire sculptures that evoke plants and natural forms in public spaces.

Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Murakami

Japanese artist who blurs the line between high and low culture with his Superflat theory. Known for smiling flowers and...

Painting Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Kawamata Tadashi

Japanese sculptor creating wooden site-specific works.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 New York, Japan

Mika Tajima

Japanese-American artist creating installations that merge technology, design, and social systems using custom software ...

Installation Sculpture Digital Art

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Ryoji Ikeda

Japanese sound and visual artist working at the intersection of art and science, known for data-driven audiovisual insta...

Installation Sound Digital Art

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Takuro Tamura

Japanese painter known for abstract landscape-inspired works.

Painting

artist Long Island City, United States

Isamu Noguchi

Japanese-American sculptor creating biomorphic and landscape sculptures.

Sculpture Design

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Izumi Kato

Japanese painter and sculptor creating primal, totemic figures with dark eyes, blending childlike imagery with ritual po...

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

Asuka Anastacia Ogawa

Japanese-Brazilian painter creating vivid figurative works.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Aida

Japanese artist whose provocative paintings, videos, and installations satirize Japanese society, pop culture, and art w...

Painting Video Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Rinko Kawauchi

Japanese photographer known for luminous everyday photographs.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Naito Rei

Japanese installation artist creating ephemeral works.

Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Taro Izumi

Japanese artist creating absurdist video sculptures.

Video Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Hirose

Japanese installation artist creating works with beans, light, and organic materials exploring global ecosystems.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Atsuko Tanaka

Japanese artist and founding member of the Gutai group, known for Electric Dress and radical paintings exploring connect...

Painting Performance Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Ozawa

Japanese artist creating socially engaged projects.

Photography Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Shizuoka, Japan

Tetsuya Ishida

Japanese painter creating surreal figurative works depicting the dehumanization of Japanese workers.

Painting

artist 🇬🇧 Kirkcudbright, United Kingdom

E.A. Hornel

Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933) was the artist most closely associated with Kirkcudbright, a member of the Glasgow Bo...

oil painting

artist 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Keisuke Tanaka

Japanese sculptor creating kinetic wooden mechanisms and automata exploring craft and technology.

Sculpture Kinetic Art

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Shoko Mugikura

Japanese photographer creating documentary works exploring post-disaster landscapes and resilience.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Sanda, Japan

Susumu Shingu

Japanese kinetic sculptor creating wind-powered outdoor works.

Sculpture Kinetic

artist 🇮🇹 Venice, Italy

Tancredi Parmeggiani

Italian painter creating all-over abstract compositions influenced by Action Painting and Japanese calligraphy.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Berlin, Japan

Shiota Chiharu

Japanese installation artist working with thread.

Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Tadashi Kawamata

Japanese artist creating site-specific installations from salvaged wood that transform architectural spaces and public s...

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Roppongi Crossing

Japanese collective creating multidisciplinary installations exploring urban Tokyo culture.

Installation Video Performance

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Kohei Nawa

Japanese sculptor known for covering objects in crystal glass beads and creating large-scale foam installations.

Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Aiko Miyanaga

Japanese sculptor creating installations from naphthalene and ephemeral materials.

Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Daido Moriyama

Japanese photographer known for high-contrast, grainy black-and-white images capturing the raw energy of urban Japan.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru Ban

Japanese architect and artist known for innovative use of paper tubes and sustainable materials in disaster relief struc...

Architecture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 London, Japan

Tomoko Takahashi

Japanese installation artist who transforms gallery spaces with immersive environments of accumulated everyday objects a...

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

Tomie Ohtake

Japanese-Brazilian painter known for gestural abstract paintings.

Painting Sculpture

artist Brooklyn, United States

Tomokazu Matsuyama

Japanese-American painter blending Eastern and Western traditions.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Yuko Mohri

Japanese artist creating kinetic installations from everyday objects.

Installation Kinetic Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Nobuyoshi Araki

Prolific Japanese photographer known for highly personal, provocative imagery blending eroticism, flowers, and the stree...

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ryo Shiotani

Japanese painter whose photorealistic still-life paintings of food and everyday objects have gained international attent...

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Kenjiro Okazaki

Japanese sculptor and theorist creating geometric installations.

Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Ibaraki, Japan

Tatsuo Miyajima

Japanese artist using LED counters in installations exploring concepts of time, life, and death.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan

Tatsumi Orimoto

Japanese performance artist known for Breadman performances.

Performance

artist Los Angeles, United States

Shio Kusaka

Japanese-American ceramicist known for porcelain vessels. Her forms merge ancient ceramic traditions with contemporary a...

Ceramics

artist 🇯🇵 Tochigi, Japan

Nara Yoshitomo

Japanese painter and sculptor known for paintings of wide-eyed children with menacing expressions.

Painting Sculpture Drawing

artist 🇯🇵 Ibaraki, Japan

Miyajima Tatsuo

Japanese artist creating LED counter works.

Installation Light

artist 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Kenji Yanobe

Japanese sculptor creating monumental figurative sculptures.

Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Akira Yamaguchi

Japanese painter blending Edo-period imagery with modern life.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Berlin, Japan

Leiko Ikemura

Japanese-Swiss artist whose paintings and sculptures depict dreamlike landscapes and ambiguous human-nature hybrid figur...

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tochigi, Japan

Yoshitomo Nara

Japanese artist known for paintings and sculptures of deceptively innocent children with mischievous expressions.

Painting Sculpture Drawing

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Taro Shinoda

Japanese sculptor creating minimal black geometric works exploring architecture and void.

Sculpture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Fujiko Nakaya

Japanese artist known for fog sculptures that transform landscapes and architecture with immersive, ephemeral clouds of ...

Installation Environmental Art

artist Tokyo, United States

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist known for infinity rooms.

Installation Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Aida Makoto

Japanese artist creating provocative works on Japanese culture.

Painting Installation

artist 🇯🇵 New York, Japan

Noritoshi Hirakawa

Japanese artist exploring voyeurism, intimacy, and social boundaries through photography, video, and performance.

Photography Video Performance

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Japanese photographer and architect known for his long-exposure seascapes, theater series, and dioramas.

Photography Architecture Installation

artist 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand

Yuree Kensaku

Thai-Japanese painter creating fantastical figurative paintings blending anime aesthetics with Thai cultural elements.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Ryoko Aoki

Japanese painter creating delicate figurative and natural works.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

teamLab

Japanese art collective creating immersive digital installations that respond to viewer presence and movement.

Digital Art Installation Interactive

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Taro Okamoto

Pioneering Japanese modern artist known for the Tower of the Sun at Expo '70 and bold, primitivist abstract paintings.

Painting Sculpture Architecture

artist 🇯🇵 New York, Japan

Yuji Agematsu

Japanese artist creating daily sculptural observations.

Sculpture

artist New York, United States

Yoko Ono

Japanese-American conceptual artist and performer.

Conceptual Performance

artist New York, United States

Aki Sasamoto

Japanese-American performance and sculpture artist.

Performance Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Chiba, Japan

Yuki Shimizu

Japanese photographer weaving fictional narratives from coastal research.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Ryohei Usui

Japanese artist creating works on urban landscapes and perception.

Painting Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Morimura Yasumasa

Japanese photographer recreating art historical works.

Photography

artist 🇯🇵 Berlin, Japan

Chiharu Shiota

Japanese installation artist known for immersive webs of thread suspended in space, often intertwined with keys and obje...

Installation Performance Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Leandro Erlich

Argentine artist with major installations in Japan exploring perception.

Installation Sculpture

artist 🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain

Lolo & Sosaku

Spanish-Japanese street art duo creating figurative murals.

Mural Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Nerhol

Japanese artist duo creating sculptured photographs by layering and carving hundreds of sequential portrait images.

Photography Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Jiro Yoshihara

Japanese painter and founder of the Gutai group.

Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Mori

Japanese multimedia artist whose work blends technology, spirituality, and nature in futuristic visions.

Photography Video Installation Sculpture

artist 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Lee Ufan

Korean-Japanese minimalist painter based partly in France.

Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Dumb Type

Japanese multimedia performance collective exploring technology.

Performance Installation Video

artist 🇯🇵 Hyogo, Japan

Tabaimo

Japanese video and animation artist creating uncanny scenes of everyday Japanese life with a dark, surreal edge.

Animation Video Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Manabu Ikeda

Japanese artist creating incredibly detailed pen drawings of fantastical landscapes over months of work.

Drawing

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist known for polka dots, infinity rooms, and immersive installations. One of the world's most influential l...

Installation Painting Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 New York, Japan

Shirin Neshat

Iranian artist known for black-and-white photographs and films exploring gender, identity, and exile in Islamic societie...

Photography Film Video

artist 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Chiharu Shiota

Japanese artist based partly in France creating thread installations.

Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Kyotango, Japan

Satoshi Kawata

Japanese artist exploring murals and architecture in public spaces.

Mural Painting

artist 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Tadao Ando

Japanese architect known for minimalist concrete buildings with integrated art.

Architecture Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Yasumasa Morimura

Japanese artist who inserts himself into iconic Western masterpieces and celebrity portraits, questioning cultural ident...

Photography Performance

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Miwa Yanagi

Japanese photographer and video artist exploring female identity, aging, and fantasy through staged photographic tableau...

Photography Video Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Niigata, Japan

Shigeko Kubota

Japanese video artist known for video sculptures.

Video Sculpture

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Kazunari Sakamoto

Japanese printmaker creating intricate woodblock prints blending traditional ukiyo-e with contemporary subjects.

Printmaking

artist 🇯🇵 Arita, Japan

Imari Mitsuo

Japanese ceramicist creating contemporary porcelain works inspired by traditional Imari techniques.

Ceramics

artist 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Koki Tanaka

Japanese video and installation artist who creates collaborative situations exploring how people work together and share...

Video Installation

artist 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Akira Takayama

Japanese theater and art creator working at borders of performance.

Performance Installation

Silkscreen with gold leaf on washi paper Takashi Murakami

Neon Genesis — Floral Explosion

A dazzling silkscreen print from Murakami's Superflat universe, bursting with his iconic smiling flowers against a psych...

2024 72 × 72 cm

print Japanese art Superflat Takashi Murakami

Fibreglass-reinforced plastic, urethane paint Yayoi Kusama

Infinite Dots — Cosmic Pumpkin

A vibrant polka-dot pumpkin sculpture from Kusama's globally beloved series. The bright yellow gourd form, covered in he...

2023 150 × 130 × 130 cm

sculpture Japanese art polka dots Yayoi Kusama

Oil on canvas E.A. Hornel

Japanese Garden, Broughton House

A richly textured painting of the Japanese-inspired garden Hornel created at Broughton House, featuring dense flower bor...

1920

Japanese garden Broughton House decorative Japonisme