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The best of Tokyo culture – art, music, theatre, film, TV and more

Art

15 best art exhibitions in Tokyo right now

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

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The world's largest immersive Pixar exhibition is coming to Tokyo in March

Step into the world of your favourite Pixar movies including 'Toy Story', 'Monsters, Inc.' and more

Museums

13 best free museums in Tokyo

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

Art

5 best art day trips from Tokyo

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

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The Edo-Tokyo Museum will finally reopen in March 2026

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

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Japan's largest gacha gacha exhibit is happening now in Tokyo

Top capsule toy producers from across the country are gathering in the capital for a gacha extravaganza until March 2

Film

Made in Abyss releases trailer for upcoming film 'Awakening Mystery'

The journey into the Abyss continues this autumn with the first film of a trilogy

Art

Go inside the world of Ghost in the Shell in Tokyo

A landmark exhibition at Tokyo Node traces the philosophical, visual and technological evolution of one of Japan’s most influential sci-fi franchises

Art

Naked Meets Gaudi

Visionary Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) transformed the landscape of modern architecture through his organic forms, bold...

Art

Mission∞Infinity | Space + Quantum + Art

The MOT will launch visitors into the mysteries of the universe with this groundbreaking exhibition running from January 31 to May 6. Marking ten years since...

Art

Masters of Swedish Painting from Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (100th Anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)

Kicking off its centennial, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum presents this landmark exhibition that brings to Japan, for the first time on such a scale,...

Art

Ghost in the Shell: The Exhibition

Celebrating three decades of Ghost in the Shell, one of Japan’s most influential sci-fi franchises, this large-scale exhibition takes over Tokyo Node...

Art

YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection

Emerging in the wake of the Margaret Thatcher era, the Young British Artists (YBAs) and their contemporaries embraced shock, irreverence and entrepreneurial...

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Judd | Marfa

Donald Judd was one of the most decisive figures of twentieth-century art; an artist whose rigorous thinking reshaped the conditions under which art is made...

Art

Andrius Arutiunian: Obol

Andrius Arutiunian (born 1991) is an Armenian-Lithuanian artist and composer whose practice unfolds at the intersection of sound, ritual and speculative...

Art

Look Back Anime Exhibition

Adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s celebrated manga, the anime film Look Back (2024) is a quiet yet piercing meditation on creativity, loss and the...

Art

Black Markets and the Reimagining of Tokyo

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

Art

Johnny Depp: A Bunch of Stuff – Tokyo

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