Ginza's art galleries get into the festive spirit (and try to lure people away from their Christmas shopping) with this week-long festival of parties and gallery tours. There'll be evening receptions from 5-7pm at many of the participating galleries each day (see the official website for a schedule), and you can tag along with a pair of free gallery tours on Saturday afternoon, starting from 1pm at Sagamiya, and from 3.30pm at Hayashida Gallery (email info@ginza-galleries.com if you'd like to take part). There are a total of 26 galleries taking part this year, maps for which are available here and here.
Chiyoharu Gallery, Galerie Taimei, Gallery Art Morimoto, Gallery Echo Ann, Gallery Eizendo, Gallery Goto, Gallery Gunji, Gallery Hirota Fine Art, Gallery Murakoshi, Gallery Nii Tokyo, Gallery Seizan, Gallery Wada, Ginza Yansem Gallery, Ginza Yanagi Gallery, Hayashida Gallery, Hiro Gallery, Kobayashi Gallery, Kuroda Touen Gallery, Nakacho Konishi Arts, Nishimura Gallery, Sagamiya, Shibata Etsuko, Shihoudou Gallery, Shukado, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Yamashita Gallery