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12 best art exhibitions in Tokyo right now

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

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13 best free museums in Tokyo

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

Travel to Shimane for a date with Japan’s first fashion superstar

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Travel to Shimane for a date with Japan’s first fashion superstar

This landmark retrospective celebrates the trailblazing career of designer Hanae Mori in her place of birth

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5 best art day trips from Tokyo

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

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teamLab Planets has expanded with new artworks

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

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Classic action manga City Hunter celebrates 40 years of cool in Ueno

‘Forever, City Hunter’ is a monumental tribute to Tsukasa Hojo’s iconic ’80s depiction of the Tokyo underworld

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

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

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A 'Porco Rosso' art book is coming out in December – pre-order is available now

The collection includes never-before-seen artwork by Hayao Miyazaki himself

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All of Evangelion: Evangelion 30th Anniversary Exhibition

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

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Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

A spectacular journey through the mysteries of an ancient civilisation arrives in Tokyo this autumn with ‘Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of...

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Osgemeos and Barry McGee: ‘One More’

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

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Art Deco and Fashion

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

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City Hunter Original Art Exhibition: Forever, City Hunter

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