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Art Museum Attractions In Tokyo

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Tokyo , officially Tokyo Metropolis , one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2014 the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city as his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868;...
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Art Museum Attractions In Tokyo

  • 1. Chihiro Art Museum - Tokyo Nerima
    Chihiro Iwasaki was a Japanese artist and illustrator best known for her water-colored illustrations of flowers and children, the theme of which was peace and happiness for children.
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  • 2. Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan) Meguro
    The Japan Folk Crafts Museum is a museum in Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the hand-crafted art of ordinary people . The museum was established in 1936 by Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the mingei movement; Hamada Shōji succeeded him as its director. Yanagi and Hamada decided upon its foundation after their 1929 visit to the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm.The museum is housed in a replica of a farmhouse building common to parts of Tochigi Prefecture.
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  • 3. Nerima Art Museum Nerima
    Nerima is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City. As of 1 May 2016, the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km². 15,326 foreign residents are registered in the ward. 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.08 km².
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  • 4. Tokyo National Museum Taito
    The Tokyo National Museum , or TNM, established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the world. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings . The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection. The museum is located inside Ueno Park in Taitō, Tokyo. The facilities consist of the Honkan , Tōyōkan , Hyōkeikan , Heiseikan , Hōryū-ji Hōmotsukan , as well as Shiryōkan , and other facilities. There are restaurants and shops within the mus...
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  • 5. The National Art Center, Tokyo Minato
    The National Art Center is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. A joint project of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the National Museums Independent Administrative Institution, it stands on a site formerly occupied by a research facility of the University of Tokyo. The building has been designed by Kisho Kurokawa. It is one of the largest exhibition spaces in the country. Access is from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. Unlike Japan's other national art museums, NACT is an 'empty museum', without a collection, permanent display, and curators. Like Kunsthalle in German-speaking regions, it accommodates temporary exhibitions sponsored and curated by other organizations. The policy has been successful. In its first fiscal year in 2007, it had 69 exhibitions organized...
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  • 6. Mori Art Museum Minato
    Roppongi Hills Mori Tower is a 54-story mixed-use skyscraper in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 2003 and named after builder Minoru Mori, it is the centerpiece of the Roppongi Hills urban development. It is the sixth-tallest building in Tokyo at 238 meters . The tower has a floor space area of 379,408m squared , making it one of the largest buildings in the world by this measure. The Mori Tower building is primarily used for office space, but it also includes retail stores, restaurants and other attractions. The Mori Art Museum is located on the 53rd floor and visitors can view the city from observation decks on the 52nd and 54th floors. The headquarters of Mori Building Company are located in this building.In 2004, a six-year-old boy was killed in one of the building's revolving doo...
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  • 7. Nezu Museum Minato
    The Nezu Museum , formerly known as the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, is an art museum in the Minato district of Tokyo, Japan.The museum houses the private collection of pre-modern Japanese and East Asian art of Nezu Kaichirō . The museum foundation was established on the death of the founder Nezu in 1940 and exhibitions were first opened to the public in 1941. The museum collection was stored away from central Tokyo during the second world war and escaped the destruction suffered by the estate property in the bombing of May 1945. Exhibitions were restarted after the war in 1946. Closed due to large-scale renovation and renewal from 2006 onwards, the museum re-opened in fall 2009 with a completely new museum building by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Included in the collection are a pa...
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  • 8. National Museum of Western Art Taito
    The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is located in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taito, central Tokyo. This popular Tokyo museum is also known by the English acronym NMWA . It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016.
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  • 9. Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum Chiyoda
    The Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo is an art museum in Tokyo's Marunouchi district.
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  • 11. Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Minato
    The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Minato ward, just east of Meguro Station. The Art Deco building, completed in 1933, has interiors designed by Henri Rapin and features decorative glass work by René Lalique.
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  • 12. 21 21 DESIGN SIGHT Minato
    21_21 Design Sight is a museum in Roppongi in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, which opened in 2007. The museum, a design museum, was created by architect Tadao Ando and fashion designer Issey Miyake. The idea was to create not only a museum that shows exhibits, says Ando, but also a place for researching the potentiality of design as an element that enriches our daily life, a place that fosters the public's interest in design by arousing in them different sights and perspectives on how we can view the world and the objects surrounding us. The building, designed by Ando, is on the edge of the park area, and features 1,700 square meters of floor space, including two galleries and an attached cafe run by chef and restaurateur Takamasa Uetake. The split-level concrete structure includes a hand-sanded st...
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  • 13. National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Chiyoda
    The National Art Center is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. A joint project of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the National Museums Independent Administrative Institution, it stands on a site formerly occupied by a research facility of the University of Tokyo. The building has been designed by Kisho Kurokawa. It is one of the largest exhibition spaces in the country. Access is from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. Unlike Japan's other national art museums, NACT is an 'empty museum', without a collection, permanent display, and curators. Like Kunsthalle in German-speaking regions, it accommodates temporary exhibitions sponsored and curated by other organizations. The policy has been successful. In its first fiscal year in 2007, it had 69 exhibitions organized...
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  • 14. Tokyo National Museum The Heiseikan Taito
    The Tokyo National Museum , or TNM, established in 1872, is the oldest Japanese national museum, the largest art museum in Japan and one of the largest art museums in the world. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia, focusing on Japan. The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings . The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection. The museum is located inside Ueno Park in Taitō, Tokyo. The facilities consist of the Honkan , Tōyōkan , Hyōkeikan , Heiseikan , Hōryū-ji Hōmotsukan , as well as Shiryōkan , and other facilities. There are restaurants and shops within the mus...
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