The Best Things To Do in Tokyo This Week

Tokyo Toy Show 2026

The 64th Tokyo Toy Show, Japan's biggest toy trade fair, will be held at Tokyo Big Sight convention center from August 27 to August 30.

50th Anniversary Osamu Goods Exhibition

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Osamu Goods, the Sogo Museum of Art will explore the history and design philosophy of the series. 

Sumikko Gurashi Exhibition: Meshiagare Sumikko Restaurant

The first Sumikko Gurashi restaurant-themed shopping experience will open in Shinjuku with photo spots, limited-edition items and more.

courtesy of Kosaku Kanechika

'Strata in Gestation' Exhibition Curated by Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara steps into the role of guest curator at Kosaku Kanechika for “Strata in Gestation,” an exhibition that bypasses traditional craft boundaries to explore the primitive, sculptural possibilities of ceramics. Here, Nara brings together roughly 30 works by four stylistically distinct Japanese artists — Eiji Uematsu, Takuro Kuwata, Chinoko Sakamoto and Masaomi Yasunaga — whose physical, tactile creations deliberately reject technical perfection.

Soup As Life Exhibition

21_21 Design Sight Gallery will host an exhibition centered around soup and the origins of food, clothing and shelter.

Richard Mwizerwa, "Midday" (2024). Courtesy of Space Un

Richard Mwizerwa: ‘We Don’t Recall a Horizon’

Richard Mwizerwa, a visual artist based in Kigali, Rwanda, builds his paintings around the tiny, easily missed details of the earth — patterns in tree bark, the changing light or the way soil looks under morning fog. His debut solo exhibition in Tokyo gathers a collection of abstract, heavily textured pieces inspired by these subtle transformations in nature.

Grand Van Gogh Exhibition

Van Gogh's timeless masterpiece, "Café Terrace at Night," will come to Japan for the first time in 20 years, exhibiting his art evolution.

Soetsu Yanagi and Nihon Mingeikan

In 1926, three friends — Soetsu Yanagi, Kanjiro Kawai and Shoji Hamada — set out to found a new kind of museum, based on the word they had just coined: mingei, meaning “folk craft.” At the time, the idea that everyday objects made by unknown craftspeople held aesthetic value just like fine art was quite revolutionary. Ten years later, in 1936, that vision became tangible when the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan) opened its doors.This exhibition marks two milestones at once: a century since that founding prospectus and 90 years since the museum itself opened. Visitors can trace the long road to that opening and follow Yanagi’s vision — from his designs for the building to the objects he collected and the remarkable care he took with every detail, down to the cases, the wallpaper and the light.

TOH Gigamart Exhibition

Creative team "TOH" will host Gigamart, an interactive art gallery with gigafied products and game where guests can steal from.

Western-Style Architecture in Japan Exhibition

The opening of Japan’s long-closed borders in the final years of the Edo period sparked a torrential influx of Western culture that fundamentally altered the nation’s identity. The exhibition’s narrative begins with the early giyofu (pseudo-Western) architecture of the Meiji era, where Edo-period master carpenters built delightfully idiosyncratic, hybridized structures — like the iconic Tsukiji Hotel — by mimicking foreign styles based largely on observation.

Aya Fujioka, from "Here Goes River" series (2013-2017) ©Aya Fujioka

I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers Exhibition

Internationally, Japanese photography has been represented largely by men — Moriyama, Araki, Sugimoto. This exhibition sets out to rethink and expand that canon. Built around a 2024 book of the same name, edited by Pauline Vermare and Lesley A. Martin, it gathers Japanese women photographers who have shaped the medium since the 1950s.

A Feast for the Eyes: Tableware Exhibition

The Suntory Museum of Art will host an exhibit on ceramic tableware from the Momoyama to Edo periods, celebrating "beauty in everyday life."

Azabudai Hills Pop Up Box Maiden's Bookshelf Exhibition

Azabudai Hills Gallery Space's new exhibition reimagines famous literature by contemporary illustrators like the Maiden's Bookshelf series. 

Invitation from Hogwarts at Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo

The Making of Harry Potter presents “Invitation from Hogwarts,” a limited-time experience running from March 18 to September 6, 2026.

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction Exhibition

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo will host an exhibition with renowned Japanese photographer and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Rina Banerjee, "A woman must keep moving…" (2022). Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.

Rina Banerjee: "You made me leave home…

This exhibition, which marks the 20th anniversary of Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo and a decade of the Fondation’s international “Hors-les-murs” program, features 19 works that explore the fluid nature of identity. A highlight of the show is a monumental installation inspired by Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days, featuring a massive dome from which a cascade of objects is suspended.

Picasso, Through the Eyes of Paul Smith

Pablo Picasso never settled into a single way of seeing. He moved restlessly — from the deep blues of grief to the splintered geometry of cubism, into ceramics, sculpture, theater and the unflinching protest of “Guernica.”This exhibition looks at all of that through an unexpected lens. British designer Paul Smith, drawing on the collection of the Musée national Picasso-Paris, has designed the layout himself — and the result is full of color and small, delightful surprises. Around 80 works, including “Portrait of a Man” from the Blue Period and “Paul as Harlequin,” unfold in a loose, easy chronology rather than a strict progression.It builds on “Picasso Celebration: The Collection in a New Light!” — the 2023 Paris show marking 50 years since the artist’s death — now traveling internationally, reimagined here as a space that feels playful, personal and alive.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi: The Trajectory of a Paris-Based Printmaker

Kiyoshi Hasegawa left Japan for Paris after WWI and revived mezzotint printmaking there, running with Matisse, Picasso and Chagall's circle. This exhibition draws rarely-seen work spanning his six-decade career.

Artists at the Café: From the Impressionists, Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec to Picasso

Long before they were textbook fixtures, iconic painters like Édouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec gathered in the smoky haze of Montmartre’s cafes, cabarets and dance halls. This exhibition celebrates this vibrant, frequently overlooked subculture through roughly 130 masterpieces.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, "The Hundred Guildens" circa 1648. Etching, drypoint, burin on Japanese paper. National Museum of Western Art.

Rembrandt the Etcher: His Challenges and His Impact

The first large-scale survey of Rembrandt’s prints to ever arrive in Japan, the exhibition follows both that breakthrough and the centuries of influence it set in motion. Some 130 works will be on display, among them the National Museum of Western Art’s own famed “The Hundred Guilder Print” and “The Three Trees.”

Ron Mueck Exhibition

Ron Mueck, a contemporary artist, will hold an exhibition at the Mori Art Museum with figurative sculptures that reflect life and mortality.

Janu Tokyo x Jean Jullien: "The Guests"

On the Asymmetry of the Universe at teamLab Borderless

Tokyo’s teamLab Borderless has unveiled On the Asymmetry of the Universe, an exhibition celebrating the reopening of the museum’s Light Sculpture – Flow artwork space.

Sanrio Characters Exhibition Hotel Floria Tokyo

Korea's hit Sanrio interactive exhibition will come to Tokyo, immersing fans into a cute hotel concept with themed rooms and special effects.

Yukata de Ginbura - Ginza Summer Festival 2026

The Ginza "Yukata de Ginbura" summer festival will welcome guests to enjoy the summer environment while exploring the local area.

2026 Edogawa Fireworks Festival

The 51st Edogawa Fireworks Festival will feature roughly 14,000 fireworks synchronized to music along the Edogawa riverbank.

67th Itabashi Fireworks Display

The Itabashi Fireworks Display will host one of Tokyo's largest shows, featuring 15,000 fireworks and 700-meter "Grand Niagara Falls" bursts.

Hibiya Mid Summer 2026

Tokyo Sea of Clouds 2026

Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo's famous Tokyo Sea of Clouds will return in July, with a breathtaking cloudscape and roughly 1,000 lights.

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Sanrio Puroland Neo Natsu Matsuri

Sanrio Puroland theme park's futuristic summer festival will have games, character greetings, seasonal menus and limited-edition merchandise.  

Sea Paradise Fireworks Symphony

Yokohama Sea Paradise's nightly summer fireworks show with music and various areas to enjoy the show with food and drinks.