A look at upcoming exhibitions and art shows across Tokyo for the month of May. Whether you want to see some traditional Japanese art or a modern exhibit, here’s everything worth checking out.
Tokyo Art Shows in May
Hiroka Yamashita, "The Arrivals" (2026). © Hiroka Yamashita / Photo: Yuji Taneki
Hiroka Yamashita: White Veils
Mist, steam, incense smoke, snow falling thick enough to blur the world — these fleeting presences move through Hiroka Yamashita’s new paintings, drifting across scenes of sacred dances, figures gathered at festivals, snowy landscapes and serene moments by the water. The white vapors shift their shape and never quite let you see what lies behind them. “White Veils,” her second solo exhibition at Taka Ishii Gallery, gathers 18 new paintings around these themes. Yamashita’s work draws on Japanese mythology and animist traditions, often built from her own visits to local rites and festivals. Many of the new paintings center on kagura, the sacred Shinto dances and ceremonies she’s been studying since 2024. White has long been read as a sign of the divine in Japan, and it enters this body of work alongside deep red and black — colors at the heart of older Japanese painting.
| Date & Time | May 16-Jun 20・12–7 p.m.・Closed Sundays & Mondays |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Taka Ishii Gallery, Roppongi & Kyobashi |
Dugg Ci Dox (DUGG) by Ousmane Ba Exhibition
Franco-Guinean-Senegalese artist Ousmane Ba's new exhibition at Ultra Super New Kura will feature washi collage and multicultural heritage.
| Date & Time | May 23-Jun 19・Reservations are required Tuesday-Friday, Walk-ins available on Saturday (11:00-19:30), closed Sunday and Monday |
| Price | Free |
| Location | UltraSuperNew KURA |
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.
| Date & Time | May 29-Aug 12・Sunday to Thursday: 9:00-17:30 | Friday, Saturday and public holidays: 9:00-19:00 | Admission until 30 minutes before closing |
| Price | General: ¥2800 | University and high school students: ¥1600 | Junior high and elementary school students: ¥1000 |
| Location | The Ueno Royal Museum |
| More Info | Free admission for high school students and younger until June 30 |
'Where Unseen Things Seeps Forth' Exhibition
UltraSuperNew Kura will host an exhibition with French artists Barbara Penhouët and Bastien Marienne themed around impermanence.
| Date & Time | Apr 3-May 8・11 a.m.–7 p.m.・by appointment only except for Saturdays, closed on Sunday and Monday |
| Price | Free |
| Location | UltraSuperNew Kura |
Shimomura Kanzan, "Yoroboshi (Young blind beggar)," (1915). National Important Cultural Property, Tokyo National Museum, Image: TNM Image Archives (display period: 3/17-4/12).
Shimomura Kanzan: Life, Art and Society
Born into a family of Noh performers and trained as a prodigy in traditional Kano-school techniques, Shimomura Kanzan is a central figure in modern Japanese painting. Along with his mentor Okakura Tenshin and fellow artists like Yokoyama Taikan, he founded the Nihon Bijutsu-in (Japan Art Institute) to redefine what “Japanese style” could mean in a rapidly changing world. Featuring 150 works, the exhibition follows his journey from a young artist in Tokyo to his time studying in Britain, which allowed him to master Western shading techniques.Shimomura’s significance in art history lies in his unique ability to act as a bridge between seemingly opposing worlds — bold yet delicate, his works seamlessly fused a Western atmospheric perspective with the decorativeness of the Rinpa school. Balancing the organic depth of classical Japanese motifs with the precision of Western painting techniques, Shimomura was an artist who preserved and evolved artistic tradition.
| Date & Time | Mar 17-May 10・10 a.m.–5 p.m.・Open Until 20:00 Fri & Sat, Closed Mon |
| Price | Advance ¥1,800 | Door ¥2,000 |
| Location | The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection
One of the most highly-anticipated Tokyo exhibitions of the year, “YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection” is a must-see show this spring. The transition from the late 80s into the 90s was a volatile time for Britain, and the art world reflected that friction. Following the Thatcher era, a loose collective of artists — now synonymous with the Young British Artists (YBAs) — emerged to challenge artistic norms through bold, experimental practices and an openness to new materials and processes. The exhibition features approximately 100 works by a star-studded line-up, including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Lubaina Himid and Steve McQueen.
| Date & Time | Feb 11-May 11・10 a.m.–6 p.m.・Fri & Sat: Open Until 20:00 |
| Price | Adults: ¥2,300 | College: ¥1,500 | High School: ¥900 | Junior High & Under: Free |
| Location | The National Art Center, Tokyo |
The Korin School: The Irises and Ogata Korin’s Followers
To mark the Nezu Museum’s 85th anniversary, this exhibition puts the spotlight on one of Japan’s most celebrated treasures: the Irises screens by Ogata Korin. Korin was a master of the Rimpa style, an approach to art that functions much like modern graphic design. Instead of trying to make paintings look like realistic photos, Rimpa artists used bold colors, shimmering gold backgrounds and simplified, rhythmic shapes to create a look that feels strikingly contemporary. This show moves beyond just the famous names to show how Korin’s vibrant style was shared and reimagined by a whole circle of talented followers and family members. In the galleries, you’ll see how this aesthetic was not just for walls; it was applied to everything from delicate silk paintings to sturdy ceramic bowls. You can explore the incredibly detailed brushwork of Watanabe Shiko, a close collaborator of Korin, and see the inventive ceramics of Korin’s brother, Kenzan. The exhibition also features rare pieces returning to Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art, offering a full picture of how these artists transformed simple flowers and landscapes into a bold, decorative language. It’s a chance to see how one man’s vision of beauty shaped an entire movement that continues to define Japanese design today.
| Date & Time | Apr 11-May 12・10 a.m.–5 p.m.・Closed Mondays, except May 4. Open until 19:00 from May 5-10 |
| Price | ¥800–¥1,800 |
| Location | Nezu Museum |
| More Info | Same-day tickets: plus 200 yen |
Shelton, Connecticut, 1985. from the series: Summertime © Mark Steinmetz
Mark Steinmetz: ‘Summer’s Children’
At his first-ever solo exhibition in Japan, photographer Mark Steinmetz immerses us in quiet, sun-drenched portraits of childhood. Captured during the late 80s and early 90s across North Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts and beyond, these black-and-white photographs focus on classic pillars of American youth — baseball and summer camp. Steinmetz captured these scenes while in his twenties, drawn to the way children live entirely in the moment. These shots take us back to the slow, wandering pace of a summer before smartphones. Based in Athens, Georgia, Steinmetz earned his MFA from Yale and spent a formative year working with street photographer Garry Winogrand. He is best known for his quiet and restrained depictions of everyday life in the American South, finding profound beauty in the most mundane moments.
| Date & Time | Mar 16-May 13・11 a.m.–6 p.m.・Closed Sundays |
| Price | Free |
| Location | PGI Gallery |
Tomoyuki Kaneko, "Gion Daimyoujin" (2024). Courtesy of Mizuma Art Gallery
Tomiyuki Kaneko: Breath of Susanoo
Susanoo is the storm god of Japanese mythology — a deity of raging seas, sudden tempests and untamed force. In this solo exhibition, Tomiyuki Kaneko explores the figure across three large-scale paintings that wrap the gallery walls, drawing on the syncretic traditions through which Susanoo has long been worshipped. The pieces are shown alongside more than a dozen smaller works, including painted stones, a papier-mâché mask and a Daruma figure. Kaneko’s work keeps returning to the question of how cultures have given form to forces beyond human control. Working from a remote village in Yamagata, Tohoku, he gives shape to invisible spiritual beings — deities, spirits, yokai — drawing on layers of faith and reverence accumulated over centuries.
| Date & Time | Apr 22-May 23・12–7 p.m.・Closed Sundays, Mondays and National Holidays |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Mizuma Art Gallery |
Kobayashi Kiyochika, "Tokyo New Bridge in the Rain" (1876, Meiji 9). Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art. © Kobayashi Kiyochika / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Robert O. Muller Collection, S2003.8.1102.
From Kiyochika to Hasui: Ukiyo-e and Shin-Hanga Woodblock Prints from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
In a historic exchange marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art is sending 130 rare woodblock prints and photographs to Japan. Many of these works are part of the world-renowned Robert O. Muller Collection in Washington, D.C. Muller, a pivotal art dealer, spent decades assembling an archive of 4,500 pieces that introduced the Japanese “new print” movement to the American public. The exhibition serves as a tangible record of how American stewardship helped preserve these delicate works during the 20th century. The collection explores the twilight of the woodblock tradition — a period when artists adapted to the rise of photography by experimenting with light and shadow. You can see this evolution in the work of Kobayashi Kiyochika, whose kosen-ga (light-ray paintings) abandoned traditional bold outlines to capture the soft, atmospheric effects of dawn, fire and gaslight. This technical foundation was later refined by Kawase Hasui, who mastered complex over-layering and color gradation to evoke the depth of Japanese landscapes. By placing these prints alongside early Meiji-era photographs, the exhibition illustrates how the two mediums influenced one another.
| Date & Time | Feb 19-May 24・10 a.m.–6 p.m.・Fridays until 20:00 | Closed Mondays, except April 6, April 27 and May 18. |
| Price | ¥1,000–¥2,300 |
| Location | Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum |
Taro Gomi Picture Book World Exhibition
Explore the world of picture books at the Picture Book World Exhibition featuring Gomi Taro, author and illustrator of over 400 books.
| Date & Time | Aug 8, 2025-May 27, 2026・10 a.m.–6 p.m. |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Mikka Lirio Ichibankan |
| More Info | A separate Mikka admission fee is required for other in-house exhibits |
Left: Nawa Kohei, PixCell-Deer#74, 2024. Right: PixCell-Deer#72(Aurora), 2022. Installation view, SPRING RISING, Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan, 2025-26. Photo: Ken Kato
Pola Museum of Art: Spring Rising
This exhibition presents works inspired by the landscapes of Hakone and other places along the Tokaido route.
| Date & Time | Dec 13, 2025-May 31, 2026・9 a.m.–5 p.m. |
| Price | ¥2,200 |
| Location | Pola Museum of Art |
Mundo Pixar Exhibition
The Mundo Pixar exhibition will be coming to Crevia Base Tokyo featuring life-size reproductions of film scenes from Pixar Animation Studios.
| Date & Time | Mar 20-May 31・10 a.m.–8:50 p.m.・Last admission at 19:00, closed on Mondays |
| Price | starting at ¥3900 for adults |
| Location | Crevia Base Tokyo |
© Nacasa & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation D'Entreprise Hermès
Andrius Arutiunian: ‘Obol’
This March, Ginza’s Maison Hermès Le Forum presents “Obol,” the first Japanese solo exhibition by artist and composer Andrius Arutiunian. Arutiunian explores the relationship between music and distorted forms, using hypnotic soundscapes and sacred motifs to create installations that are at once mythological and futuristic. The exhibition infuses the gallery space — a glass-encased architectural marvel worth admiring in itself — with a sleek, underground rave-esque aesthetic. It centers on a series of new works inspired by bitumen, a viscous, pitch-black petroleum substance that once held holy significance but is now used for secular purposes. Through this dark material, Arutiunian pays homage to Charon, the mythological ferryman of the dead, scattering obol — ancient Greek silver coins — and serpentine imagery throughout the space.
| Date & Time | Feb 20-May 31・11–12 a.m.・Closed Wednesdays |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Maison Hermès Le Forum |
15 untitled works in concrete, 1980–84. Permanent collection, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas. Photo by Florian Holzherr, courtesy The Chinati Foundation. Donald Judd Art © 2026 Judd Foundation/ARS, NY/JASPAR, Tokyo.
Judd | Marfa
Tracing the radical career of Donald Judd (1928-1994), this show dives into how a painter from Missouri ended up redefining 20th-century art through his massive, three-dimensional “stacks” and boxes. It centers on his big move from the New York art scene to the desert of Marfa, Texas, where he turned old buildings into permanent homes for his work. For Judd, art wasn’t just something you hung on a wall. It was about the entire space it lived in — a philosophy that still shakes up the worlds of architecture and design today. Mixing his early 1950s paintings with his famous minimalist structures, the exhibition gives a behind-the-scenes look at Judd’s obsession with spatial integrity through personal drawings, videos and plans. Visitors can also witness Judd’s long-standing connection to Japan, through the section documenting his 1978 show at Watari-um, organized by museum founder Shizuko Watari.
| Date & Time | Feb 15-Jun 7・11 a.m.–7 p.m.・Closed on Mondays |
| Price | ¥1,300–¥1,500 |
| Location | Watari-um |
W. Eugene Smith, "Untitled," from the series "As from My Window I Sometimes Glance...," c.1957-59. Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum ©2026 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith.
W. Eugene Smith and New York: The Loft Era
A towering figure in 20th-century American photography, W. Eugene Smith produced a body of work that redefined the impact of a single image. While Smith is best known for his assignments as a World War II correspondent for Life magazine, his career actually traces a much broader technical evolution. Venturing beyond traditional news reporting, he was a pioneer of the photo essay — a format that uses a sequence of images and short text to build a complex story. Following his work from the 1940s to later projects like Minamata, the exhibition highlights Smith’s effort to fuse raw journalism with deliberate artistic composition. A major part of the collection covers Smith’s transition away from mainstream news after 1954, specifically his years living in a Manhattan loft. This space became a creative crossroads for jazz legends like Thelonious Monk and artists such as Salvador Dalí. During this era, Smith’s style shifted: he began using the camera as a tool for artistic exploration rather than as a recording device. Capturing the atmospheric, late-night jam sessions that unfolded around him, Smith moved beyond the conventions of his earlier work.
| Date & Time | Mar 17-Jun 7・10 a.m.–6 p.m.・Open Until 20:00 Thurs & Fri | Closed Mon |
| Price | ¥350–¥700 |
| Location | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum |
Sanrio Exhibition: The Beginning of Kawaii
Mori Arts Center Gallery will hold a special exhibition celebrating 60 years of the Sanrio brand, kawaii culture and over 200 characters.
| Date & Time | Apr 9-Jun 21・10 a.m.–6 p.m.・Saturdays and public holidays: 10:00 - 20:00, last admission 30 minutes before closing |
| Price | Adults: ¥2800 | High school, junior high and elementary school students: ¥1200 |
| Location | Mori Arts Center Gallery |
Karl Walser, "Girl with a Doll Stroller" (before 1905). NMB New Museum Biel, Switzerland
Karl Walser: Dark Afterglow of the Fin de Siècle
Karl Walser’s paintings have a strange, dreamlike pull to them — somewhere between symbolism and storybook, with a touch of melancholy underneath. Much of his work emerged in Berlin, where he was part of the Secession, a group of artists pushing back against the stiffness of academic painting at the time. But painting was only one part of what he did. He also illustrated books, designed sets and costumes for the theater and spent his later years working on murals. In 1908, Walser traveled to Japan and spent several months sketching whatever caught his eye — kabuki actors, summer riverside platforms in Kyoto, the Gion Festival in full swing. Many of those watercolors have rarely been seen in public, and the colors are still startlingly fresh. This is the first retrospective in Japan of Walser, bringing together around 150 works.
| Date & Time | Apr 28-Jun 21・10 a.m.–6 p.m.・Closed Mondays, except May 4 and June 15. Open Until 20:00 Fridays |
| Price | ¥1,300-¥1,800 |
| Location | Tokyo Station Gallery |
Mathilde Denize, "Contours" (2026). Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
Mathilde Denize: Time and Light
French artist Mathilde Denize brings a tactile, physical energy to her first Japanese solo exhibition at Perrotin Tokyo. Known for a process that involves cutting up her old canvases and sewing them back together, Denize treats painting as a form of construction. In her new series, Contours, she moves away from using outside objects like leather or shells to focus on the paint itself, building her surfaces using pigments salvaged from film sets and advertising shoots, layering hazy pinks, golden yellows and rich purples to create a sense of history. The structural thinking behind these works echoes the ideas of Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé, who treated words like physical objects — placing them on a page to fragment the reader’s pace. Denize applies this to the gallery itself, hanging her canvases in a single horizontal line to create a rhythm that feels like a musical score. This approach also connects to the modernism of painter Sonia Delaunay, who used color relationships to create a visual beat. Rather than simply reenacting these historical styles, Denize engages with the questions they left unfinished.
| Date & Time | Mar 24-Jun 27・11 a.m.–7 p.m.・Closed Sundays & Mondays |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Perrotin Tokyo |
Yokai Immersive Experience Exhibition Tokyo
Warehouse Terrada will host an immersive exhibit inspired by the monsters/spirits of Japanese folklore, combining art with special effects.
| Date & Time | Mar 27-Jun 28・~8 p.m.・last entry at 19:30; The final day (June 28) is open until 17:00 (final entrance 16:30) |
| Price | adults: ¥2600, seniors: ¥2500, university and high school students: ¥1800, junior high school students and under: ¥800, |
| Location | Warehouse Terrada |
| More Info | Guests who present a disability certificate can get a discounted ticket |
Heisei Ren-Ai Exhibition
Roppongi Museum's new Heisei romance exhibition will explore the nostalgic after-school days of the past, with over 3000 displayed items.
| Date & Time | Apr 7-Jun 28・Monday to Thursday 10:00-18:00 (last entry at 17:30) | Friday to Sunday (and during Golden Week): 10:00-20:00 (last entry at 19:30) |
| Price | General: ¥2200 | Junior high and high school students: ¥1800 | Elementary school students: ¥1300 |
| Location | Roppongi Museum |
| More Info | Guests who present a disability certificate can get a discounted ticket |
Minato City Toy Pictures Exhibition
The Minato City Local History Museum's exhibition on omocha-e, or "Toy Pictures," will show children's artwork from the Edo and Meiji eras.
| Date & Time | Apr 25-Jun 28・~5 p.m.・Last admission is 30 minutes before closing |
| Price | General: ¥200, High school students and younger: ¥100 |
| Location | Minato City Local History Museum |
Leica Gallery Omotesando © Teresa Freitas
Teresa Freitas: Meeting Point
For Portuguese photographer Teresa Freitas, color is the whole point. It’s the thing that holds her images together — shaping space, drawing the eye and pulling together places that have nothing else in common. Her work moves freely between street, documentary and fine art photography, building a visual language all its own. “Meeting Point,” on view at Leica Gallery Omotesando, pairs photographs taken in distant parts of the world — loosely framed as East and West — and presents them side by side. Each pairing turns on a kind of visual rhyme: a shade of blue in one place echoing the same blue thousands of miles away, a curve of architecture finding its match across an ocean, until the distance between them begins to dissolve. Drawn from years of accumulated images, the work shows how photographic memory builds over time, and how the eye can find unexpected connections across the world.
| Date & Time | Apr 2-Jun 28・11 a.m.–7 p.m.・Closed Mondays |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Leica Gallery Omotesando |
Urs Fischer, "Mirror" (2026). Installation View. Courtesy of Fergus McCaffrey
Urs Fischer: Spot the Difference
Urs Fischer’s works move between high culture and kitsch, the permanent and the fleeting, the serious and the absurd — often within the same piece. “Spot the Difference,” his first exhibition at Fergus McCaffrey Tokyo, takes its cue from the gallery itself: a finished space upstairs, an unfinished sub-basement below. The split became a way to think about the conscious and unconscious mind. Upstairs, two life-size wax self-portraits face each other through a roughly cut hole in the wall. Lit on opening day, they are slowly melting over the course of the show before being recast and begun again. Downstairs, Rorschach-like wallpaper of concrete holes and patches wraps the entire space, populated with painted bronze sculptures and drawings. Born in Zurich in 1973, Fischer lives and works in Los Angeles. The exhibition marks the first showing of his Candle portraits in Japan.
| Date & Time | Apr 11-Jul 4・11 a.m.–7 p.m.・Closed Sundays & Mondays |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Fergus McCaffrey Tokyo |
Andrew Wyeth: Boundaries or Windows
Born in 1917, Andrew Wyeth is widely considered one of America’s most beloved painters. While many artists of his time were chasing bold new movements like Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, Wyeth went his own way; he stayed close to home, painting the people, houses and fields he knew best in rural Pennsylvania and coastal Maine. But his paintings are never just pretty pictures of the countryside. Look closely, and you’ll find something deeper — everyday moments charged with feeling, memory and a sense of life’s fragility. Wyeth had a particular fascination with windows, doors and other thresholds. These ordinary details became something more in his hands: gentle reminders of the line between the familiar and the unknown, between life and what lies beyond.
| Date & Time | Apr 28-Jul 5・9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.・Closed May 7, and on Mondays except May 4 and June 29 |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum |
Eric Carle, Illustration for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Collection of the Eric and Barbara Carle Foundation. © 1969, 1987 Penguin Random House LLC.
Eric Carle: Art, Books and the Caterpillar
Few picture books have been loved by as many children as The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Created by American author Eric Carle, it has been translated into more than 70 languages and passed down through generations. At its heart is a simple but memorable message: a tiny caterpillar nibbles its way through the world and grows into a beautiful butterfly. It’s a story about hope, change and becoming who you’re meant to be. Marking the 50th anniversary of the book’s Japanese publication, this exhibition brings together around 180 works, including precious original illustrations and handmade “book dummies” that show how Carle’s ideas first took shape on paper. You’ll also see early pieces from his days as a graphic designer — the foundation for the playful, interactive picture books he would later become famous for.
| Date & Time | Apr 25-Jul 26・10 a.m.–6 p.m.・Closed May 7 & July 21, and on Mondays except May 4 and July 20 |
| Price | ¥1,600-¥2,300 |
| Location | Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo |
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.
| Date & Time | Mar 18-Sep 6・8:30 a.m.–7 p.m. |
| Price | ¥6,300 |
| Location | Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo |
Rina Banerjee, "A woman must keep moving…" (2022). Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
Rina Banerjee: "You made me leave home…
Stepping into Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo feels like entering a series of mystical, layered environments built from an extraordinary array of found objects. Indian-American artist Rina Banerjee gathers items from across the globe — such as ostrich eggs, vintage glass chandeliers, copper threads and medicinal powders — and weaves them into sculptures that feel both ancient and modern. While her work directly confronts the legacies of colonialism, she does so through a lens of humor and striking beauty, creating a space where the viewer is simultaneously charmed and challenged. 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. The exhibition also features Banerjee’s 2025 painting series, which integrates South Asian motifs and iconography to create female figures that echo the presence of Hindu goddesses.
| Date & Time | Mar 19-Sep 13・12–8 p.m. |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo |
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.
| Date & Time | Apr 29-Sep 23・10 a.m.–10 p.m.・Tuesdays: 10:00-17:00 | Open until 22:00 on May 5, August 11 and September 22 | Admission until 30 minutes before closing |
| Price | Adults: ¥2500 | University and high school students: ¥1500 | Seniors: ¥2000 | Junior high school students and under: free |
| Location | Mori Art Museum |
Tokyo Exhibitions in May
Special Limited Display: Hokusai’s 'The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife'
For a limited time only, "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife" by Katsushika Hokusai will be on display in Kabukicho.
| Date & Time | Apr 4-May 10・11 a.m.–7 p.m.・Extended Hours (Fri & Sat): 11:00 – 21:00 |
| Price | Same-day tickets: ¥2,200 (Student: ¥1,500) |
| Location | Shinjuku Kabukicho Noh Stage（Reception / Main Exhibition) and BOND（Second Exhibition & Gift Shop） |
| More Info | Advance tickets are sold out. Walk-in admission is available only if capacity allows. |
Friends of Jinny Street Art Gallery
Jinny Street Gallery will host "Friends of Jinny," an art project connecting international illustrators with people from the local community.
| Date & Time | Apr 18-May 17 |
| Price | Free |
| Location | Jinny Street Gallery |
A Contest of Allure: Hokusai and Eisen — Kabukicho in Full Bloom
This spring, Kabukicho plays host to a provocative encounter between two masters of ukiyo-e: Katsushika Hokusai and Keisai Eisen.
| Date & Time | Apr 4-May 31・11 a.m.–7 p.m.・Extended Hours (Fri & Sat): 11:00 – 21:00 |
| Price | Same-day tickets: ¥2,200 (Student: ¥1,500) |
| Location | Shinjuku Kabukicho Noh Stage（Reception / Main Exhibition) and BOND（Second Exhibition & Gift Shop） |
| More Info | Advance tickets are sold out. Walk-in admission is available only if capacity allows. |
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