[Autumn/Winter 2026] Ebisu, Shirokanedai and Meguro Art Guide: Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Yamatane Museum of Art and More

The area stretching from Ebisu through Shirokanedai to Meguro in Tokyo is home to the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, housed in the former residence of Prince Asaka; the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, which specializes in photography and moving images; and the Yamatane Museum of Art, devoted to modern Nihonga (Japanese-style painting). Shirokanedai also has the Matsuoka Museum of Art and the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art, both built on private collections, while Meguro and Nakameguro have the Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo and the Sato Sakura Museum. This guide summarizes exhibitions on view as of Saturday, October 31, 2026, exhibitions opening by December, opening hours, closing days and admission, and how to get around from the stations. The Marimekko exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum requires date-and-time reservations.

What are the art venues in Ebisu, Shirokanedai and Meguro like?

The main starting stations are Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line; Meguro Station on the JR Yamanote Line, Tokyu Meguro Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line; and Shirokanedai Station on the Namboku and Mita lines. The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, the Matsuoka Museum of Art and the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art are clustered around Shirokanedai Station, and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum and the Yamatane Museum of Art are within walking distance of Ebisu Station. The Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo is close to Meguro Station, and the Sato Sakura Museum is close to Nakameguro Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Hibiya Line.

Each museum has a different focus: for the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, it is the building of the former Prince Asaka residence itself; for the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, photography and moving images; for the Yamatane Museum of Art and the Sato Sakura Museum, Nihonga; for the Matsuoka Museum of Art, a collection spanning ceramics, painting and sculpture; and for the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art, a collection centered on tea utensils.

Key closing dates as of October 31 and opening dates through December are as follows.

• Sunday, November 15: “Tokyo Puck and Its Era” at the Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo ends

• Monday, November 23 (national holiday): “The 50th Kimura Ihei Award Commemorative Photography Exhibition” at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum ends

• Sunday, November 29: “Glittering Contemporary Nihonga” at the Sato Sakura Museum ends

• Tuesday, December 1: “Atsushi Okada | Phantom Horses: Yururi Island 1950–2026” opens at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

• Sunday, December 6: “The Best of the Yamatane Collection I” at the Yamatane Museum of Art ends

• Saturday, December 12: “The Best of the Yamatane Collection II” opens at the Yamatane Museum of Art

• Sunday, December 13: The autumn exhibitions at the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art end

• Sunday, December 20: “Marimekko: The Power of Pattern” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum ends

What’s on at each venue? Hours and admission (as of October 31)

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum: “Marimekko: The Power of Pattern” runs until December 20, with date-and-time reservations

Completed in 1933 as the residence of the Asaka-no-miya family, the building has been open to the public as a museum since 1983. Its construction was overseen by Yokichi Gondo, an engineer at the Takumi-ryo (Construction Bureau) of the Imperial Household Ministry, and the French decorative artist Henri Rapin was commissioned to design the main rooms. It was designated an Important Cultural Property in 2015. The “Marimekko” exhibition, held in the Main Building and the Annex, presents more than 60 dresses from the Finnish design brand’s early years to the present, along with fabrics and materials that convey the production process. It also includes a video installation by the art unit plaplax and a new installation created by designer Akira Minagawa out of a dialogue with Marimekko. Highlights are introduced in our article on “Marimekko: The Power of Pattern”. Photography is not permitted except for some works. Garden-only admission (adults ¥200) requires no reservation, but the Western Garden and the south garden entrance are closed for facility improvement work until March 31, 2027 (scheduled).

Dates: Saturday, October 3 – Sunday, December 20, 2026
Hours: 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30). Open until 20:00 for evening openings on November 6 (Fri), 13 (Fri), 20 (Fri), 21 (Sat), 27 (Fri) and 28 (Sat), and December 4 (Fri) and 5 (Sat)
Closed: Mondays (open November 23; closed Tuesday, November 24)
Admission: Adults ¥1,400; university students (including vocational and other specialized schools) ¥1,120; high school students and those aged 65 and over ¥700; free for junior high school students and younger. Free for those aged 65 and over on the third Wednesday of each month (Silver Day)
Reservations: Date-and-time reservations required. A limited number of same-day tickets are sold at the main gate ticket counter. No reservation needed for junior high school students and younger
Address: 5-21-9 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 7-minute walk from Meguro Station (JR Yamanote Line east exit; Tokyu Meguro Line main exit); 6-minute walk from Exit 1 of Shirokanedai Station (Toei Mita Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)
Official website: https://www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp/

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum: Three exhibitions on three floors, with Atsushi Okada’s exhibition from December 1

Located in Yebisu Garden Place, this museum specializes in photography and moving images, with a collection of 39,135 works (as of April 2026). It holds exhibitions in its three galleries simultaneously. On the 3rd floor, “Reassembling: Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 23” introduces five artists who use AI, CG, stop-motion animation and other techniques: Sayuri Ichida, Taro Karibe, Zai Nomura, Baku Hashimoto and Asako Fujikura. On the 2nd floor, “Duet: Asian Contemporary,” the second in a series introducing contemporary photography and video from China and Japan, features six artists including Toshiya Murakoshi and fumiko imano. In the basement, “The 50th Kimura Ihei Award Commemorative Photography Exhibition,” which opened on October 31, marks the 50th edition of the photography award founded by The Asahi Shimbun Company in 1975 and features 62 award-winning photographers (some winners’ works are not exhibited). Details of each exhibition are in our article on “Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 23” and our article on the “Duet” exhibition.

From December 1, the basement floor will host “Atsushi Okada | Phantom Horses: Yururi Island 1950–2026.” Yururi Island, an uninhabited island off the Nemuro Peninsula in Hokkaido, was settled in 1950 by people driven from the Northern Territories, who brought horses with them; today only mares live there. The exhibition presents about 80 photographs and two videos by Atsushi Okada, who has photographed the island’s horses since 2011. According to the museum, the horses, which numbered more than ten when he began photographing them in 2011, have dwindled to two.

Dates: “Reassembling” (3F) and “Duet” (2F), Wednesday, September 30, 2026 – Sunday, January 17, 2027. “The 50th Kimura Ihei Award Commemorative Photography Exhibition” (B1F), Saturday, October 31 – Monday, November 23 (national holiday)
Hours: 10:00–18:00 (until 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays; last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Mondays (or the following weekday if a national holiday), year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 – January 1)
Admission: Varies by exhibition. For adults, “Reassembling” ¥700, “Duet” ¥900, and the Kimura Ihei Award exhibition and the Atsushi Okada exhibition ¥1,200 each. Free for junior high school students and younger. Discounts apply during special evening openings from 17:00 to 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays from November 5 (Thu) to 27 (Fri) (until the 23rd for the Kimura Ihei Award exhibition)
Next exhibition: “Atsushi Okada | Phantom Horses: Yururi Island 1950–2026” (B1F), Tuesday, December 1, 2026 – Sunday, January 17, 2027
Address: Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Access: About a 7-minute walk from the east exit of JR Ebisu Station; about a 10-minute walk from Ebisu Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Official website: https://topmuseum.jp/

Yamatane Museum of Art: “The Best of the Yamatane Collection I,” marking the museum’s 60th anniversary, runs until December 6

Built on the works personally collected by Taneji Yamazaki, founder of Yamatane Securities (now SMBC Nikko Securities), the museum opened in 1966 in Kabutocho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, as Japan’s first museum specializing in Nihonga, and moved to Hiroo in 2009. It holds about 1,800 works, including six Important Cultural Properties. The third special exhibition marking its 60th anniversary, “The Best of the Yamatane Collection I: From Yokoyama Taikan and Takeuchi Seiho to Uemura Shoen and Hayami Gyoshu,” consists of about 40 modern Nihonga works at the core of the collection. Alongside Takeuchi Seiho’s “Spotted Cat” and Murakami Kagaku’s “Nude” (both Important Cultural Properties) and Uemura Shoen’s “Fireflies,” the exhibition includes Yokoyama Taikan’s “Shinshin (Mount Fuji),” which Taneji was reportedly given special permission to purchase when he resolved to found the museum, and Suiun Komuro’s “Watching the Tidal Bore at Haining,” restored in 2025. The fourth installment, opening December 12, “The Best of the Yamatane Collection II: From Kaii Higashiyama and Ikuo Hirayama to Hiroshi Senju and Akira Yamaguchi,” will show works including Kaii Higashiyama’s “Year’s End,” Hiroshi Senju’s “Waterfall” and Akira Yamaguchi’s “Tokyo-zu 1·0·4 Rin no Dan.” Both exhibitions are covered in detail in our article on the 60th-anniversary exhibitions.

Dates: Saturday, October 10 – Sunday, December 6, 2026
Hours: 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (open November 23; closed Tuesday, November 24)
Admission: Adults ¥1,500 (advance ¥1,300); university and high school students ¥1,200 (advance ¥1,100); free for junior high school students and younger (must be accompanied by an adult)
Next exhibition: “The Best of the Yamatane Collection II,” Saturday, December 12, 2026 – Sunday, March 7, 2027. Adults ¥1,500; university and high school students ¥500 with the “Winter Student Discount.” Closed during the year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 – January 2)
Address: 3-12-36 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Access: About a 10-minute walk from the west exit of JR Ebisu Station or Exit 2 of Ebisu Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. From the east exit of Shibuya Station, take Toei Bus route Gaku 03 to “Higashi 4-chome,” then walk 2 minutes
Official website: https://www.yamatane-museum.jp/

Matsuoka Museum of Art: Autumn and winter Nihonga and Ming and Qing ceramics; photography permitted for most works

The museum presents the collection of its founder, Seijiro Matsuoka (1894–1989). It opened in Shimbashi, Tokyo, in 1975, and in 2000 opened a new building on the site of his former private residence in Shirokanedai. The collection numbers more than 1,800 items. In addition to permanent displays of ancient Oriental art, ancient Asian sculpture and modern and contemporary Western sculpture, Galleries 5 and 6 are showing “Adorned, Then Asleep: Masterpieces of Autumn and Winter Nihonga.” The title refers to the seasonal haiku phrases “yama yosoou” (the mountains adorn themselves) and “yama nemuru” (the mountains sleep). The first period (until December 13) features works such as Sakai Hoitsu’s “Moon and Rabbit” and Kawai Gyokudo’s “Evening Mountain with Charcoal Burning,” and the second period (from December 15) works such as Ikeda Terukata’s “Maple Viewing” and Kawabata Ryushi’s “Repose.” In Gallery 4, “A Hundred Flowers in Brilliant Color: Chinese Ceramics from the Ming to the Qing” traces the development from Ming blue-and-white and wucai (five-color) wares to Qing famille rose, centering on works from the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen such as the museum’s signature “Blue-and-White Globular Vase with Dragon and Scrolling Vine Design” (Ming dynasty, Yongle era). Gallery 1 is also hosting the small exhibition “Ancient Etruria.” Camera photography is permitted inside the museum for non-commercial, personal use, except for some works (notify the reception desk when entering).

Dates: “Adorned, Then Asleep” and “A Hundred Flowers in Brilliant Color,” Tuesday, October 27, 2026 – Sunday, February 7, 2027. For “Adorned, Then Asleep,” the first period runs until Sunday, December 13, and the second period from Tuesday, December 15
Hours: 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following weekday if a national holiday), during exhibition changeovers and over the year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 – January 4)
Admission: Adults ¥1,400; 25 and under ¥700; free for high school students and younger (junior high school students and younger must be accompanied by a guardian)
Address: 5-12-6 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 7-minute walk from Exit 1 of Shirokanedai Station (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line); 15-minute walk from the east exit of JR Meguro Station. From Bus Stop 2 at the Meguro Station east exit bus terminal, take a Kuro 77 or Hashi 86 bus to “Todai Ikaken Byoin Nishimon,” then walk 1 minute
Official website: https://www.matsuoka-museum.jp/

Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art: “Longing for Foreign Lands” in the tea ceremony and the Steinlen exhibition run until December 13

The museum’s predecessor was the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, opened in 1964 by Issei Hatakeyama (1881–1971; art name Sokuo), founder of Ebara Corporation, as a place to share his collection widely with society. After about four and a half years of reconstruction, it opened as the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art on October 5, 2024. It retains the interior and exterior of the main building completed in 1964 and adds a new wing (basic design by New Material Research Laboratory). The collection of about 1,300 items, centered on tea utensils, includes six National Treasures and 33 Important Cultural Properties. Two autumn exhibitions are being held simultaneously. On the 2nd floor of the main building, the Hatakeyama Collection exhibition “Longing for Foreign Lands: Karamono, Shimamono and Kowatari” looks at the history of the tea ceremony, which developed with a longing for foreign lands as its driving force, and presents masterpieces of karamono (Chinese wares), shimamono (wares from Southeast Asia) and kowatari (early imports). On the 2nd and basement floors of the new wing, “Steinlen and the Japonisme of Cats: From Manet to Le Chat Noir and the Art Nouveau Era” shows about 100 works, including Western prints and posters and Japanese ukiyo-e, centered on Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, who depicted cats again and again. The museum explains that when Japanese art drew attention in late 19th-century Paris, cats became an important motif in modern art. Visitors are asked to refrain from taking photographs or making recordings in the galleries.

Dates: Saturday, October 17 – Sunday, December 13, 2026
Hours: 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (open November 23), and November 17 (Tue), 18 (Wed) and 24 (Tue)
Admission: Online tickets: adults ¥1,300, students (high school and above) ¥900. At the door: adults ¥1,500, students ¥1,000. Free for junior high school students and younger (must be accompanied by a guardian). Cashless payment only
Next exhibition: Winter exhibitions “Celebrating the New Year / Akiko Endo: Layers of Time,” Saturday, January 16 – Monday, March 22, 2027
Address: 2-20-12 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 5-minute walk from Exit A2 of Takanawadai Station (Toei Asakusa Line; Exit A2 has stairs only); 10-minute walk from Exit 1 of Shirokanedai Station (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line); 15-minute walk from the east exit of Gotanda Station
Official website: https://www.hatakeyama-museum.org/

Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo: The collection exhibition “Tokyo Puck and Its Era” runs until November 15

This municipal museum opened on November 15, 1987, in a corner of the Meguro Civic Center and collects works by modern and contemporary Japanese artists. It has no permanent exhibition. The current collection exhibition focuses on “Tokyo Puck,” Japan’s first full-color manga magazine, launched in 1905. According to the museum, the magazine conveyed politics, society and daily life through vividly colored satirical cartoons and was published until 1941 despite repeated bans and suspensions. At its core are 96 original drawings from the magazine’s third and fourth series held by the museum, with works by Rakuten Kitazawa, the magazine’s founder, who is regarded as Japan’s first professional cartoonist, as well as Oten Shimokawa, Toki Okamoto and others. A special display introduces original drawings from “Kodomo no Tomo,” a picture magazine for children for which Rakuten, born 150 years ago, served as chief illustrator. The next exhibition listed on the official website is the “Meguro Children’s Exhibition,” from Saturday, January 16, 2027.

Dates: Saturday, October 10 – Sunday, November 15, 2026
Hours: 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)
Closed: Mondays
Admission: Adults ¥700; university and high school students and those aged 65 and over ¥550; free for junior high school students and younger. Free for people with disabilities and one caregiver
Address: Meguro Civic Center grounds, 2-4-36 Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Access: About a 10-minute walk from Meguro Station (JR Yamanote Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line, Tokyu Meguro Line); about a 20-minute walk from Nakameguro Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line)
Official website: https://mmat.jp/

Sato Sakura Museum: “Glittering Contemporary Nihonga: The Decorative Beauty of Tradition” runs until November 29

This museum, which collects works by contemporary Nihonga painters born in the Showa era or later, opened in Nakameguro in March 2012. Its collection exceeds 1,000 works, many of them large paintings over size 50 (about 117 × 91 cm). The building is a conversion of an existing facility, designed by Blue Studio. The current exhibition focuses on the aesthetic of “adornment” that the Japanese have cultivated since ancient times, presenting works on the themes of folding screens, costumes, patterns, bird-and-flower painting and cherry blossoms. Participating artists include Reiji Hiramatsu, Susumu Maki, Rieko Morita and Koichi Nabatame.

Dates: Tuesday, September 8 – Sunday, November 29, 2026
Hours: 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (open November 23; closed Tuesday, November 24)
Admission: Adults ¥800; university and high school students ¥300; free for junior high school students and younger (elementary school students must be accompanied by a guardian)
Address: 1-7-13 Kamimeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Access: 5-minute walk from the main exit of Nakameguro Station (Tokyu Toyoko Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
Official website: https://www.satosakura.jp/

Getting to and around Ebisu, Shirokanedai and Meguro

Venues near each station

From Exit 1 of Shirokanedai Station (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line), the venues give walking times of 6 minutes to the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 7 minutes to the Matsuoka Museum of Art and the Institute for Nature Study, and 10 minutes to the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art. From Meguro Station, you can walk to the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (7 minutes from the east exit) and the Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo (about 10 minutes). At Ebisu Station, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum directs visitors to the east exit of JR Ebisu Station and the Yamatane Museum of Art to the west exit (Exit 2 for the Hibiya Line), so the exits differ.

The Institute for Nature Study is an affiliated facility of the National Museum of Nature and Science at 5-21 Shirokanedai, the same block as the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. In 1949 it was designated a national Natural Monument and Historic Site as the “former Shirokane Imperial Estate.” The grounds cover 20 hectares. It is open 9:00–16:30 (last entry 16:00), and admission is ¥320 for adults and university students (cash only) and free for high school students and younger and those aged 65 and over. It is closed on Mondays and on the day after a national holiday (except Saturdays and Sundays).

A suggested one-day route

Here is one example of visiting the three Shirokanedai museums and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in a single day. All museums are closed on Mondays (open November 23), and the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art is also closed on November 17 (Tue) and 18 (Wed).

1. 10:00: Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art (5-minute walk from Exit A2 of Takanawadai Station).

2. Late morning: Matsuoka Museum of Art (7-minute walk from Exit 1 of Shirokanedai Station).

3. Afternoon: Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (enter at your reserved time). If you stop by the Institute for Nature Study, last entry is 16:00.

4. Evening: Take the JR Yamanote Line from Meguro Station to Ebisu Station and head to the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, open until 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays.

The Yamatane Museum of Art closes at 17:00 (last entry 16:30), so another option is to set aside a separate half day for Ebisu and Hiroo, visiting the Yamatane Museum of Art and then the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Note that the exhibitions at the Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo (until November 15) and the Sato Sakura Museum (until November 29) end soon.

Making use of the evening

On Fridays, November 6, 13, 20 and 27 and December 4, both the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (evening openings) and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Thursdays and Fridays) are open until 20:00. After 17:00 on applicable evenings, both museums offer free admission for students (including high school students) and group rates for adults and those aged 65 and over (proof required; until November 27 at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum). At the Center Plaza of Yebisu Garden Place, home to the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, a Baccarat chandelier about 5 meters tall with 8,500 crystal pieces will be displayed from Saturday, November 14 to Monday, January 11, 2027 (national holiday) (11:00–23:00; on the first day, scheduled to light up at 17:00). For details, see our article on Baccarat ETERNAL LIGHTS.

Editor’s perspective

In Shirokanedai, the history of the buildings is itself a highlight. The Main Building of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum was the residence of the Asaka-no-miya family, and the museum describes it as a building based on 1930s French Art Deco decoration that also incorporates Japanese design. The “Marimekko” exhibition places dresses and fabrics from the Finnish brand, founded in 1951, within those interiors. The Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art retained its main building, completed in 1964, and added a new wing, and says it has been reborn as a museum embodying “teioku ichinyo,” the unity of garden and building. Together with the Matsuoka Museum of Art, built on the site of its founder’s private residence, exhibition spaces tied to residences and gardens line up within walking distance of Shirokanedai Station.

Another feature is the overlap between Nihonga and private collections. The Yamatane Museum of Art is founded on the collection of Taneji Yamazaki, the Matsuoka Museum of Art on that of Seijiro Matsuoka, and the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art on that of Issei Hatakeyama. This autumn and winter, you can see masterpieces of modern Nihonga at the Yamatane Museum of Art, autumn and winter Nihonga at the Matsuoka Museum of Art, and an exhibition focusing on the decorative qualities of contemporary Nihonga at the Sato Sakura Museum. Comparing museums shaped by collectors with different perspectives makes it easier to grasp the breadth of Nihonga from the modern era to the present.

In photography and moving images, the three exhibitions at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum offer different angles. “Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 23” brings together artists who use AI, CG and stop-motion animation, and asks how we should deal with information in “a daily life in which we are often misled by questions of truth and falsehood.” The Kimura Ihei Award exhibition traces the award’s 50 editions, and the Atsushi Okada exhibition from December follows his record of Yururi Island’s horses in photographs and video.

Frequently asked questions

Can I visit on a Monday or on Tuesday, November 24?

All of the museums featured here and the Institute for Nature Study are closed on Mondays. On Monday, November 23 (national holiday), the museums with exhibitions on view and the Institute for Nature Study are open, and all close the following day, Tuesday, November 24. The Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art is also closed on November 17 (Tue) and 18 (Wed).

Are venues open on Tuesday, November 3 (national holiday)?

All of the museums featured here and the Institute for Nature Study are open. Admission to the Institute for Nature Study is free on Culture Day. The following day, Wednesday, November 4, the Institute for Nature Study is closed because it is the day after a national holiday.

Can I take photos?

It depends on the museum and exhibition. At the Matsuoka Museum of Art, camera photography is permitted for non-commercial, personal use, except for some works (notify the reception desk when entering; no flash, tripods, selfie sticks or video). At the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, photography is not permitted in the “Marimekko” exhibition except for some works, and the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art asks visitors to refrain from taking photographs or making recordings in the galleries.

Do I need a reservation?

The “Marimekko” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum requires date-and-time reservations. Same-day tickets at the main gate counter are limited and may sell out (junior high school students and younger are free and do not need a reservation). The Yamatane Museum of Art also sells timed online tickets, but you can enter without a reservation with a same-day ticket. At the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art, online tickets are cheaper than tickets at the door (¥1,300 versus ¥1,500 for adults).

*Information as of October 31, 2026. Please check each venue’s official website for the latest information.

*Top image: A guest room in the former Prince Asaka Residence (Main Building of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum), 2015 (Photo: Fukumoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on the official websites and press releases of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, the Yamatane Museum of Art, the Matsuoka Museum of Art, the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art, the Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, the Sato Sakura Museum, the Institute for Nature Study and Yebisu Garden Place, and Meguro City’s facility information (all accessed October 31, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team