Guide to the “Grutto Pass 2026” and Museum Discounts in Tokyo; Prices, Participating Venues and Free Days for Students and Seniors

The “Tokyo Museum Grutto Pass 2026” is a pass that can be used at 107 art museums, museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and gardens, mainly in Tokyo. It costs 2,500 yen (adult price only) and is valid for two months from the first day of use. The card can be bought until Sunday, January 31, 2027, and the e-ticket online until Wednesday, March 31. In this article, we have checked each venue’s official website to gather the official information about the pass, how it is treated at major museums, and each museum’s student and senior discounts and free admission days.

For the major autumn and winter exhibitions, the same-day adult price is 2,400 yen each for the Louvre exhibition at the National Art Center, Tokyo, the Turner exhibition at the National Museum of Western Art and the Orsay exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The Mariko Mori exhibition at the Mori Art Museum costs 3,000 yen for adults on weekends and holidays. Adult admission to permanent exhibitions is 1,000 yen at the Tokyo National Museum, 630 yen at the National Museum of Nature and Science and 500 yen at the National Museum of Western Art. The National Museum of Western Art and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo will raise adult admission to their collection exhibitions from 500 yen to 1,000 yen in 2027.

What is the Grutto Pass 2026? Price, validity and how to use it

The pass is organized by the Grutto Pass 2026 Executive Committee, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture announced its release on February 2, 2026. In 2026, the Tea Culture Creation Museum, the Shibusawa Memorial Museum and the Ome City Eiji Yoshikawa Memorial Museum joined for the first time, and the Edo-Tokyo Museum and the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History rejoined. The official website explains that the pass bundles admission tickets worth about 50,000 yen and discount coupons worth about 5,000 yen into a set for 2,500 yen (it notes that actual value varies by when and where it is used).

To use it, you basically show the pass’s QR code at participating venues (this varies by venue). Each venue specifies exhibitions you can enter free by showing the pass (“admission”) and exhibitions where you pay the difference (“discount”), and each designated exhibition can be used once per venue. There is no children’s pass, and it cannot be combined with student or senior discounts. Only the person whose name is written on it may use it, and there are no refunds or extensions of validity for closures.

Name: Tokyo Museum Grutto Pass 2026
Price: 2,500 yen (tax included, adult price only)
Participating venues: 107
Validity: Two months from the first day of use (final expiry Wednesday, March 31, 2027)
Sales period: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 – Sunday, January 31, 2027; online sales only until Wednesday, March 31, 2027
Official website: https://www.rekibun.or.jp/grutto/

Where can I buy it? Sales outlets and the e-ticket

The e-ticket is bought online. Purchasing requires registering as a member of the sales site (Webket), and a QR code is sent by email. You can show it on a smartphone or print it out on a computer; in that case, write your name on it and have the validity period stamped at the venue when you first use it.

The “Grutto Pass card” with a QR code can be bought at the ticket counters of the 107 participating venues. Besides the venues, it is also sold at the Tokyo Tourist Information Center (1st floor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1), the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center (in front of Asakusa Kaminarimon), TIC TOKYO (Nihonbashi Exit of Tokyo Station), Tokyo City i (KITTE) and the Chuo City Tourist Information Center (Kyobashi Edogrand), among others. You can also buy an exchange voucher at a convenience store and exchange it for the card at a venue’s counter. At the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the pass can be bought with cash only.

There are also set tickets combined with public transport. Tokyo Metro’s “Metro & Grutto Pass” combines two 24-hour tickets in a limited design with the pass and costs 570 yen less than buying them separately. It is on sale until Sunday, January 31, 2027. Toei Transportation also offers the “Toei de Grutto Pass.”

How can it be used at major museums in Ueno, Roppongi and elsewhere in Tokyo?

In Ueno, showing the pass gets 100 yen off the TNM Collection Exhibitions at the Tokyo National Museum and the permanent collection at the National Museum of Western Art. The permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science is also discounted. Special exhibitions at the Tokyo National Museum and the National Museum of Nature and Science are charged separately, and special exhibitions at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum are not covered. At the Ueno Royal Museum, adult admission is 100 yen off for same-day weekday tickets only. The pass gives admission to the Former Tokyo Music School Sogakudo, Ueno Zoo and the Former Iwasaki House Garden, among others.

In Roppongi, the pass gets 200 yen off the adult same-day window price at both the Mori Art Museum and Tokyo City View (online purchases are not eligible). The National Art Center, Tokyo, the Suntory Museum of Art and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT are not on the list of participating venues. Each museum’s exhibitions are introduced in our Ueno guide and our Roppongi guide.

According to the pass’s exhibition information (as of August 2026), the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo gives admission to the MOT Collection, and its special exhibitions can be seen at the equivalent of the group discount. Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery gives admission to both collection and special exhibitions, and the Shoto Museum of Art also gives admission to “Naoki Funakoshi: Giving Form to the Invisible” from December 5. The Edo-Tokyo Museum gives admission to its permanent and themed exhibitions, with 20% off the adult price for special exhibitions. The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum lists “Duet: Asian Contemporary” as discounted and “Reassembling: Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 23” as not covered.

Looking at this treatment, special and themed exhibitions at national museums are either not covered or charged separately, and where discounts apply, most are 100 to 200 yen off (20% off for special exhibitions at the Edo-Tokyo Museum). Free admission with the pass is mainly to permanent and collection exhibitions and to special exhibitions at public and private museums.

Student and senior discounts and free admission days

Major exhibitions free for students

Exhibitions such as “Étrangers” at the Artizon Museum are free for university, vocational school and high school students (online reservation required). The Turner exhibition at the National Museum of Western Art is free for university and high school students from Wednesday, November 4 to Thursday, November 19. The Musée d’Orsay exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is free for those 18 and under and high school students and younger, and on weekdays from Tuesday, December 8 to Friday, December 18 it is also free for university and vocational school students. The special exhibition commemorating the full opening of the Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, is free for elementary, junior high, high school and university students and those under 23, with advance reservations required except for elementary school children and younger.

The Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition at the Ueno Royal Museum is free for university students and younger on weekdays until Saturday, October 31. The SOMPO Museum of Art has a price for those 25 and under (1,200 yen same-day for the Marquet exhibition), and elementary, junior high and high school students are free. During November’s Autumn Night Museum, students are admitted free to eligible exhibitions at metropolitan art museums and museums after 17:00 on late-opening days (our guide to night openings).

University students should also check Campus Members

Students at member schools of the National Museum of Art Campus Members program get free admission to the permanent collection at the National Museum of Western Art and the collection exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. For special exhibitions, the Turner exhibition costs 1,300 yen for students, the Louvre exhibition 1,200 yen and the shojo manga exhibition 800 yen. Students at member schools of the Tokyo National Museum Campus Members program get free admission to the TNM Collection Exhibitions and the Hiroshige exhibition, and the Daitokuji exhibition costs 1,100 yen same-day.

Museums that are free or discounted for those 65 and over

The permanent collection at the National Museum of Western Art, the collection exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and the permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science are free for those 65 and over. The TNM Collection Exhibitions at the Tokyo National Museum are free for those 70 and over. At the Turner exhibition, adult tickets for those 65 and over are 400 yen off from Saturday, October 24 to Sunday, November 8 (show ID at the ticket window).

At metropolitan museums, those 65 and over are admitted free on “Silver Day,” the third Wednesday of each month. The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum offer this for their current exhibitions, and the Edo-Tokyo Museum for its permanent exhibition.

Free admission days and discounts for families

On Culture Day, Tuesday, November 3 (a public holiday), the TNM Collection Exhibitions, the permanent collection and small exhibitions at the National Museum of Western Art, the collection exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and the permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science are free. The National Museum of Western Art designates the second Sunday of each month, in principle, as “Kawasaki Free Sunday,” and the permanent collection and small exhibitions are also free on Sunday, November 8, Sunday, December 13 and Sunday, January 10, 2027. The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum makes “Duet” free on Saturday, January 2 and Sunday, January 3, 2027.

On “Family Day,” the third Saturday and the following Sunday of each month, guardians accompanying children under 18 receive discounts. The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum offers half the adult same-day price for special and themed exhibitions (for Tokyo residents, up to two guardians), the Edo-Tokyo Museum half price for its permanent exhibition (for Tokyo residents, up to two guardians), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo half-price admission.

Reciprocal discounts, set tickets and annual passes

In Roppongi, the Mori Art Museum, the National Art Center, Tokyo and the Suntory Museum of Art offer “Atoro-wari,” under which a ticket stub from one gets a discount on the others’ special exhibitions. The Mori Art Museum gives 200 yen off for adults (online purchases not eligible), the Suntory Museum of Art 100 yen off, and the National Art Center, Tokyo 100 yen off the Louvre and shojo manga exhibitions. The Suntory Museum of Art and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT also give each other 100 yen off with a ticket stub.

In Ueno, there is the “Ueno Neighbors Set Ticket” (4,100 yen), combining same-day tickets (adult and university student) for the Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition at the Ueno Royal Museum and the special exhibition “The Sexes of Living Things” at the National Museum of Nature and Science. It is sold through Ticket Pia from Saturday, October 31 to Thursday, December 31 and costs 600 yen less than buying the tickets separately. For the Hiroshige exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum, buying online and showing a used ticket each get 100 yen off the adult same-day price. The Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum sells a “Magic Hour Ticket” (1,600 yen) at the window after 17:00 on the second Wednesday of each month.

If you visit the national museums’ regular exhibitions often, there is the “National Museums Members Pass (valid at four museums).” It costs 2,500 yen for adults and 1,200 yen for students and is valid for one year. Showing the membership card gives unlimited entry to the TNM Collection Exhibitions and the regular exhibitions of the Kyoto, Nara and Kyushu National Museums. The Tokyo National Museum’s “Friends” membership (annual fee 7,000 yen) gives unlimited entry to the regular exhibitions plus three tickets for TNM special exhibitions. These membership benefits cannot be used for the “Final Fantasy 40th Anniversary Exhibition” in the Hyokeikan.

Collection exhibition fees to change at the national art museums in 2027: the National Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of Western Art

In September 2026, the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art announced a revision of admission fees for its collection exhibitions (our article on the fee revision). In Tokyo, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo will charge 1,000 yen for adults and 500 yen for university students from February 9, 2027, and the National Museum of Western Art from March 20. Both currently charge 500 yen for adults and 250 yen for university students. The National Museum of Art explains that rising prices and energy costs have increased expenses for transport, monitoring and security, installation work and so on.

Until January 11, 2027, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo offers a discount for its collection exhibition after 17:00 (300 yen for adults, 150 yen for university students). With the revision, group rates and the after-17:00 discount will end, and the museum will be closed from January 12 to February 8. Free admission for high school students and younger, those under 18, those 65 and over, and holders of a disability certificate and one companion will continue. Both museums have free admission days such as Culture Day (November 3).

Frequently asked questions

Can I see special exhibitions with the Grutto Pass?

It depends on the venue. Special exhibitions at the Tokyo National Museum and the National Museum of Nature and Science are charged separately, and special exhibitions at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo are not covered. Special exhibitions at the Edo-Tokyo Museum are 20% off the adult price, and exhibitions at the Mori Art Museum are 200 yen off the adult same-day price.

Is there a pass for children or students?

The pass is adult price only, and there is no children’s pass. It also cannot be combined with student or senior discounts, so students may prefer to use each museum’s student prices and free days.

Until when can I buy and use it?

The card is sold until Sunday, January 31, 2027, and the e-ticket until Wednesday, March 31. It is valid for two months from the first day of use, but the final expiry date is Wednesday, March 31. The 2027 edition is expected to be announced around February.

*Information as of October 20, 2026. Please check the official website for the latest information.

*Top image: Edo-Tokyo Museum (from a press release by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on official announcements by each organizer and facility (as of October 20, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team