“Juufuutei Raden meets Tokyo National Museum” from January 2027; Special Audio Guide and Puzzle Game in the Regular Exhibitions

The Tokyo National Museum (Ueno, Tokyo) will hold the collaboration “Juufuutei Raden meets Tokyo National Museum” from Wednesday, January 13 to Monday, March 22 (a substitute holiday), 2027. Juufuutei Raden, a VTuber with hololive production, will provide a special audio guide for the TNM Collection Exhibitions (regular exhibitions), and a puzzle-solving game and panel displays of newly drawn illustrations are also planned. ClaN Entertainment Inc. announced the project on September 28, 2026, and began taking pre-orders for commemorative merchandise the same day.

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Juufuutei Raden is a member of “ReGLOSS,” a group within hololive production. ClaN Entertainment’s press materials describe her as active in ways that combine tradition and innovation: a rakugo fan who frequents museums and has even tried writing her own rakugo stories.

According to the press materials, Raden has been involved in introducing the museum’s special exhibitions, and last fiscal year she contributed to a crowdfunding campaign to restore folding screens of the Tale of Genji. The museum sympathized with these efforts to engage with Japanese art, which led to this collaboration.

Founded in 1872, the Tokyo National Museum holds about 120,000 objects, including 90 National Treasures and 652 Important Cultural Properties (as of April 2026, according to the press materials). A special audio guide by a VTuber will now be added to its regular exhibitions, the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

What is planned? An audio guide, a puzzle game and seven new illustrations

The contents listed by the museum on its official website are a special audio guide by Raden for the TNM Collection Exhibitions, a puzzle-solving game, panel displays of newly drawn illustrations and other projects. The works covered by the audio guide, how it is provided and its price, the details of the puzzle game and the location of the panel displays had not been announced as of October 20.

There are seven new illustrations. Three show her full figure, titled “Researcher,” “Outing” and “Museum Princess,” and four are mini-character illustrations. Three of the mini-characters wear outfits based on objects in the museum’s collection: the “Dogu (Clay Figurine) with Goggle-like Eyes,” the “Domaru Armor with Kashidori-ito Lacing and Red-laced Shoulders” and Utagawa Hiroshige’s “Autumn Moon at Ishiyama, from Eight Views of Omi.” The remaining one shows her as the Museum Princess.

Merchandise, admission and opening hours

Merchandise featuring the new illustrations includes full-figure acrylic stands (3 types, 1,980 yen each), mini-character acrylic stands (4 types, 1,320 yen each) and B2 tapestries (3 types, 4,400 yen each) (all prices include tax). Pre-orders are being taken at ClaN MARKET, with shipping starting around late December 2026.

Admission to the TNM Collection Exhibitions is 1,000 yen for adults and 500 yen for university students. High school students and younger, those under 18 and those 70 and over are free (proof of age required). Whether this admission alone is enough to take part in the collaboration has not been announced.

Opening hours are 9:30–17:00, and until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays and on Sundays followed by a Monday public holiday (last entry 30 minutes before closing). During the run the museum is closed on Mondays, but it opens on Monday, February 22 and Monday, March 22 (a substitute holiday). It is a 10-minute walk from the Park Exit of JR Ueno Station or the South Exit of Uguisudani Station. During the same period, the museum also hosts the “Final Fantasy 40th Anniversary Exhibition” in the Hyokeikan (January 8 – April 4) and the special exhibition “The Tale of Genji: The Radiance of the Court” in the Heiseikan (January 19 – March 14).

Overview

Name: Juufuutei Raden meets Tokyo National Museum (named “Juufuutei Raden × Tokyo National Museum Collaboration Event” in the press materials)
Dates: Wednesday, January 13 – Monday, March 22 (substitute holiday), 2027
Hours: 9:30–17:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays and on Sundays followed by a Monday public holiday; last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Mondays (open on February 22 and March 22)
Venue: Tokyo National Museum
Address: 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Admission: TNM Collection Exhibitions: adults 1,000 yen, university students 500 yen (the price of and how to take part in the collaboration have not been announced)
Official website: https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_event/index.php?controller=dtl&cid=5&id=11837
Special website: https://raden2027.clan-entertainment.com/
*Information as of October 20, 2026. Please check the official website for the latest information.

*Top image: Visual for “Juufuutei Raden meets Tokyo National Museum” © COVER (from a press release by ClaN Entertainment Inc.)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on press materials from ClaN Entertainment Inc. (September 28, 2026) and information on the Tokyo National Museum official website.

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team