[Autumn/Winter 2026] Roppongi Art Triangle Guide: Mori Art Museum, The National Art Center, Tokyo and Suntory Museum of Art

The Mori Art Museum, The National Art Center, Tokyo and the Suntory Museum of Art in Roppongi, Tokyo offer “Atoro-wari,” a reciprocal discount under the name “Roppongi Art Triangle.” Showing a ticket stub from one museum’s exhibition gets a discount on the others’ special exhibitions. In autumn and winter 2026, “Louvre Museum Exhibition: Renaissance” is on view at The National Art Center, Tokyo until Sunday, December 13, and an exhibition of original shojo manga art opened there on Wednesday, October 28. At the Mori Art Museum, “Mariko Mori: All That Shines” opened on Saturday, October 31. This article summarizes the exhibitions, opening hours, prices and access for the three museums and nearby facilities from official information.

What is the Roppongi Art Triangle? Milestones for the three museums in 2027

Under Atoro-wari, showing an exhibition ticket (stub) from one of the three museums gets a discount on special exhibitions at the other two. The Mori Art Museum offers 200 yen off for adults (not applicable to online purchases) and the Suntory Museum of Art 100 yen off, while at The National Art Center, Tokyo the discount varies by exhibition; for the current Louvre and shojo manga exhibitions, it is 100 yen off. Each stub is valid once for one person at each museum and cannot be combined with other discounts.

All three museums reach milestones in 2027. The National Art Center, Tokyo marks 20 years since its opening in 2007 and will hold a 20th anniversary exhibition (tentative title) from Wednesday, April 21, shedding light on the endeavors of artists introduced in all 113 exhibitions since its opening. The Suntory Museum of Art will also hold four “20th Anniversary of the Opening in Roppongi” exhibitions in 2027. The third, from Wednesday, September 15, 2027, will show the National Treasure “Choju Giga” (Frolicking Animals) for the first time in 20 years, since the exhibition commemorating its Roppongi opening in 2007.

Meanwhile, the Mori Art Museum will close from Friday, September 24, 2027 for repairs and renovation of its facilities and equipment, with a renewal opening planned for late April 2028 (our article on the Mori Art Museum’s closure). The National Art Center, Tokyo’s special exhibitions in 2027 are introduced in our article on its 2027 schedule.

Exhibitions, hours and prices at the three museums: Mori Art Museum, The National Art Center, Tokyo and Suntory Museum of Art

Mori Art Museum: “Mariko Mori: All That Shines” from October 31

“Mariko Mori: All That Shines” is a solo exhibition presenting about 40 works from more than 30 years of activity. According to the museum, it is her first large-scale solo exhibition in Japan in 24 years, since “Mariko Mori: Pure Land” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2002. It is co-curated by Alexandra Munroe of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation and Mami Kataoka, director of the Mori Art Museum.

Works on view include “Shaman-Girl’s Prayer” (1996) and “Ring: One with Nature” (2016). “Wave UFO” (1999–2002) is a work using a brain-wave interface, and slots to enter the pod are limited. The exhibition ticket also gives access to MAM Screen 024, MAM Project 035 and “Mori Art Award 2026 Grand Prix Commemorative Exhibition: Mari Katayama.”

Dates: Saturday, October 31, 2026 – Sunday, March 28, 2027
Hours: 10:00–22:00 (until 17:00 on Tuesdays, until 18:00 on Tuesday, November 3 (national holiday) and until 17:00 on Friday, November 27; last entry 30 minutes before closing). Until 6:00 the next morning on Saturday, October 31
Closed: Open every day during the exhibition
Admission: Adults 2,800 yen on weekdays / 3,000 yen on weekends and holidays, students (high school and university) 1,700 yen / 1,800 yen, seniors (65 and over) 2,400 yen / 2,600 yen, junior high school students and younger free. Online prices are 200 yen cheaper for adults and seniors and 100 yen cheaper for students
Reservations: Timed tickets introduced (visitors can enter without a reservation if slots are available)
Address: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53F, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 3-minute walk from Exit 1C of Roppongi Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (directly connected via concourse), 6 minutes from Exit 3 of Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo Line, 10 minutes from Exit 5 of Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Official website: https://www.mori.art.museum/jp/exhibitions/marikomori/index.html

The National Art Center, Tokyo: The Louvre exhibition, the shojo manga exhibition and Nitten

“Louvre Museum Exhibition: Renaissance” in Special Exhibition Gallery 1E consists of just over 50 works from the Louvre. Its four chapters are “Travel,” “Innovation and Refinement of Technique,” “Gazing at Antiquity” and “The Rise of Portraiture.” According to the museum, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Portrait of a Woman” (known as “La Belle Ferronnière”) is coming to Japan for the first time. In the final week, from Monday, December 7 to Sunday, December 13, entry is by timed ticket only, and advance and same-day tickets cannot be used. Timed tickets have been on sale online since 12:00 on Saturday, October 31.

In Special Exhibition Gallery 2E, “Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio × Ryoko Yamagishi × Waki Yamato” opened on Wednesday, October 28. More than 800 original drawings, black-and-white and color combined, from works such as The Poe Clan, Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun and Haikara-san ga Toru (Here Comes Miss Modern) are scheduled to be shown. Color works are changed between the first period (until December 14) and the second period (from December 16).

Among open-call exhibitions, the 119th Nitten runs from Friday, October 30 to Sunday, November 22. At The National Art Center, Tokyo, showing a ticket for a current open-call exhibition gets a discount on special exhibitions.

Hours: 10:00–18:00 (until 20:00 every Friday and Saturday during special exhibitions, and also until 20:00 from December 7 to 12 for the Louvre exhibition; last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Tuesdays (if a public or substitute holiday, open and closed the following weekday), New Year holidays. The Louvre and shojo manga exhibitions are open on Tuesday, November 3 (national holiday) and Tuesday, December 8, and closed on Wednesday, November 4
Admission: Louvre exhibition: adults 2,400 yen, university students 1,400 yen, high school students 1,000 yen. Shojo manga exhibition: adults 2,200 yen, university students 1,000 yen, high school students 500 yen (same-day prices; junior high school students and younger free)
Address: 7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: Directly connected to Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (Exit 6, Aoyama Cemetery gate), about a 4-minute walk from Exit 7 of Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo Line, about 5 minutes from Exit 4a of Roppongi Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. No parking
Official website: https://www.nact.jp/

Suntory Museum of Art: From the Buson and Goshun exhibition to “The Art of the Lotus Sutra”

At the Suntory Museum of Art on the 3rd floor of Galleria at Tokyo Midtown, “Itsuo Art Museum Collection: Buson, Goshun and Masterpieces of the Tea Ceremony” was on view until Sunday, November 8. The exhibition introduces works by Buson and Goshun and masterpieces of the tea ceremony from the Itsuo Art Museum’s collection of 5,500 items, with changes of exhibits during the run.

Next is “The Art of the Lotus Sutra: To Make Is to Pray,” from Saturday, December 12, 2026 to Sunday, February 7, 2027. It introduces artistic activities that developed as one with faith, such as copying sutras and making Buddhist images, which the Lotus Sutra lists as good deeds, under three themes: “Building Pagodas,” “Copying and Dedicating Sutras” and “Making Images.” From Wednesday, March 10, 2027, the first of the exhibitions marking the 20th anniversary of its Roppongi opening, “KIRIKO: Cut Glass,” opens.

Hours: 10:00–18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays, until 20:00 on Saturday, November 7 and until 21:00 on Saturday, October 31; last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Tuesdays (open until 18:00 on November 3), exhibition changeover periods, New Year holidays
Admission: Buson and Goshun exhibition: adults 1,700 yen, university students 1,200 yen, high school students 1,000 yen (junior high school students and younger free)
Address: Tokyo Midtown Galleria 3F, 9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: Directly connected to Exit 8 of Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo Line, directly connected via underground passage to Roppongi Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, about a 3-minute walk from Exit 3 of Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. No dedicated parking
Official website: https://www.suntory.co.jp/sma/

Nearby facilities: 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Mori Arts Center Gallery and Tokyo City View

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, in Midtown Garden at Tokyo Midtown, is holding the exhibition “Learning from Hojoki: Small Architecture That Reweaves Living.” It runs until Monday, January 11, 2027 (national holiday), and the director is Yoshiharu Tsukamoto. Taking the “ten-foot-square hut” of Kamo no Chomei’s Hojoki as a starting point, eight participants, including Yoshihiro Suda and Akira Yamaguchi, envision huts measuring one jo square (about 9 m²). Ticket stubs give 100 yen off at both 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT and the Suntory Museum of Art.

Hours: 10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:30; until 22:00 on Saturday, October 31)
Closed: Tuesdays (open on November 3), November 21–23 (due to a building-wide power outage at Tokyo Midtown), New Year holidays (December 27 – January 3)
Admission: Adults 1,700 yen, university students 800 yen, high school students 500 yen, junior high school students and younger free
Address: Tokyo Midtown Midtown Garden, 9-7-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: 5-minute walk from Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Lines and Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Official website: https://www.2121designsight.jp/

On the 52nd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, the same building as the Mori Art Museum, are Mori Arts Center Gallery and the observation deck Tokyo City View. Mori Arts Center Gallery has announced “KINGDOM HEARTS 25th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION” (from Friday, February 5, 2027) as its next exhibition. Tokyo City View is charged separately from the Mori Art Museum and will be closed from Tuesday, November 10 to Thursday, November 12.

Getting around and access: Three museums connected to stations, evening openings and Roppongi Art Night

All three museums are directly connected to subway stations: The National Art Center, Tokyo to Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda Line, the Suntory Museum of Art to Roppongi Station on the Oedo Line and the Mori Art Museum to Roppongi Station on the Hibiya Line. From Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda Line, The National Art Center, Tokyo is directly connected, the Suntory Museum of Art is about a 3-minute walk and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT a 5-minute walk. Nogizaka Station is next to Omotesando Station on the Chiyoda Line, so visitors can also combine the trip with the area covered in our Omotesando, Aoyama and Harajuku art guide, which introduces the Nezu Museum and the Ota Memorial Museum of Art.

On Fridays, the Mori Art Museum is open until 22:00, The National Art Center, Tokyo and the Suntory Museum of Art until 20:00, and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT until 19:00. The Mori Art Museum closes at 17:00 only on Tuesdays, and The National Art Center, Tokyo is also open until 20:00 on Saturdays during special exhibitions. An overview of evening openings is provided in our guide to evening openings in Tokyo.

“Roppongi Art Night 2026” runs from 17:00 on Saturday, October 31 to 6:00 on Sunday, November 1. That day, the Mori Art Museum extends its hours until 6:00 the next morning, the Suntory Museum of Art stays open until 21:00 and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT until 22:00. The National Art Center, Tokyo keeps the area from its main gate to the front entrance open all night.

With the “Tokyo Museum Grutto Pass 2026,” the Mori Art Museum and Tokyo City View each give 200 yen off the same-day counter price for adults. The National Art Center, Tokyo, the Suntory Museum of Art and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT are not on the pass’s list of participating facilities (our guide to the Grutto Pass and discounts).

Editor’s perspective

There is a limit to how long the three Roppongi museums can be visited together. The Mori Art Museum will close for renovation from September 24, 2027, with reopening planned for late April 2028. During that time, it will not be possible to tour the three museums linked by Atoro-wari.

Between this autumn and September 2027, the Mori Art Museum will hold two special exhibitions before its closure, and The National Art Center, Tokyo and the Suntory Museum of Art will begin their 20th anniversary exhibitions. Anyone planning to combine exhibitions at the three museums with Atoro-wari should check the dates for this period early. Other areas of Tokyo are introduced in our guides to Marunouchi, Kyobashi and Nihonbashi, Ryogoku and Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Ginza and Tennoz.

Frequently asked questions

How do I use Atoro-wari?

Show an exhibition ticket (a stub is fine) from one of the three museums at the ticket counter of another. The Mori Art Museum gives 200 yen off for adults, not applicable to online purchases. The Suntory Museum of Art gives 100 yen off, as do the Louvre and shojo manga exhibitions at The National Art Center, Tokyo. Some exhibitions are not eligible, so check when buying tickets.

Which exhibitions require reservations?

The Mori Art Museum has introduced timed tickets, but visitors can enter without a reservation if slots are available. The Louvre exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo requires timed tickets only from Monday, December 7 to Sunday, December 13.

Until when is the Mori Art Museum open?

“Mariko Mori: All That Shines” runs until Sunday, March 28, 2027. In fiscal 2027, the museum will hold “The World Is Made of Play: Art, Children and Society” from Thursday, April 29 (national holiday) to Thursday, September 23, 2027 (national holiday). From Friday, September 24, 2027, it will close for renovation.

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

*Top image: The atrium of The National Art Center, Tokyo (photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons)

*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