Exhibitions in Tokyo in January 2027

All 86, by week

1 Jan to 7 Jan

• Itabi: medieval prayer stones of Sumida exhibition (Sumida Local History and Culture Museum) Tue 29 Dec to Sun 3 Jan · Sumida Local History and Culture Museum, 3F exhibition room, Mukojima
• MOT Collection: Seeing the Light of Another Time Now Sat 19 Sept to Wed 6 Jan · Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Kiyosumi
• Meguro and Horses Exhibition Tue 17 Nov to Fri 8 Jan · Higashiyama Social Education Hall, Nakameguro
• AWT FOCUS: Koji Kamoji, Everyday Life Wed 4 Nov to Sat 9 Jan · Take Ninagawa, Higashi-Azabu
• European Masterpieces from the Cincinnati Art Museum Sat 10 Oct to Sun 10 Jan · Ueno no Mori Museum
• For You to Read the World Thu 19 Nov to Mon 11 Jan · Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno
• Haruichi Furudate Haikyu!! Exhibition: Challengers Fri 30 Oct to Mon 11 Jan · Mori Arts Center Gallery, Roppongi
• Images of the Theatre: from Delacroix and Daumier to Toulouse-Lautrec and Klinger Tue 20 Oct to Mon 11 Jan · National Museum of Western Art, Prints and Drawings Gallery, Ueno
• Kamen Rider 55th Anniversary Exhibition Sat 21 Nov to Mon 11 Jan · Yomiuriland, Inagi
• Learning From Hojoki: Small Architecture for Reweaving How We Live Fri 28 Aug to Mon 11 Jan · 21_21 Design Sight, Roppongi
• Polaris: icons and artists across the ages (Printing Museum mini exhibition) Sat 19 Sept to Mon 11 Jan · Printing Museum, Tokyo, Koishikawa
• Takehisa Yumeji: An Artist Who Defined His Era Fri 23 Oct to Mon 11 Jan · The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Kitanomaru Park
• The History of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum: 100th Anniversary Archives Exhibition Thu 19 Nov to Mon 11 Jan · Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno
• Things That Connect Memories: war and family stories from 30,000 items Tue 29 Sept to Mon 11 Jan · Museum of Memories of Returnees, Nishi-Shinjuku
• Ways of Reading: How the World Speaks to Us, How We Speak to the World Thu 19 Nov to Mon 11 Jan · Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno
• World of MUTTONI: Automaton Theater VI Sat 14 Nov to Mon 11 Jan · Hachioji Yume Art Museum
• Yoshimura Akira exhibition on the writer and Tanohata Village Thu 15 Oct to Mon 11 Jan · Mitaka Yoshimura Akira Study
• Musashino's Stone Monuments exhibition Mon 26 Oct to Thu 14 Jan · Musashino Furusato Rekishikan, Musashi-Sakai
• Mikael Levin: Critical Places Fri 20 Nov to Sat 16 Jan · PGI, Higashi-Azabu
• Yoshihiro Suda Wed 4 Nov to Sat 16 Jan · Gallery Koyanagi, Ginza
• A Winter Tea Gathering: The Turn of the Year Sat 5 Dec to Sun 17 Jan · Nezu Museum, Minami-Aoyama
• Assembling Anew: Japanese Contemporary Artists vol. 23 Wed 30 Sept to Sun 17 Jan · Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 3F Exhibition Room, Ebisu
• Carved Lacquer Sat 5 Dec to Sun 17 Jan · Nezu Museum, Minami-Aoyama
• Dazai Osamu exhibition room: Dazai in the evacuation years (late period) Sun 18 Oct to Sun 17 Jan · Mitaka Municipal Art Gallery
• Duet: Asian Contemporary Wed 30 Sept to Sun 17 Jan · Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Ebisu
• Modern Japanese Package 2026 (Printing Museum P&P Gallery) Sat 17 Oct to Sun 17 Jan · Printing Museum, Tokyo, P&P Gallery, Koishikawa
• Nara Ittobori Wood Carving Exhibition Sat 19 Dec to Sun 17 Jan · Hibiya Library & Museum, Ginza
• Okada Atsushi: Phantom Horses, Yururi Island 1950-2026 Tue 1 Dec to Sun 17 Jan · Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Ebisu
• Rare Books at the Nezu Museum: From Ancient Sutras to Popular Edo Fiction Sat 5 Dec to Sun 17 Jan · Nezu Museum, Minami-Aoyama
• THE MASKS: People Who Were Captivated by Masks Sat 21 Nov to Sun 17 Jan · Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Marunouchi
• Unknown Ukiyo-e Artists You've Never Heard Of Sat 12 Dec to Sun 17 Jan · Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Harajuku
• Hokuriku Collaboration Reading Fair at Nippori Library Tue 27 Oct to Wed 20 Jan · Nippori Library
• Exhibition on the Amanuma Church and Tokyo Sanitarium Hospital Sun 29 Nov to Sun 24 Jan · Suginami Local History Museum Annex
• Fontanesi: Italian Light, Landscapes of the Heart Sat 17 Oct to Sun 24 Jan · Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Marunouchi
• Imai Collection: The World of Linhof and Hasselblad Tue 27 Oct to Sun 24 Jan · Japan Camera Museum, Hanzomon
• Painter Michisei Kono: Depicting Stories Sat 12 Dec to Sun 24 Jan · Mushakoji Saneatsu Memorial Museum, Sengawa
• Sannomaru Shozokan Grand Opening Special Exhibition: Imperial Treasures, Where Beauty Emerges Tue 3 Nov to Sun 24 Jan · The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, Chiyoda
• Tenjishitsu Project Exhibition: Naka and Soto Thu 15 Oct to Sun 24 Jan · Chofu City Culture Hall Tazukuri
• Lineage of Photographic Processes: From Early Techniques to Experimental Alternatives Fri 20 Nov to Sat 30 Jan · Tokyo Polytechnic University Shadai Gallery, Nakano
• National Treasure Pine Trees in the Snow and the Four Seasons Sat 12 Dec to Sat 30 Jan · Mitsui Memorial Museum, Nihonbashi
• Book Publication Exhibition: Singing Architecture Sat 3 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · WHAT MUSEUM, Archi-Depot, Tennozu
• Chihiro: The Joy of Travel Fri 30 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo, Kami-igusa
• Étrangers: Japanese Painters' European Experience Sat 24 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · Artizon Museum, Kyobashi
• Jam Session: Ishibashi Foundation Collection x Hikaru Fujii, Whose Light? Sat 24 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · Artizon Museum, Kyobashi
• Kuniyoshi "Fuku" Atsume: Rediscovered in His Home Town Nihonbashi Fri 30 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · Currency Museum, Bank of Japan, Nihonbashi
• Nikolai Astrup: The Creative Garden Sat 21 Nov to Sun 31 Jan · Tokyo Station Gallery, Marunouchi
• Opening Special Exhibition: 100 Years of Showa, 100 Selections from the Hachioji Expo Sat 3 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · Hachioji History and Local Museum
• Takeshi Mutai and the Painters of Paris Fri 30 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo, Kami-igusa
• Tetsuro Komai, copperplate printmaker Sat 28 Nov to Sun 31 Jan · Setagaya Art Museum, Kinuta
• Ukiyo-e Exhibition on the History of Ueno Park Tue 1 Dec to Sun 31 Jan · Taito City Central Library, Asakusa
• Yayoi Kusama Museum exhibition (October 2026 to January 2027) Thu 8 Oct to Sun 31 Jan · Yayoi Kusama Museum, Waseda-minamicho
• Art of the Lotus Sutra Sat 12 Dec to Sun 7 Feb · Suntory Museum of Art, Roppongi
• Funakoshi Naoki: Giving Form to the Unseen Sat 5 Dec to Sun 7 Feb · Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya
• The World of Mari Yamazaki: Living in the Moment Sat 3 Oct to Sun 7 Feb · Setagaya Literary Museum, Roka Koen
• Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi and Waki Yamato Wed 28 Oct to Mon 8 Feb · The National Art Center, Tokyo, Roppongi
• Exhibition on Konoe Fumimaro's Court Dress Tue 24 Nov to Sun 14 Feb · Ogigaso Park Exhibition Hall, Ogikubo
• Le Petit Prince: A Journey Through the Skies to Discover What Truly Matters Fri 13 Nov to Sun 14 Feb · Tokyo City View, Roppongi
• Exhibition on Itabi Medieval Stone Monuments of Sumida Sat 12 Dec to Sun 21 Feb · Sumida Local History Museum, Asakusa
• Mahayana Gakuen and Nikken Nagaya History Exhibition Wed 18 Nov to Sun 21 Feb · Hasegawa Yoshinobu Memorial Hall, Sugamo
• Sex in the Animal Kingdom (Ikimono-tachi no Sei) Sat 31 Oct to Sun 21 Feb · National Museum of Nature and Science, Ueno
• Tim Burton's Labyrinth Wed 25 Nov to Sun 21 Feb · CREVIA BASE TOKYO, Toyosu
• Koshiro Onchi and the Creative Print Artists Fri 27 Nov to Tue 23 Feb · Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
• Little Bear and Polar Bear Exhibition Wed 23 Dec to Tue 23 Feb · PLAY! MUSEUM, Tachikawa
• New Acquisitions Exhibition Sat 5 Dec to Tue 23 Feb · Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
• Hokusai Crossover: gathering in Sumida across the ages (10th anniversary) Wed 16 Dec to Sun 28 Feb · Sumida Hokusai Museum, Ryogoku
• Shiseido Gallery: Komura Settai and Takuro Tamayama Tue 3 Nov to Sun 28 Feb · Shiseido Gallery, Ginza
• Showa 100 photo exhibition: Tokyo's Buildings Sat 10 Oct to Sun 28 Feb · Showa-kan, Kudanshita
• Sanrio Characters x Hokusai exhibition at Tokyo Skytree Tue 1 Dec to Tue 2 Mar · Tokyo Skytree, Oshiage
• Mitaka Yamamoto Yuzo Memorial Museum 30th anniversary exhibition Thu 15 Oct to Sun 7 Mar · Mitaka Yamamoto Yuzo Memorial Museum, Kichijoji
• The Best of the Yamatane Collection II: From Higashiyama Kaii and Hirayama Ikuo to Senju Hiroshi and Yamaguchi Akira (provisional title) Sat 12 Dec to Sun 7 Mar · Yamatane Museum of Art, Hiroo
• Incident Files of an Edo Domain Residence (Criminal Justice section column exhibition) Wed 7 Oct to Fri 12 Mar · Meiji University Museum, Criminal Justice section, Surugadai
• 1920-30 Modern Sheet Music Illustration Sat 26 Dec to Sun 28 Mar · Takehisa Yumeji Museum, Yanaka
• Chiyo Uno: Thirty Years After Her Death, Collection Exhibition Sat 26 Sept to Sun 28 Mar · Setagaya Literary Museum, Kitakarasuyama
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes Special Exhibition Sat 14 Nov to Sun 28 Mar · Intermediatheque, Ginza
• Hatoyama Ikuko x Akita Kazunori: Yume miru Contrepoint, manga and graphic design (Yayoi Museum) Sat 26 Dec to Sun 28 Mar · Yayoi Museum, Hongo
• Musée d'Orsay: The Joy of Being Alive Sat 14 Nov to Sun 28 Mar · Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno
• Picture Book and Colouring Room Mon 26 Oct to Sun 28 Mar · Children's Zoo Step, First Room, Ueno
• Hyakudan Kaidan special opening (Hotel Gajoen's listed hundred-step building) Thu 1 Oct to Tue 30 Mar · Hyakudan Kaidan, Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, Meguro
• Seibo sculpture garden exhibition: portraits of great figures Fri 29 May to Sun 4 Apr · Inokashira Park Zoo, sculpture garden, Kichijoji
• The World of Koji Minamiya Wed 11 Nov to Sun 4 Apr · Suginami Animation Museum, Kamiogi
• Literature and art: Shintaro Suzuki exhibition Wed 23 Dec to Sun 11 Apr · Suzuki Shintaro Memorial House, study building, Ikebukuro
• Picture Books with Limited Coloration (Subtraction of Colour: white, black and more) Tue 6 Oct to Sun 18 Apr · International Library of Children's Literature, Book Museum, Ueno
• Feeding Time: Goats Mon 26 Oct to Sat 24 Apr · Inokashira Park Zoo, Kichijoji
• How Making Gives a Story Life: the Special Edition of Murakami Haruki's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Thu 19 Nov to Sun 23 May · Waseda University International House of Literature , 2F exhibition room, Waseda, Shinjuku
• Chickens Capture the Human Heart, University Museum special exhibition Mon 7 Dec to Tue 25 May · The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo
• Sanrio Characters Exhibition: Hotel Floria Tokyo Wed 15 Jul to Mon 31 May · Tokyu Kabukicho Tower 4F, Shinjuku