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THE TOKYO PASS allows admission to many cultural facilities throughout Tokyo. In this article, we will introduce 4 museums where the pass can be used in Roppongi.

  • Mori Art Museum is in Roppongi Hills.  Suntory Museum of Art and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT are in Tokyo Midtown. You can enjoy them alongside the commercial facilities.
  • SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO is a museum with the feel of a hidden gem in the urban city. It is slightly distant from the other three facilities, but can easily be reached by taking the train from Roppongi to Roppongi-itchome using a Metro pass.
  • Okura Museum of Art is located near SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO. The Chinese-style building is very distinctive and is designated as a National Tangible Cultural Property. Its interior decorations are well worth a visit.
  • Enjoy the art, design, and traditions of Japan together with the sophisticated town of Roppongi.

* Please check about the exhibition that can be admitted with a PASS (link).
* Please check each museum's website for information on closures before visiting.

Mori Art Museum

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Located on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, this is an international contemporary art museum. It holds special exhibitions of art, architecture, and design with a unique perspective. It is open until late at night, which is a part of its appeal.

Mori Art Museum
https://www.mori.art.museum/en/

 

Suntory Museum of Art

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The museum is located in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi. It houses a collection of approximately 3,000 art works, including a national treasure and important cultural properties and holds the thematic exhibitions for Japanese arts, such as paintings, ceramics, lacquerware, and glassware.

Suntory Museum of Art
https://www.suntory.com/sma/

 

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

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The design institution founded by Issey Miyake, one of Japan’s leading designers, and directed by Taku Satoh and Naoto Fukasawa. It offers exhibitions and talks on the theme of “everyday life” from a design perspective, providing an experience filled with the fun and fresh surprises of design.

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
https://www.2121designsight.jp/en/

 

SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO

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At the site of the second residence of the former-Sumitomo family, this museum was opened as an annex of the Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum in Kyoto. Between the two venues in Kyoto and Tokyo, the museum holds a collection with a wide variety of pieces, from Japanese and Chinese calligraphic works and paintings to modern paintings of Japan and the West, tea ceremony paraphernalia, Noh masks and costumes, and some renowned ancient Chinese bronze ware and mirrors, which are shown in their exhibitions.

SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO
https://sen-oku.or.jp/tokyo/en/

 

Okura Museum of Art

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Okura Museum of Art is the oldest existing Japan’s private art museum. The museum’s collection features a wide range of paintings, sculpture, calligraphy and decorative objects from Japan and various regions across Asia. The collection consists of around 2,500 items in total.

National Treasures:
Equestrian Portraits of Court Nobles(13th century), Kana Preface to the Kokin Wakashū(12th century), Samantabhadra(12th century)

Okura Museum of Art
https://www.shukokan.org/language/

 

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