ABOUT
About this spot
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) is a national modern art museum in Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda Ward. It opened on December 1, 1952 in Kyobashi as Japan's first national art museum. The present main building opened in Kitanomaru Park in June 1969. It was donated by Ishibashi Shojiro, the founder of Bridgestone, and designed by Taniguchi Yoshiro. It was expanded and renovated in 2002. As of fiscal 2020 the collection held 13,549 works, including paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs. Works designated Important Cultural Properties include Hishida Shunso's Kenshu Bosatsu, Yorozu Tetsugoro's Nude Beauty, Kishida Ryusei's Study of a Cutting Through a Hill, Yokoyama Taikan's Ceaseless Flow and Uemura Shoen's Mother and Child. The MOMAT Collection exhibition traces the history of modern Japanese art, and special exhibitions are held as well. The former Crafts Gallery in Kitanomaru closed in February 2020 and reopened in Kanazawa as the National Crafts Museum in October 2020. The museum is open from 10:00 to 17:00, until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and closed on Mondays. It is about a 3-minute walk from Takebashi Station, Exit 1b. There is no parking lot. Exit 1b has no elevator; for wheelchairs and strollers, the museum advises Takebashi Station Exit 2, Kudanshita Station Exit 6 or Jimbocho Station Exit A2. The Imperial Palace is nearby, and the visit takes one to two hours for the collection alone.
Last updated October 22, 2026