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Tokyo
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Mizumaru Anzai: Working with Haruki Murakami
2026.07.02 〜 2026.07.25
Osaka / Sakai Arufonsu･myusha Museum
Mucha in Everyday Life
2026.04.04 〜 2026.07.26
Photo: Abasaa（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsAichi / Seto City Art Museum
The World of Seto Sometsuke: The Kito Collection
2026.04.18 〜 2026.07.26
Seto City Art Museum
Aichi
Aichi / Seto City Art Museum
Tomoya Sakai: SEKAI
2026.06.13 〜 2026.07.26
Yasunaka City Gakushu Forest Furusato Gakushu Museum
Gunma
Gunma / Yasunaka City Gakushu Forest Furusato Gakushu Museum
Showa-Era Annaka in Photographs
2026.04.11 〜 2026.07.31
Kumamoto / Kumamoto International Min Gei Museum
Living, Part 1: Fire
2026.05.01 〜 2026.07.31
Tokyo / UESHIMA MUSEUM
New Collection Exhibition: Thematic Displays for Creative Encounters
2025.06.21 〜 2026.07.31
Fukuoka / HIROKI ODA Museum of Art
Into the Alaskan Wilderness: Nature Photographer Norio Matsumoto
2026.05.23 〜 2026.07.31
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsTochigi / Utsunomiya Yosei Museum
Fin-de-Siècle London: The Imagination of Beauty and Its Transformations
2026.05.08 〜 2026.08.02
Hokkaido / HOKUBU Memorial Picture Museum
Takahiro Imai: MARGINAL BLACK
2026.07.09 〜 2026.08.02
Image courtesy of Yakumo Local History MuseumHokkaido / Yakumo Local History Museum & Wood-Carved Bear Museum
Special Display: Red-Painted Spouted Vessel (Jōmon)
2026.07.18 〜 2026.08.02
Photo: Bittercup（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsHyogo / Kobedaigaku Kaiji Museum
Japanese Merchant Ships in the Pacific War: Kobe Nautical College and Nobuko Umeki's Wish
2025.07.25 〜 2026.08.07
Tokyo / 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Soup is Life
2026.03.27 〜 2026.08.09
Nagano / Kitano Art Museum
Seasons in Art: Spring & Summer
2026.05.23 〜 2026.08.16
Yamagata / Yamagata Prefectural Uki Ta Mu Fudoki Oka Archaeological Museum
Written Records in Archaeological Materials: A Collection of Excavated Inscriptions
2026.06.06 〜 2026.08.16
Okayama / Okayama Prefectural Art Museum
A New Wind in the Tea Ceremony: 77 Contemporary Ceramic Artists — The Midorigaoka Museum Collection
2026.07.07 〜 2026.08.16
Nichi Chu Yuko Hall Art Museum
Tokyo
Tokyo / Nichi Chu Yuko Hall Art Museum
East and West of the Silk Road: A Space Archaeology Perspective
2026.07.18 〜 2026.08.16
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsNara / The Museum Yamato Bunkakan
Appreciating Flowers, Honoring the Past
2026.07.16 〜 2026.08.23
Photo: KAMUI（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAichi / Seto City Shin Century Crafts Museum
Summer Ceramics and Glass: Vessels and Accessories for a Cool Season
2026.05.30 〜 2026.08.23
Kanazawa Kurashi Museum
Ishikawa
Ishikawa / Kanazawa Kurashi Museum
Traveling Through Kanazawa
2026.06.06 〜 2026.08.23
Yamaguchi / Ito Ko Museum
Hirobumi Ito's Diplomatic Strategy: Neighborhood Diplomacy in the Early Meiji Era
2026.03.13 〜 2026.08.23
Photo: Yasunorihayashi（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsFukui / Fukui Prefectural Ichi Jo Tani Asakura City Iseki Museum
Special Exhibition: Paper in Motion — How Paper Connected Asakura Culture
2026.07.18 〜 2026.08.30
Miyagi / Fujita Kyohei Glass Museum
Uemura Yuki Glass Studio: Glass Collage 2026
2026.06.06 〜 2026.08.30
Photo: 円周率３パーセント（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAichi / Hoyuheakara Museum
JAPAN COLORS CHRONICLE
2026.04.11 〜 2026.08.30
Photo: 東京の花売娘（CC0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAomori / Takaoka Forest Hiroshi Zen Han History Museum
Tsugaru Nobumasa and Takateru Shrine
2026.06.17 〜 2026.08.30
Tokyo / Showa Kurashi Museum
This Was the Showa Era: Commemorating the Showa Living & Tools Encyclopedia
2022.09.09 〜 2026.08.30
Image courtesy of Tokamachi City MuseumNiigata / Tokamachi City Museum
Summer Exhibition: Masterpieces from the Nokubi Archaeological Site
2026.06.20 〜 2026.08.30
Photo: Wiiii（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsSaitama / Saitama Prefectural Modern Art Museum
MOMAS Collection
2026.06.06 〜 2026.08.30
Hyogo / Kobe Fasshon Art Museum
Picture Book World — 90 Years of Kaisei-sha
2026.06.20 〜 2026.08.30
Saitama / Saitama Prefectural History To Folk Museum
10,000 Years of Shaping Clay: An Archaeology of Clay Objects
2026.07.11 〜 2026.08.30
Tobe Ware Traditional Industry Hall
Ehime
Ehime / Tobe Ware Traditional Industry Hall
Tobe Ware Madonna Exhibition
2026.07.18 〜 2026.08.30
Photo: Ty19080914（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsMiyagi / Kesennuma City Riasu･aku Art Museum
N.E.blood 21 vol.92 Kazuma Hoshi / vol.93 Yuta Ishikawa
2026.06.13 〜 2026.08.30
Okinawa / Sakima Art Museum
Yukihiko Tajima: Okinawa Picture Book Originals
2026.06.11 〜 2026.08.30
Nagano / Koumi Kogen Art Museum
Miyagi Sotaro: A Design Legacy
2026.06.13 〜 2026.08.30
Hokkaido / Yakumo Local History Museum & Wood-Carved Bear Museum
Wood-Carved Bears through the Manga "Kitaguni Yurayura Kiko"
2026.04.25 〜 2026.08.30
Ogi Municipal History Museum
Saga
Saga / Ogi Municipal History Museum
Letters from the Front: The Words They Could Not Write
2026.06.06 〜 2026.08.30
Photo: やきつべ（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShizuoka / Umino Mitsuhiro Hanga Memorial Museum
Shizuoka by Shizuoka Artists Vol. 1: Do You Know This Shizuoka?
2026.06.13 〜 2026.08.30
Photo: 京浜にけ（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsSaitama / Saitama Prefectural Peace Museum
Pass It On: Kairanban Circulars and Everyday Life in Wartime
2026.07.14 〜 2026.08.30
Niigata / Hachi & Tajima Tadashi San Ehon To Konomi Art Museum
Koji Suzuki: Clay Caravan
2026.04.25 〜 2026.08.31
Niigata / Echigo Tsumaari Satoyama Contemporary Art Museum Monet Museum
Echigo-Tsumari MonET Serial Exhibition Vol.11 — Ryosuke Higo: Kansar Queen
2026.06.27 〜 2026.08.31
Hakone Jio Museum
Kanagawa
Kanagawa / Hakone Jio Museum
Lake Ashi: Exploring Hakone's Caldera Lake
2026.06.17 〜 2026.08.31
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata / Mogamigawa Art Museum
Keiji Mashimo: Poetry of the Snow Country — Mogami River Exhibition 2 "Snowscape on the Riverbank"
2026.06.19 〜 2026.09.01
Photo: ja:利用者:珈琲ルンバ（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsKyoto / Kyoto International Manga Museum
Saving Myself: A Prescription of Essay Manga
2026.04.25 〜 2026.09.01
Photo: Wiiii（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsTokyo / Shibuya Municipal Shoto Art Museum
Takashima Yajuro: 50 Years After His Death
2026.07.04 〜 2026.09.06
Photo: Nyao148（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsSaitama / Sayama Municipal Museum
Sayama, City of Manufacturing: Cars — Making, Carrying, Playing
2026.07.04 〜 2026.09.06
Photo: 岩浪陸（CC BY 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsKochi / Yokogurazan Natural Forest Museum
Frogs of Tosa 2026
2026.07.04 〜 2026.09.06
Yamanashi / Afurikan Art Museum
Kings of African Art
2026.04.02 〜 2026.09.07
Photo: photo: Qurren (talk) Taken with Canon IXY 430F (Digital IXUS 245 HS)（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsGunma / Tayama Katai Memorial Literature Museum
Tayama Katai's Personal Belongings
2026.06.20 〜 2026.09.13
Ishikawa / Saiensu Hiruzu Koma Tsu Museum
Play with LOVOT!
2026.07.18 〜 2026.09.13
Tokyo / WHAT MUSEUM
Corrugated Sheets and Coral Reefs: Eight Practices Throwing Architecture Afar
2026.04.21 〜 2026.09.13
Photo: Halowand（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShizuoka / Shizuoka City Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum
Stencil Dyeing for Everyday Life: The Serizawa Dyeing Paper Institute
2026.07.01 〜 2026.09.23
Photo: Akinori Takemoto（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsGunma / Gunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Fumiaki Memorial Literature Museum
30th Anniversary: Masaoka Shiki and the Araragi School
2026.07.11 〜 2026.09.23
Saitama Prefectural Modern Art Museum
Saitama
Saitama / Saitama Prefectural Modern Art Museum
Quiet Beauty: The Complete Komura Settai
2026.07.11 〜 2026.09.23
Aomori / Hachinohe City Art Museum
Katsuhiko Hibino: From Standing Alone on a Bridge to Setting Out Together by Boat
2026.04.18 〜 2026.09.23
Photo: photo: Qurren (talk) Taken with Canon PowerShot G9 X（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsGunma / Nakanojo History To Folk Museum
Ancient Agatsuma: Legends and Cultural Treasures
2026.07.18 〜 2026.09.23
Photo: Hasec（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsTokyo / 東京海洋大学マリンサイエンスミュージアム
The Training Ship Hayabusa Maru and the Tuna Vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon No. 5)
2026.07.20 〜 2026.09.25
Kanazawa Museum of History and Maeda Tosanokami Family Archives
Ishikawa
Ishikawa / Kanazawa Museum of History and Maeda Tosanokami Family Archives
Lords of the Kaga Domain: Figures and Footprints (Part II)
2026.07.11 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: 小石川人晃（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsIshikawa / Ishikawa Prefectural Notojima Glass Art Museum
Heart-Stirring Glass: Centered on New Acquisitions
2026.06.13 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: YuBon (Yu TANAKA)（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsIbaraki / Ibaraki Prefectural History Museum
Hands-on History Museum: See, Touch, and Play
2026.07.18 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: 円周率３パーセント（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAichi / Yokoyama Art Museum
Norman Rockwell, Continued
2026.06.05 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: Прикли（CC BY 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsOsaka / Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum
Karl Walser: Maverick of Swiss Painting
2026.07.04 〜 2026.09.27
Takasaki City Tawa Art Museum
Gunma
Gunma / Takasaki City Tawa Art Museum
Birds We Adore
2026.07.11 〜 2026.09.27
Image courtesy of the Philatelic MuseumTokyo / Philatelic Museum
Shells À La Carte
2026.07.01 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsAomori / Aomori Prefectural Art Museum
The Ornamenting Spirit: A Universe of Patterns from Jomon and Celtic Art to Nebuta
2026.07.11 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: Haretter（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsMie / Mie Prefectural Sogo Museum
Who Are We: Biology of Observation and Discovery — National Museum of Nature and Science Collection Vol.1: Mammals
2026.07.11 〜 2026.09.27
Bizen City Art Museum
Okayama
Okayama / Bizen City Art Museum
Teacup Merry-Go-Round
2026.07.04 〜 2026.09.27
Yamagata / Sakata City Cultural Museum, Kokyu Bunko
Sakata Time Travel: Townscapes and Daily Life of the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras Captured by the Camera
2026.04.18 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: 掬茶（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAkita / Omura Art Museum
The Laliques and Art Deco: Glass and Ceramics
2026.07.03 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: さかおり（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShizuoka / Shimada City Museum
The Changing Face of War: The Evolution of Arms
2026.06.27 〜 2026.09.27
Ihara Municipal Hira Kushi Tanaka Art Museum
Okayama
Okayama / Ihara Municipal Hira Kushi Tanaka Art Museum
The World of Yokai Sculptor Taishi Takemoto
2026.07.14 〜 2026.09.30
Ki Bi Bi Museum
Okayama
Okayama / Ki Bi Bi Museum
Ceramics of Kurashiki Part 2: Yuzo Kondo
2026.06.06 〜 2026.10.06
Image courtesy of Matsuoka Art MuseumTokyo / Matsuoka Art Museum
Five Kilns in Harmony: Chinese Ceramics from Song to Yuan
2026.06.16 〜 2026.10.12
Matsuoka Art Museum
Tokyo
Tokyo / Matsuoka Art Museum
Breezy Scenes: Victorian Painting and French Impressionism
2026.06.16 〜 2026.10.12
Matsuoka Art Museum
Tokyo
Tokyo / Matsuoka Art Museum
A Symphony of Five Kilns: Chinese Ceramics from Song to Yuan
2026.06.16 〜 2026.10.12
Matsuoka Art Museum
Tokyo
Tokyo / Matsuoka Art Museum
Breezy Scenes: Victorian Painting and French Impressionism
2026.06.16 〜 2026.10.12
To Satoyama Sato Kai Museum
Ishikawa
Ishikawa / To Satoyama Sato Kai Museum
Records of the Era: Whispers of Dormant Objects (Vol. 5)
2026.06.27 〜 2026.10.26
To Satoyama Sato Kai Museum
Ishikawa
Ishikawa / To Satoyama Sato Kai Museum
Records of an Era: Whispers from Sleeping Things, vol. 5
2026.06.27 〜 2026.10.26
Photo: Lumi iori（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsHiroshima / Yumoto Tsuyoshi Ichi Memorial Nippon Yokai Museum
Tsukumogami: When Tools Became Yokai!
2026.06.26 〜 2026.11.10
Photo: さかおり（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsYamagata / Ideha Culture Memorial Museum
Special Exhibition for the Year of the Horse: Unseen Hagurosan
2026.06.20 〜 2026.11.16
Kanagawa / Okada Art Museum
Gold, Silver and Mica: The Radiance of Japanese Art
2026.06.14 〜 2026.12.06
Garo Gyararishizu Museum
Hokkaido
Hokkaido / Garo Gyararishizu Museum
LIAISON Exhibition 2026
2026.01.10 〜 2026.12.26
Photo: 663highland（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsYamaguchi / Shimonoseki Municipal Modern Senjin Kensho Museum
Kinuyo on the Silver Screen: Her Roles in Mizoguchi Kenji's Films
2026.07.02 〜 2026.12.27
Photo: Ty19080914（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsMiyagi / Wakuya Manyo-no-Sato Tenpyo Roman Museum
Japanese Gold Coins: Wakkyai, Wakuya's Gold Ambassador, and the Challenge of Currency
2026.05.01 〜 2026.12.31
Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Nagano
Nagano / Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Foujita in New York: 140th Anniversary of His Birth
2026.07.11 〜 2027.01.11
Matsuoka Art Museum
Tokyo
Tokyo / Matsuoka Art Museum
Ancient Etruria
2026.02.25 〜 2027.02.07
Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Nagano
Nagano / Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Léonard Foujita: 140th Anniversary of His Birth
2026.01.09 〜 2027.07.05
Oita / Jx Kinzoku Sekizaki Mi Rai Kaisei Museum
H3 Rocket No.9 Launch Public Viewing
2026.08.07 〜 2026.08.07
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata / Mogamigawa Art Museum
Kunikatsu Domon Exhibition
2026.07.24 〜 2026.09.01
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsNagano / Matsumoto City Tokei Museum
Summer Special Exhibition: Why Do Clocks Move?
2026.07.25 〜 2026.09.07
Okayama / Okayama Prefectural Art Museum
Circus! Welcome to a World of Dreams
2026.08.01 〜 2026.09.23
Yamagata / Yamagata Prefectural Uki Ta Mu Fudoki Oka Archaeological Museum
Digging Girls: What Lies Beyond the Shovel
2026.08.22 〜 2026.09.27
Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum
Osaka
Osaka / Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum
Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
2026.08.21 〜 2026.09.27
Photo: 高岡市立博物館（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsToyama / Takaoka Municipal Museum
Letters of Hayashi Tadamasa: 120 Years After His Death
2026.07.25 〜 2026.10.04
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata / Mogamigawa Art Museum
8th Mogami River Art Festival 2026: Memento Forest
2026.09.04 〜 2026.10.13
Kyotokogeisen'idaigaku Art Crafts Museum
Kyoto
Kyoto / Kyotokogeisen'idaigaku Art Crafts Museum
The Design of War, the Design of Play
2026.07.30 〜 2026.10.24
Photo: Naganojmmmm（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsNagano / Kitano Art Museum
Seasons in Art: Summer & Autumn
2026.08.22 〜 2026.11.15
Aomori / Hachinohe City Art Museum
Collection Lab 014: Ryoichi Okayama — The Winds of Hachinohe Modernism
2026.07.25 〜 2026.11.16
Photo: Dddeco at Japanese Wikipedia（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsSaitama / Saitama Prefectural History To Folk Museum
Literati Painters' Detours
2026.10.10 〜 2026.11.23
Shibuya Municipal Shoto Art Museum
Tokyo
Tokyo / Shibuya Municipal Shoto Art Museum
On the Street: Are We in the Way?
2026.09.19 〜 2026.11.23
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAichi / Showa Art Museum
Imported and Japanese Tea Ceramics
2026.09.19 〜 2026.12.04
Ihara Municipal Hira Kushi Tanaka Art Museum
Okayama
Okayama / Ihara Municipal Hira Kushi Tanaka Art Museum
Resonating Forms: A Journey into Beauty by Masters and Contemporary Artists
2026.10.09 〜 2026.12.06
Kanazawa Museum of History and Maeda Tosanokami Family Archives
Ishikawa
Ishikawa / Kanazawa Museum of History and Maeda Tosanokami Family Archives
Lords of the Kaga Domain: Figures and Footprints (Part III)
2026.10.10 〜 2026.12.20
Takasaki City Tawa Art Museum
Gunma
Gunma / Takasaki City Tawa Art Museum
Windows of Japanese Painting: Landscapes on a Journey
2026.10.17 〜 2026.12.20
Tokyo / 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Special Exhibition: Learning from the Hojoki: Reweaving Life through Small Architecture
2026.08.28 〜 2027.01.11
Yokoyama Art Museum
Aichi
Aichi / Yokoyama Art Museum
Modern Ceramics of Seto, Mino, Tokoname, and Banko: Flowers in Full Bloom
2026.10.16 〜 2027.01.24
Fukushima / Kooriyama Municipal Art Museum
Concrete / Abstraction: Toshio Shibata — Photography and Abstraction
2027.01.31 〜 2027.03.22
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
Yamagata / Mogamigawa Art Museum
22nd Murayama City Art Federation Small Works Exhibition
2026.06.19 〜 2026.07.21