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Exhibitions on Now in Japan
Every exhibition currently on view at museums across Japan — listed with the museum's permission, with English titles for international visitors. Browse by prefecture and click through for dates, venue details and official links.
116 exhibitions on now across 36 prefectures
Hokkaido8
写真提供: HOKUBU記念絵画館HOKUBU Memorial Picture Museum
Vol.06 Asami Kobayashi and Decorative Rhythm
Aug 20, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Garo Gyararishizu Museum
Hokkaido
Garo Gyararishizu Museum
LIAISON Exhibition 2026
Jan 10, 2026 – Dec 26, 2026
Photo: Mukasora (talk)（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsFukushima Seikan Tonneru Memorial Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Building the Seikan Tunnel
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Riku Betsu Uchu Chikyu Science Museum
Hokkaido
Riku Betsu Uchu Chikyu Science Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Ginga no Mori Observatory and its 115cm Telescope
Jul 7, 1998 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: Ozizo（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsNoboribetsu City Local History Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Noboribetsu's Natural History, the Katakura Retainers and Ainu Culture
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: 禁樹なずな（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsNopporo Shinrinkoen Natural Fureai Koryu Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Nature of Nopporo Forest Park
Aug 18, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: Yauchi（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAtsukeshi Kaiji Memorial Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Sea and Akkeshi, with Japan's Easternmost Planetarium
Oct 1, 1988 – Dec 31, 2099
Atsukeshi Local History Museum
Hokkaido
Atsukeshi Local History Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Kokutaiji Temple and the History of Akkeshi
Jan 1, 1967 – Dec 31, 2099
Aomori3
Hachinohe City Art Museum
Katsuhiko Hibino: From Standing Alone on a Bridge to Setting Out Together by Boat
Apr 18, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsAomori Prefectural Art Museum
The Ornamenting Spirit: A Universe of Patterns from Jomon and Celtic Art to Nebuta
Jul 11, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Hachinohe City Art Museum
Collection Lab 014: Ryoichi Okayama — The Winds of Hachinohe Modernism
Jul 25, 2026 – Nov 16, 2026
Iwate1
Miyagi2
Photo: Ty19080914（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsWakuya Manyo-no-Sato Tenpyo Roman Museum
Japanese Gold Coins: Wakkyai, Wakuya's Gold Ambassador, and the Challenge of Currency
May 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026
Photo: Yauchi（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsKankaku Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Dialogue Zone and Monologue Zone
Aug 4, 2000 – Dec 31, 2099
Akita2
Yamagata5
Photo: アラツク（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsYamagata Prefectural Uki Ta Mu Fudoki Oka Archaeological Museum
Digging Girls: What Lies Beyond the Shovel
Aug 22, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Sakata City Cultural Museum, Kokyu Bunko
Sakata Time Travel: Townscapes and Daily Life of the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras Captured by the Camera
Apr 18, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Mogamigawa Art Museum
Yamagata
Mogamigawa Art Museum
8th Mogami River Art Festival 2026: Memento Forest
Sep 4, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
Photo: さかおり（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsIdeha Culture Memorial Museum
Special Exhibition for the Year of the Horse: Unseen Hagurosan
Jun 20, 2026 – Nov 16, 2026
Photo: Ebiebi2（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsBasho ･ Seifu History Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Basho and Seifu Suzuki
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Ibaraki1
Tochigi1
Gunma7
Photo: photo: Qurren (talk) Taken with Canon IXY 430F (Digital IXUS 245 HS)（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsTayama Katai Memorial Literature Museum
Tayama Katai's Personal Belongings
Jun 20, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Photo: Akinori Takemoto（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsGunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Fumiaki Memorial Literature Museum
30th Anniversary: Masaoka Shiki and the Araragi School
Jul 11, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026
Photo: photo: Qurren (talk) Taken with Canon PowerShot G9 X（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsNakanojo History To Folk Museum
Ancient Agatsuma: Legends and Cultural Treasures
Jul 18, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026
Takasaki City Tawa Art Museum
Gunma
Takasaki City Tawa Art Museum
Birds We Adore
Jul 11, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Yasunaka City Gakushu Forest Furusato Gakushu Museum
Gunma
Yasunaka City Gakushu Forest Furusato Gakushu Museum
Special Exhibition: The Kaiho Family of Annaka Domain
Aug 22, 2026 – Nov 23, 2026
Tatebayashi City Dai Ichi Museum
Gunma
Tatebayashi City Dai Ichi Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Local Heritage of Tatebayashi
Oct 1, 1978 – Dec 31, 2099
Tatebayashi City Dai Ni Museum
Gunma
Tatebayashi City Dai Ni Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Former Jomo Muslin Office and Katai Tayama's House
Dec 1, 1981 – Dec 31, 2099
Saitama2
Photo: Nyao148（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsSayama Municipal Museum
Sayama, City of Manufacturing: Cars — Making, Carrying, Playing
Jul 4, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026
Photo: Wiiii（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsSaitama Prefectural Modern Art Museum
Quiet Beauty: The Complete Komura Settai
Jul 11, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026
Chiba1
Tokyo18
Photo: Wiiii（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsThe Shoto Museum of Art
Takashima Yajuro: 50 Years After His Death
Jul 4, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026
Photo: Masaya Yoshimura21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
The Paper Log: Shell and Core
Aug 13, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
WHAT MUSEUM
Corrugated Sheets and Coral Reefs: Eight Practices Throwing Architecture Afar
Apr 21, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Photo: Syced（CC0）/ Wikimedia CommonsTaiwan Cultural Center, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan
Silent Spaces, Portraits, Bodies: Rongjuan, Scenes of Light
Jul 31, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026
spaceyui
Tokyo
spaceyui
TADANORI YOKOO × SPACE YUI
Aug 27, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026
Photo: Hasec（Public domain）/ Wikimedia Commons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)
Jul 20, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026
Image courtesy of the Philatelic MuseumPhilatelic Museum
Shells À La Carte
Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Image courtesy of Matsuoka Art MuseumMatsuoka Museum of Art
Breezy Scenes: Victorian Painting and French Impressionism
Jun 16, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026
Matsuoka Museum of Art
Tokyo
Matsuoka Museum of Art
A Symphony of Five Kilns: Chinese Ceramics from Song to Yuan
Jun 16, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026
UESHIMA MUSEUM
Tokyo
UESHIMA MUSEUM
Third Collection Exhibition: The Image Burns, Distorts, and Ascends into Light
Sep 2, 2026 – Dec 1, 2026
UESHIMA MUSEUM
Tokyo
UESHIMA MUSEUM
Utsuho: Tea Ceramics and Contemporary Ceramic Art
Sep 2, 2026 – Dec 1, 2026
Photo: Kentin（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShowa Kurashi Museum
The Koizumi Family's Wartime Legacy
Jul 31, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026
Photo: Kentin（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShowa Kurashi Museum
Project Exhibition: Searching for Stories Connecting War and Self
Jul 31, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Special Exhibition: Learning from the Hojoki: Reweaving Life through Small Architecture
Aug 28, 2026 – Jan 11, 2027
Image courtesy of Matsuoka Art MuseumMatsuoka Museum of Art
Ancient Etruria
Feb 25, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027
Photo: Abasaa（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsMokuzai ･ Gohan Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Timber and Plywood
Oct 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: Tzu-hsun Hsu（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsTokyo Omocha Art Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Forest of Toys and the Good Toy Gallery
Apr 20, 2008 – Dec 31, 2099
Ginza Akie Sashiko Museum
Tokyo
Ginza Akie Sashiko Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Sashiko Stitching and Natural Indigo
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Kanagawa3
Broadcast Library
Kanagawa
Broadcast Library
Heisei and Reiwa History Through TV and Commercials 2026
Aug 7, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Broadcast Library
Kanagawa
Broadcast Library
Public Screenings: Heisei and Reiwa TV Collection
Aug 7, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Okada Museum of Art
Gold, Silver and Mica: The Radiance of Japanese Art
Jun 14, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026
Toyama2
Ishikawa6
Hakusan Municipal Museum
Ishikawa
Hakusan Municipal Museum
Historical Materials of the Ishikawa Central Urban Area: Turning Points
Aug 7, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Saiensu Hiruzu Koma Tsu Museum
Play with LOVOT!
Jul 18, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Kanazawa Museum of History and Maeda Tosanokami Family Archives
Ishikawa
Kanazawa Museum of History and Maeda Tosanokami Family Archives
Lords of the Kaga Domain: Figures and Footprints (Part II)
Jul 11, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Photo: 小石川人晃（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsIshikawa Prefectural Notojima Glass Art Museum
Heart-Stirring Glass: Centered on New Acquisitions
Jun 13, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
To Satoyama Sato Kai Museum
Ishikawa
To Satoyama Sato Kai Museum
Records of the Era: Whispers of Dormant Objects (Vol. 5)
Jun 27, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026
Kanazawa Kurashi Museum
Ishikawa
Kanazawa Kurashi Museum
Special Exhibition: Shosei — Youth of the Second Middle School
Aug 29, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026
Fukui1
Yamanashi2
Nagano6
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsMatsumoto City Tokei Museum
Summer Special Exhibition: Why Do Clocks Move?
Jul 25, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026
Morino Ouchi Picture Book Museum
Nagano
Morino Ouchi Picture Book Museum
Welcome Home, Everyone
Jul 3, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026
Photo: Mukasora (talk)（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAnforumeru Nakagawa Village Art Museum
Valley Where the Gods Dwell: Kenshun Nakagawa's Journey Among the People of the Land
Aug 22, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026
Photo: Naganojmmmm（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsKitano Art Museum
Seasons in Art: Summer & Autumn
Aug 22, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026
Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Nagano
Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Foujita in New York: 140th Anniversary of His Birth
Jul 11, 2026 – Jan 11, 2027
Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Nagano
Karuizawa Ando Art Museum
Léonard Foujita: 140th Anniversary of His Birth
Jan 9, 2026 – Jul 5, 2027
Shizuoka3
Photo: Halowand（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShizuoka City Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum
Stencil Dyeing for Everyday Life: The Serizawa Dyeing Paper Institute
Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026
Photo: さかおり（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShimada City Museum
The Changing Face of War: The Evolution of Arms
Jun 27, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Tokai Museum
Shizuoka
Tokai Museum
Permanent Exhibition: A 1928 Wooden Hot-Spring Inn
Aug 18, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Aichi4
Photo: KAMUI（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsSeto City Shin Century Crafts Museum
Artist in Residence Exhibition
Jul 18, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Photo: Abasaa（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsSeto City Art Museum
Tracing 90 Years of the Seto Ceramic Art Association
Aug 1, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Photo: 円周率３パーセント（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsYokoyama Art Museum
Norman Rockwell, Continued
Jun 5, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsToyoda City Kabuki Densho Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Village Kabuki of Toyota and the History of Obara
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Mie1
Kyoto3
Photo: Sunaoituki（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsFuruta Oribe Art Museum
Spring 2026: Hideyoshi and the Toyotomi Retainers Who Studied under Oribe
Mar 12, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Kyotokogeisen'idaigaku Art Crafts Museum
Kyoto
Kyotokogeisen'idaigaku Art Crafts Museum
The Design of War, the Design of Play
Jul 30, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026
Kyoto Shibori Crafts Museum
Kyoto
Kyoto Shibori Crafts Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Art and Craft of Shibori
Jan 1, 2001 – Dec 31, 2099
Osaka3
Photo: Прикли（CC BY 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsOsaka Nakanoshima Art Museum
Karl Walser: Maverick of Swiss Painting
Jul 4, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum
Osaka
Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum
Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Aug 21, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Sakai Alphonse Mucha Museum
Osaka
Sakai Alphonse Mucha Museum
The Mucha Art Exposition Returns
Aug 1, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026
Hyogo3
Kato Ato Museum
Hyogo
Kato Ato Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Trick AR Art
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsAwaji Oiso Ato San ･ Oishi Ka Hisaya Art Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Work of Kakuya Oishi
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: Bittercup（CC BY-SA 3.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShiro Tsuru Sake Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Honten Ichigo-gura Brewery and the Making of Sake
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Nara3
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsThe Museum Yamato Bunkakan
The Beauty of Japanese Crafts: From Antiquity to the Early Modern Era
Aug 29, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
Photo: 663highland（CC BY 2.5）/ Wikimedia CommonsHako Honkan ｢ Kon'ya ｣ Museum
Permanent Exhibition: An Indigo Dyer's Townhouse and Goldfish
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Totsukawa Village History & Folk Museum
Nara
Totsukawa Village History & Folk Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Totsukawa Goshi and Village Life
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Okayama5
Okayama Prefectural Art Museum
Circus! Welcome to a World of Dreams
Aug 1, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026
Bizen City Art Museum
Okayama
Bizen City Art Museum
Teacup Merry-Go-Round
Jul 4, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Ihara Municipal Hira Kushi Tanaka Art Museum
Okayama
Ihara Municipal Hira Kushi Tanaka Art Museum
The World of Yokai Sculptor Taishi Takemoto
Jul 14, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026
Ki Bi Bi Museum
Okayama
Ki Bi Bi Museum
Ceramics of Kurashiki Part 2: Yuzo Kondo
Jun 6, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026
Photo: あかしょうびん（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsKurashi Ki Sora Tobu Kuruma Tenji Jo Museum
Permanent Exhibition: A Flying Car, Full Scale
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Hiroshima2
Photo: Lumi iori（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsYumoto Tsuyoshi Ichi Memorial Nippon Yokai Museum
Tsukumogami: When Tools Became Yokai!
Jun 26, 2026 – Nov 10, 2026
Courtesy of the Yamato MuseumYamato Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Yamato Plaza, the History of Kure, Large Artefacts and Maritime Science
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Yamaguchi3
Photo: そらみみ（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsYoshikawa Museum
Brothers in the Age of War: The Toyotomi Regime and Motoharu's Sons
Jun 19, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026
Ito Ko Museum
Yamaguchi
Ito Ko Museum
Pioneering a New Era: Ito Hirobumi's Leadership in Talent Strategy
Aug 29, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026
Photo: 663highland（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsShimonoseki Municipal Modern Senjin Kensho Museum
Kinuyo on the Silver Screen: Her Roles in Mizoguchi Kenji's Films
Jul 2, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026
Tokushima2
Photo: Dokudami（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsAwa Deku Ningyo Kai Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Awa Puppet Theatre and the Puppet Maker's Craft
Aug 18, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: Sorrysorry（Public domain）/ Wikimedia CommonsSuzuna Okina Art Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Calligraphy and Painting of Nukina Suoh
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Kagawa2
Marugame Uchiwa Museum
Kagawa
Marugame Uchiwa Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The History and Making of Marugame Uchiwa
Aug 18, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099
Photo: Manamikan0733（CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Wikimedia CommonsYokai Art Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Origins of Yokai, Giant Yokai and the Mononoke Mandala
Apr 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2099
Kochi1
Fukuoka1
Saga4
Saga Prefectural Kyushu Ceramics Culture Museum
Saga
Saga Prefectural Kyushu Ceramics Culture Museum
Ichikawa Uhei V: Succession Exhibition
Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026
Ogi Municipal History Museum
Saga
Ogi Municipal History Museum
Yamazaki Kannon-do Kazematsuri: Buddhist Statues that Watched a Millennium
Aug 8, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Imari ･ Nabeshima Gallery
Saga
Imari ･ Nabeshima Gallery
Nabeshima and Ko-Imari: Vessels for a Cool Season
Jul 4, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026
Yoko Art Museum
Saga
Yoko Art Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Chinese Ceramics and Jade
Sep 1, 1996 – Dec 31, 2099
Nagasaki2
Oita1
Kagoshima2
Kagoshima Kokusaidaigaku Museum
Kagoshima
Kagoshima Kokusaidaigaku Museum
Permanent Exhibition: The Archaeology Museum
Apr 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2099
Shussui Fumoto History Museum
Kagoshima
Shussui Fumoto History Museum
Permanent Exhibition: Izumi Fumoto, the Satsuma Domain's Largest Outer Castle Town
Aug 19, 2026 – Dec 31, 2099