Nezu Museum
Aoyama, Tokyo
- Tue to Sun
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Mon
- Closed
Last entry 16:30. When Monday is a public holiday, it opens that day and closes on Tuesday. Also closed between exhibitions and over the New Year.
Source: nezu-muse.or.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
The Nezu Museum is Kengo Kuma's bamboo-lined museum of pre-modern Japanese and East Asian art, with one of the city's most beautiful private gardens hidden behind it. The approach corridor is worth the ticket on its own.
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Insider tip
Book a timed ticket online (from 1,400 yen, 200 yen less than at the door). The garden has several tea houses and feels like Kyoto. Closed Mondays.
What the guides say about Nezu Museum
Afternoon. The National Art Center at Nogizaka has no permanent collection and no entry fee for the building itself, just a rolling programme of large exhibitions behind a rippling glass wall, and a cafe perched on an inverted concrete cone. If your legs allow, the Nezu Museum in Aoyama pairs pre-modern Asian art with a garden of tea houses and stone lanterns that feels closer to Kyoto than to anything nearby. The Roppongi neighbourhood guide covers what this day leaves out. teamLab Borderless at Azabudai Hills, fifteen minutes on foot from Roppongi Hills, is the reason you'd have chosen Ginza over Planets on day three.
If your feet still have it in them, a 20-minute walk through Aoyama brings you to the Nezu Museum, pre-modern Asian art behind a Kengo Kuma bamboo entrance, with the best small garden in central Tokyo.
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What's on at Nezu Museum
Upcoming events at Nezu Museum, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Bugaku Costumes: The Beauty of Inherited Textiles
特別展 舞楽装束 受け継がれる染織の美
Station Omotesando (Ginza/Chiyoda/Hanzomon Lines), 8 min walk
A special exhibition on bugaku, Japan's court dance and music tradition, shown through historical costumes and paintings connected to the tradition maintained at Osaka's Shitennoji temple. The exhibition is timed to the autumn foliage season in the museum's garden.
revelyrist, CC BY-SA 2.0 Carved Lacquer
彫る漆
Time 10:00 to 17:00 Station Omotesando (Tokyo Metro Ginza/Chiyoda/Hanzomon Lines), 8 min walk
The exhibition surveys carved lacquer techniques including tsuishu, Kamakura-bori, sokin, tenshitsu and kinma, drawing on examples from across East Asia. It is shown alongside two concurrent displays on classical texts and a winter tea gathering at the Nezu Museum.
revelyrist, CC BY-SA 2.0 Rare Books at the Nezu Museum: From Ancient Sutras to Popular Edo Fiction
Station Omotesando (Ginza/Chiyoda/Hanzomon Line), 8 min walk
This Gallery 5 exhibition runs alongside the museum's main lacquer show from December 5, 2026 to January 17, 2027. It draws on the Nezu's holdings of books and manuscripts, spanning ancient Buddhist sutras through to popular illustrated fiction of the Edo period.
revelyrist, CC BY-SA 2.0 A Winter Tea Gathering: The Turn of the Year
Station Omotesando (Ginza/Chiyoda/Hanzomon Line), 8 min walk
Shown in Gallery 6 from December 5, 2026 to January 17, 2027, this small display of tea utensils marks the turn of the year with pieces suited to a winter tea gathering. It runs concurrently with the museum's main lacquer exhibition.
revelyrist, CC BY-SA 2.0 Buddhist Sculpture from the Nezu Museum Collection
根津美術館の仏像コレクション
Station Omotesando (Ginza, Chiyoda, Hanzomon Lines), 8 min walk
A selection of the best pieces from the Nezu's collection of Buddhist statues, one of the largest and finest held by a private museum in Japan, shown together to give a view of the whole collection. The garden is open to ticket holders.
revelyrist, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Aoyama
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Good to know
- What is the address of Nezu Museum?
- 6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
- What are the opening hours of Nezu Museum?
- Tue to Sun 10:00 to 17:00; Closed Mon. Last entry 16:30. When Monday is a public holiday, it opens that day and closes on Tuesday. Also closed between exhibitions and over the New Year.
- How do I get to Nezu Museum?
- The nearest station is Omotesando (Metro). Nezu Museum is in Aoyama, Tokyo.
- How much does Nezu Museum cost?
- Nezu Museum is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Nezu Museum?
- Plan for 2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Nezu Museum?
- Weekday mornings, closed Mon.
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