Ota Memorial Museum of Art
Harajuku, Tokyo
- Tue to Sun
- 10:30 to 17:30
- Mon
- Closed
Last entry 17:00. When Monday is a public holiday, it opens that day and closes the next day. Also closed between exhibitions, so check the calendar on its site.
Source: ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
The Ota Memorial Museum of Art is a small ukiyo-e museum behind Laforet in Harajuku. The works on show change every month and come from a collection of about 15,000 that includes Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro, and it's one of the best places in Tokyo to see woodblock prints up close.
Insider tip
The whole show changes every month, and the museum closes for a few days between exhibitions, so check the schedule before you go.
Tickets and tours
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What's on at Ota Memorial Museum of Art
Upcoming events at Ota Memorial Museum of Art and within a ten-minute walk, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Katsushika Oui: Yoshiwara Lattice Before, Genealogy of Night Scenes
葛飾応為 吉原格子先之図 夜景の系譜
Time 10:30 to 17:30, last entry 17:00
Ukiyo-e prints from the museum's collection centred on Katsushika Oui, with a lineup change partway through. The first phase runs to November 3 and the second starts November 7.
Shig ISO, CC BY 2.0 Unknown Ukiyo-e Artists You've Never Heard Of
あなたの知らない浮世絵師たち
Time 10:30 to 17:30, last entry 17:00
A show of woodblock prints from the museum's collection by lesser-known ukiyo-e artists. No advance time-slot reservation is needed.
Shig ISO, CC BY 2.0 An Art History of the Pleasure Quarters
遊廓の美術史
Time Works change between parts (26 Jan to 23 Feb, 27 Feb to 28 Mar) Station Meiji-jingumae (Chiyoda Line), 3 min walk; Harajuku (JR), 5 min walk
Ukiyo-e of the Yoshiwara and other pleasure quarters, looking at how prints glamorised them and what they left out of the courtesans' lives.
Shig ISO, CC BY 2.0 KAWAII MONSTER HALLOWEEN 2026
KAWAII MONSTER HALLOWEEN 2026
Time Event times to be announced on the organiser's page
A month of Halloween events at KAWAII MONSTER LAND, with special event days on 3, 10, 17, 24, 30 and 31 October, a Halloween Fashion Grand Prix and a Grand Final on 31 October.
Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi
原宿表参道元氣祭 スーパーよさこい
Station Harajuku (JR Yamanote Line) or Meiji-jingumae (Chiyoda, Fukutoshin Lines), 1 min walk
Around a hundred yosakoi dance teams from across Japan perform in bright costumes with naruko clappers on stages and street courses around Meiji Jingu, Omotesando and Yoyogi Park. It runs over a weekend in late August (August 29 and 30 in 2026). Free to watch along the street routes.
Smaller local events nearby
Cho Tamagotchi Festival (Tamagotchi 30th anniversary exhibition) Exhibition
7 Nov to 6 Dec · Tokyu Plaza Harajuku HARAKADO, Jingumae
A special Tamagotchi exhibition at Harakado for the toy's 30th anniversary, with a stamp rally and collaboration shops across Shibuya and Harajuku.
11:00 to 20:00 · Map · Source: Tamagotchi official site (たまごっち公式サイト) · 超たまごっち祭
Nearby
Around Harajuku
Teen fashion theatre next door to Tokyo's grandest shrine
The jump cut is the whole point of Harajuku. Takeshita Street is loud and rammed with teenagers, and one block away Meiji Shrine sits inside a forest so quiet you'll hear the gravel under your feet. Do the shrine early in the morning, then watch the street wake up.
Harajuku has 8 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 shops, 2 museums, 1 shrine or temple, 1 park or garden, 1 restaurant and 1 bathhouse. Read the Harajuku guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Ota Memorial Museum of Art?
- 1-10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都渋谷区神宮前1-10-10).
- What are the opening hours of Ota Memorial Museum of Art?
- Tue to Sun 10:30 to 17:30; Closed Mon. Last entry 17:00. When Monday is a public holiday, it opens that day and closes the next day. Also closed between exhibitions, so check the calendar on its site.
- How do I get to Ota Memorial Museum of Art?
- The nearest station is Meiji-jingumae (Chiyoda Line). Ota Memorial Museum of Art is in Harajuku, Tokyo.
- How much does Ota Memorial Museum of Art cost?
- Ota Memorial Museum of Art is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Ota Memorial Museum of Art?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Ota Memorial Museum of Art?
- Weekday afternoons.
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