Tokyo National Museum
Ueno, Tokyo
- Tue to Thu, Sun
- 9:30 to 17:00
- Fri, Sat
- 9:30 to 20:00
- Mon
- Closed
Last entry 30 minutes before closing. Also open until 20:00 on a Sunday before a holiday Monday. When Monday is a public holiday, it opens that day and closes the next weekday.
Source: tnm.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
The Tokyo National Museum is Japan's oldest and largest museum, with the biggest collection of Japanese art anywhere. The Honkan main building holds samurai armour, ukiyo-e prints, lacquerware and Buddhist sculpture across 24 rooms.
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Insider tip
The permanent galleries cost 1,000 yen, and it's closed on Mondays. The garden behind the Honkan, with its teahouses, is open 9:30am to 5pm. Give it half a day at least.
What the guides say about Tokyo National Museum
The neighbourhood has Ueno Park, which holds most of Tokyo's major museums within one walkable footprint: the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, the National Museum of Nature and Science and Ueno Zoo. Cherry blossom season turns the park into one of the city's most famous hanami spots. Ameyoko, the market street under the tracks, adds street food and discount goods to your daily routine.
Then there's the park. Ueno Park holds the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, the National Museum of Nature and Science, a zoo, and a scatter of temples and shrines, all within one walkable footprint. No other city in Japan packs this much within ten minutes of a hotel district. If museums are the point of your trip, there's no debate. Ueno.
Ueno does double duty in a way most neighbourhoods can't. On one side, the park holds the Tokyo National Museum, a science museum, a zoo, concert halls and a cluster of temples and shrines. On the other, Ameyoko market runs under the Yamanote tracks selling dried fish, spices, sneakers and street food in a way that still feels like the post-war market it once was.
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What's on at Tokyo National Museum
Upcoming events at Tokyo National Museum, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Utagawa Hiroshige: Edo's Best Angles
歌川広重 江戸のベストアングル
Station Ueno (JR Yamanote Line), 10 min walk
A special exhibition bringing together Utagawa Hiroshige's celebrated woodblock print series in one show at the Tokyo National Museum. The exhibition focuses on the artist's three major series of Edo landscapes and continues into late November within the review window.
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0 Daitoku-ji: Unparalleled Zen Temple in Japan (700th Anniversary Special Exhibition)
開創700年記念 特別展「大徳寺 本朝無双之禅苑」
Time 9:30 to 17:00 Station Ueno (JR Yamanote Line), 10 min walk
Fourteen National Treasures and 69 Important Cultural Properties from the Kyoto Zen temple Daitoku-ji are shown together, the first time in 41 years and the first time in Tokyo. It marks the temple's 700th anniversary. Opening hours extend to 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and the museum is closed on Mondays with a few exceptions.
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0 ZEN NIGHT TOKYO
Time 17:30-19:30 (until 21:00 on Fri/Sat and Nov 1, 2, 22; until 21:30 on Nov 13) Station Ueno Station (JR Yamanote Line), 10 min walk
The Tokyo National Museum opens its garden, normally closed at 5pm, for a special night event combining light installations and immersive sound art among five historic teahouses and a pond, held alongside the museum's Daitokuji exhibition. Ticket price includes admission to the accompanying special exhibition.
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0 Kuroda Memorial Hall special room opening (New Year)
黒田記念館 特別室 公開
Time 9:30 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30), 1 Jan may open later (13:00 in 2026), closed on the museum's closing days Station Ueno (JR lines, Park exit), 10 min walk
The special room of Kuroda Memorial Hall, which holds about 130 oils by the painter Kuroda Seiki, opens for the New Year holidays. Admission is free.
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0 Hasegawa Tohaku's Pine Forest screens (National Treasure) on show
国宝 松林図屏風（長谷川等伯筆）特別公開
Time 9:30 to 17:00 (1 January hours not set yet) Station Ueno (JR lines, Park exit), 10 min walk
Hasegawa Tohaku's National Treasure Pine Forest screens hang in Room 12, the National Treasure gallery of the Honkan, for the New Year.
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Nagano Seen by Immigrants: The Kofun Period with Horses Exhibition
On now, until 20 Dec · Tokyo National Museum, Ueno
A featured exhibition on the Kofun period in Nagano in the Heiseikan gallery of the Tokyo National Museum.
Map · Source: Tokyo National Museum · 特集 渡来人が見た長野 - 馬と歩んだ古墳時代 -
Picture Books with Limited Coloration Exhibition
On now, until 20 Dec · International Library of Children's Literature, Ueno
A first-period exhibition of picture books at the International Library of Children's Literature.
Map · Source: National Diet Library
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Around Ueno
Museums, market chaos, and Tokyo's great public park
Ueno does double duty. On one side you've got the park with its museums, its shrine, and some of the most famous cherry blossoms in Japan. On the other you've got Ameyoko, a market street that still runs on shouting and cash. Do both in one day and it's one of the best free-ish days out in Tokyo.
Ueno has 12 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 3 museums, 3 bathhouses, 2 shrines and temples, 2 parks and gardens, 1 restaurant and 1 market. Read the Ueno guide.
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Good to know
- What is the address of Tokyo National Museum?
- 13-9 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都台東区上野公園13-9).
- What are the opening hours of Tokyo National Museum?
- Tue to Thu, Sun 9:30 to 17:00; Fri, Sat 9:30 to 20:00; Closed Mon. Last entry 30 minutes before closing. Also open until 20:00 on a Sunday before a holiday Monday. When Monday is a public holiday, it opens that day and closes the next weekday.
- How do I get to Tokyo National Museum?
- The nearest station is Ueno (JR). Tokyo National Museum is in Ueno, Tokyo.
- How much does Tokyo National Museum cost?
- Tokyo National Museum is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Tokyo National Museum?
- Plan for half day.
- When is the best time to visit Tokyo National Museum?
- Weekday mornings.
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