Festivals, exhibitions, pop-ups, and seasonal happenings across all nine regions.
Three artists set work through Hibiya Park in Tokyo for two weeks in November, in a programme run by the city alongside its flower and light displays.
13–29 Nov 2026Tokyo · KantoAround 300 works by Mizuki Shigeru, from his childhood drawings to the yokai he spent a lifetime recording, at the Kobe Fashion Museum from September to November.
12 Sep – 29 Nov 2026Hyogo · KansaiThe Yokai Art Museum celebrates contemporary yokai sculpture across two exhibition phases, showcasing approximately 100 modern interpretations of legendary supernatural creatures.
26 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026Kagawa · ShikokuA display of original manga art marking twenty-five years of BLACK LAGOON.
13 Nov – 6 Dec 2026Tokyo · KantoFifteen years of MAPPA at the Yurakucho Museum this autumn, with original drawings and production art from 23 titles, three of them given their own areas.
16 Sep – 7 Dec 2026Tokyo · KantoThis exhibition showcases archaeological and folklore materials including Jomon artefacts and historic household items that document Musashino's cultural heritage.
18 Jul – 13 Dec 2026Tokyo · KantoAn exhibition in Osaka on the Japanese hell, following the path of the dead through full-size reproductions of painted scrolls and moving projections.
28 Nov – 27 Dec 2026Osaka · KansaiThe Evangelion 30th anniversary exhibition comes to Hirakata Park in Osaka, with about 270 hand-painted cels, design material and film artwork.
18 Oct 2026 – 11 Jan 2027Osaka · KansaiAn exhibition in Tokyo of Nara ittobori, carved and brightly painted wooden figures from Nara, shown with the tools used to make them.
19 Dec 2026 – 17 Jan 2027Tokyo · KantoAn exhibition in Nagoya of swords carved on the blade, with dragons, deities and Sanskrit letters cut into the steel, shown in two changes of display.
1 Oct 2026 – 17 Jan 2027Aichi · ChubuAn exhibition celebrates the absurdist manga Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo through interactive displays showcasing its protagonist's surreal martial arts techniques.
8–24 Jan 2027Osaka · KansaiA room in Tennoz showing craft from workshops around Japan, most of it from Ishikawa, with the pieces for sale and tours to the makers to follow.
15 Sep 2026 – 30 Jan 2027Tokyo · KantoA traveling exhibition celebrates the decades-long partnership between Friday Road Show, Japan's most-watched film slot, and Studio Ghibli.
3 Nov 2026 – 14 Feb 2027Saga · KyushuTraditional hina dolls and intricately crafted miniature furnishings reveal the artistry and cultural significance of this centuries-old celebration.
30 Jan – 15 Feb 2027Kanagawa · KantoJapan's largest exhibition dedicated to bonbai, artistically cultivated plum trees in pots, displays approximately 90 specimens rotated by blooming stages over 60 days.
10 Jan – 10 Mar 2027Shiga · KansaiThe first large exhibition devoted to the game UNDERTALE, supervised by its maker Toby Fox, opening in Ikebukuro before it travels on to Osaka.
19 Feb – 10 Mar 2027Tokyo · KantoA wooden building of 1935 in Meguro, Tokyo, with seven decorated banquet rooms up a staircase of 99 steps, opened for six months with almost nothing in it.
1 Oct 2026 – 30 Mar 2027Tokyo · KantoTokyo National Museum's Cherry Blossom Viewing combines art appreciation with garden strolls, with cherry blossom masterpieces displayed alongside blooming trees.
10 Mar – 5 Apr 2027Tokyo · Kanto
