The Yōkai Art Museum celebrates contemporary yōkai sculpture across two exhibition phases, showcasing approximately 100 modern interpretations of legendary supernatural creatures.
26 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026Kagawa · ShikokuAn exhibition explores pattern in Japanese craft, from natural motifs to technical mastery, including a Pokemon and Edo-komon collaboration.
3 Jul – 23 Sep 2026Ishikawa · ChubuAn immersive digital art museum brings Edo and Meiji-period yokai artwork to life through three-dimensional projections and interactive experiences.
3 Jul – 31 Aug 2026Kagoshima · KyushuThis anniversary exhibition traces Ultraman's six decades across the franchise's 50 productions, heroes, and kaiju through chronological themed zones.
10 Jul – 30 Aug 2026Fukuoka · KyushuJapanese craft artists interpret Pokémon through traditional materials including metalwork, ceramics, lacquer, and textiles.
10 Jul – 23 Sep 2026Hiroshima · ChugokuAn exhibition exploring how Buddhist art depicts non-human beings such as serpents and demons alongside buddhas and bodhisattvas across different regions.
11 Jul – 16 Aug 2026Kyoto · KansaiWoodblock prints from Japan's greatest artists are reimagined as immersive three-dimensional projections, with original artworks displayed alongside.
11 Jul – 30 Aug 2026Aomori · TohokuTokyo National Museum marks the 1,250th anniversary of Kukai's birth with 88 Shingon temple treasures, including 15 National Treasures and nine secret statues.
14 Jul – 6 Sep 2026Tokyo · KantoThe Fate/Grand Order exhibition -stargazer- runs at Mori Arts Center Gallery from 17 July to 14 September, with a tie-in cafe on the same floor.
17 Jul – 14 Sep 2026Tokyo · KantoExhibition of twenty-eight high-fidelity reproductions of Japanese national treasures created through advanced imaging and traditional Kyoto craftsmanship.
17 Jul – 23 Sep 2026Oita · KyushuAn exhibition celebrates the 30th anniversary of Evangelion with rare production materials from the original TV series and Rebuild films.
17 Jul – 23 Aug 2026Iwate · TohokuSpace Travelium TeNQ in Tokyo hosts a Dr. STONE anime collaboration exhibition timed to the series final arc, featuring exclusive photo spots and themed merchandise.
18 Jul – 18 Oct 2026Tokyo · KantoA comprehensive retrospective of the 50-year Super Sentai franchise displays 500 items from all 50 teams, representing approximately 300 characters with meet-and-greet events.
18 Jul – 27 Sep 2026Osaka · KansaiAn immersive exhibition explores an Edo-era artist who mastered warrior prints, portraits, landscapes, and satirical works, refusing confinement to a single artistic genre.
18 Jul – 23 Sep 2026Kyoto · KansaiThis exhibition showcases archaeological and folklore materials including Jomon artefacts and historic household items that document Musashino's cultural heritage.
18 Jul – 13 Dec 2026Tokyo · KantoSpecial exhibition at Fukuoka City Museum featuring around 100 carefully selected Edo-period ghost and yokai paintings exploring their cultural significance.
19 Jul – 13 Sep 2026Fukuoka · KyushuThe Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum marks its centenary with Edo-period paintings and ukiyo-e prints from the British Museum, including works returning to Japan.
25 Jul – 18 Oct 2026Tokyo · KantoOriginal artwork highlighting the distinctive style and creative evolution of manga artist Arina Tanemura marks her 30-year career anniversary.
21 Aug – 21 Sep 2026Kyoto · KansaiKawasaki's largest green space, blending woodland and wetland with museums, a planetarium, indigo dyeing, and seasonal cherry blossom, irises, and autumn foliage.
Kawasaki · KanagawaThis museum celebrates Fujiko·F·Fujio, creator of Doraemon, displaying his original works, workspace, and interactive exhibits for manga fans.
Kawasaki · KanagawaBehind Narita's great temple lies a hillside garden with ponds, waterfalls and poem-carved stones, free to walk and far quieter than the temple itself.
Narita · ChibaOn a quiet hillside in rural Chiba, around thirty retired railway carriages have been preserved, including several that survive nowhere else in Japan.
Isumi · ChibaHoused in a converted soy sauce factory, this museum showcases over 800 yokai artworks tracing Japanese supernatural traditions from ancient animism through the Edo period.
Tonosho · KagawaA small, free museum near Kawasaki Station on the history of Kawasaki Shuku, the Edo-period post town on the old Tokaido highway between Edo and Kyoto.
Kawasaki · KanagawaAn open-air museum in Kawasaki with 25 traditional Japanese houses relocated from across the country, plus indigo-dyeing sessions, a soba restaurant, and craft displays.
Kawasaki · KanagawaMuseum honoring the poet Nakahara Chūya with permanent and rotating exhibitions exploring different aspects of his literary legacy.
YamaguchiThe Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Kanagawa, opened in 1969 as Japan's first open-air museum, with around 120 sculptures set across 70,000 square metres and a Picasso Pavilion.
Hakone · KanagawaJapan's first museum dedicated to Venetian glass, the Hakone Venetian Glass Museum, Sengokuhara, Kanagawa, holds works spanning the 15th to 19th centuries.
Hakone · KanagawaThis quirky museum celebrates poop through interactive exhibits exploring its history, science, and cultural significance, alongside themed merchandise and a poop-shaped food cafe.
TokyoLocated in Tokushima Central Park on the former castle grounds, this shoin-zukuri style museum houses historical materials related to the Tokushima Domain and its ruling Hachisuka clan.
TokushimaOpened in 2005 on the site of an Edo-period magistrate's office, this museum explores Nagasaki's distinctive history as Japan's historical gateway to overseas exchange.
NagasakiThis art venue features interactive installations that respond to visitor movement, touch, and drawings, creating ever-changing immersive experiences.
Naha · OkinawaBAM Kamakura, Japan's first museum dedicated to British antiques, showcases Victorian and Edwardian pieces designed by architect Kengo Kuma.
Kamakura · KanagawaThe Hakkodamaru, a ferry that served between Aomori and Hakodate, is now Japan's only accessible museum ferry, operated by a nonprofit since 2006.
AomoriYokohama Doll Museum houses more than 10,000 dolls from over 100 countries, offering visitors a unique view of global traditions through doll-making.
Yokohama · KanagawaThis Nagano museum is dedicated to Katsushika Hokusai's late works created during his final years in Obuse, when he produced his most ambitious pieces.
Obuse · Nagano
