What other travelers are saying about The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Good collection at the Momat for just 500 yen admission. If you want exhibitions you pay extra admission. Depends on the exhibition if you are interested. Standard collection interesting but have been to more exciting Moma's
Had a really good time here. Went to the general exhibition which was I think 500 yen and spent several hours going through it. Amazing value! Even for to see a piece from Picasso and Pollock.
We visited the permanent collection only (¥500 adult, ¥0 70 and over), and was pretty impressed with the display.
Of note was the smart interps on level 4, where additional notes or items were added to each an artwork (see pictures). Sadly this wasn’t continued through the other floors of the museum. It would be awesome it is was.
I think unless you have a particular interest in the photographic work of Nakahira Takuma (Special Exhibition) you are better off saving your money (1500¥) and going to the General Exhibition instead; it's much cheaper, bigger (occupying three floors) and covers a broad range of both japanese art, and artists. Alot of the black & white photos in the Special Exhibition were not very clear as though they'd been photocopied several times.
Exhibition starts on the 4F & you walk down each level to see the arts in this modern minimalist building.
3F traditional Japanese art hall, alone is worth the visit, especially this piece by 松林桂月 Matsubayashi Keigetsu is stunning!
It immediately caught my eyes amongst all the art pieces in the room, highly recommend to view it up close in person, the shadowy contrast & blurring effects, the techniques applied of drawing the lines… amazing!
Looking afar, it’s like a refined HQ photo print, but up close, it’s done in traditional black ink only by hand. WOW 😍
