Annual New year holidays event in Roppongi Hills will take place at Arena for 3 days. A lot of celebrating events including Japanese style drum performance and lion dance will entertain visitors. Moreover, Japanese traditional New Year fun experiences and workshops are available for all people for free. Hours:1/1 12:00-15:00, 1/2・3 11:00-16:00 / Admission:Free / Contact:03-6406-6000 >>Roppongi Hills' New Year Holidays 2018
Uranai(Fortune) Festival 2018 NEW YEAR
2018/1/6（Sat） - 1/8（Mon）
Place: Roppongi Hills Arena, Hills Cafe / Space
Uranai(Fortune) Festival will be held at Roppongi Hills during New Years season. At the festival, about 300 fortune tellers give you a various types of fortune-telling such as Western fortune-telling, tarot fortune-telling, palm reading, and Oriental fortune-telling(500yen per fortune telling). Fortune food and drink, special stage session of famous fortune tellers and guest are also available. Let's ask your 2018 journey and fortune at the festival. Hours:11:00-20:00(close 19:00 on 8th) / Admission:Entrance free(500yen per fortune telling) / Contact:uranaifes@ml.zappallas.com >>Uranai(Fortune) Festival 2018 NEW YEAR
Leandro Erlich: Seeing and Believing
2017/11/18（Sat） - 2018/4/1（Sun）
Place: Mori Art Museum
An Argentinian contemporary artist of global repute, Leandro Erlich is perhaps best known in Japan as the creator of The Swimming Pool, a permanent installation at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The exhibition will be the largest-ever exhibition devoted to the work of this fascinating artist. Of the approximately 40 works on display produced from 1995 to 2017, 80 percent will be making their Japanese debut. Hours:10:00-22:00(close 17:00 on Tuesdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Open everyday during the exhibition / Admission:General 1,800yen, University and High school student 1,200yen, 4 years old to Junior high school student 600yen, Senior(65+) 1,500yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Building 2004 Digital print on linoleum, light, iron, wood, mirror 800 x 600 x 1,200 cm Installation view: Nuit Blanche, Paris, 2004 * Referential image >>Leandro Erlich: Seeing and Believing
The exhibition entitled "Wild: Untamed Mind" will start October 20th by welcoming Shinichi Nakazawa, a philosopher and anthropologist, as a director. Even in the contemporary age, which tends towards logic and reason, the perceptions of the "untamed mind" are not quite lost. Nakazawa states that those parts of our mental space which have escaped taming are ever more important. This exhibition focuses on the fascinating power of the instinctive, untamed mind of contemporary creators, unveiling how to detect the "untamed mind" through their works and archives. Hours:10:00-19:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Tuesdays, 12/26-1/3 / Admission:General 1,100yen, University student 800yen, High school student 500yen / Contact:03-3475-2121 photo:Main visual of the exhibition >>Wild: Untamed Mind
Ukiyo-e from the end of the Edo Period to the Meiji Period
2018/1/5（Fri） - 2/25（Sun）
Place: OTA Memorial Museum of Art(1-10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku)
Ukiyo-e artists who were active from the end of the Edo Period to the early Meiji Period portrayed social changes such as the Boshin War and westernization, and explored new forms of art by accepting Western styles. The museum will indtroduce 150 pieces of ukiyo-e produced in that age. Hours:10:30-17:30(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:1/9, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29-2/1, 2/5, 2/13, 2/19 / Admission:General 700yen, University and High School student 500yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Suzuki Toshimoto “Famous People for Both Literary and Military Arts : Saigō Takamori” （1st term） >>Ukiyo-e from the end of the Edo Period to the Meiji Period
Kumagai Morikazu: The Joy of Life
2017/12/1（Fri） - 2018/3/21（Wed）
Place: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo(3-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku)
Kumagai Morikazu is widely recognized for a style that is distinguished by bright colors and distinct forms. His later works, depicting familiar living things like flowers, insects, and birds, are especially loved by people of all ages. This retrospective sheds light on the artist's creative process with more than 200 paintings, sketches, diaries, and documents. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(except 1/8, 2/12), 12/28-1/1, 1/9, 2/13 / Admission:General 1,400yen, University and College student 900yen, High school student 400yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:熊谷守一 《猫》 1965年 愛知県美術館 木村定三コレクション >>Kumagai Morikazu: The Joy of Life
Hokusai and Japonisme
2017/10/21（Sat） - 2018/1/28（Sun）
Place: The National Museum of Western Art(7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku)
The ukiyo-e master of the late Edo period, Katsushika Hokusai, is an artist renowned and loved throughout the world. This exhibition will examine several aspects of Japonisme in 6 sections with the aim of showing how particular characteristics of Hokusai's art contributed to the development of modern Western art. Some 220 works of Western art and some 40 color woodblock prints and 70 woodblock-printed books will be exhibited. (Some objects may be rotated during the exhibition period. Exhibition lineup may change as circumstances require.) Hours:9:30-17:30(close 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(except 1/8), 12/28-1/1, 1/9 / Admission:General 1,600yen, University student 1,200yen, High school student 800yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Katsushika Hokusai Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō, from "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" c. 1830-1833 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Minneapolis Institute of Art Bequest of Richard P. Gale 74.1.237 >>Hokusai and Japonisme
Minakata Kumagusu: An informant-savant a 100 years ahead of his time
2017/12/19（Tue） - 2018/3/4（Sun）
Place: National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo(7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku)
Minakata Kumagusu is a researcher of all nature and natural history who was active during Meiji to Showa period. The exhibition will be held to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary. His gifted ability to learn language helped him to research bacteria, moss, insects and small animals in abroad. After he came back to Japan, he made an outstanding achievement to develop natural history in Japan. Hours:9:00-17:00(close 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Mondays(except 1/8, 2/12), 12/28-1/1, 1/9 / Admission:General and University student 620yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:熊楠採集品 所蔵：国立科学博物館 >>Minakata Kumagusu: An informant-savant a 100 years ahead of his time
Yukio FUJIMOTO STARS
2017/12/2（Sat） - 2018/2/3（Sat）
Place: ShugoArts(complex665 2F, 6-5-24 Roppongi)
Yukio Fujimoto is an aritst who uses "sound and things" as his point of departure, Fujimoto created numerous unique works that aroused the senses of hearing, sight, smell, and touch. In this exhibition, one of his most important works STARS (1990), made up of 54 music boxes that each play a single note will be displayed. Hours:11:00-19:00 / Closed:Sun. Mon. Hol. 12/28-1/8 / Admission:Free / Contact:03-6447-2234 >>Yukio FUJIMOTO STARS
A Trip through the Tokyo Station Gallery Collection from Railway Art to Picasso
2017/12/16（Sat） - 2018/2/12（Mon）
Place: Tokyo Station Gallery(1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku)
Tokyo Station Gallery has gradually built up a collection over the past 30 years, and this exhibition is the first time that the entire collection is displayed. Approximately 61 artists' 100 items are on display including Japanese style paintings, Western-style paintings, photographs and documents. Hours:10:00-18:00(Close 20:00 on Fridays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / closed:Mondays(except 1/8, 2/12), 12/29-1/1, 1/9 / Admission:General 900yen, University and High school student 700yen / Contact:03-3212-2485 photo:中村岳陵《驀進》1943年 >>A Trip through the Tokyo Station Gallery Collection from Railway Art to Picasso
The 7th Kikuchi Biennale
2017/12/16（Sat） - 2018/3/18（Sun）
Place: Musée TOMO(4-1-35 Toranomon)
The Kikuchi Biennale is a competition to which entries are invited from the public and has been held every other year since 2004 with the aim of promoting contemporary ceramics. Fifty-two (including five prizewinners) out of 322 works were chosen for this exhibition. Enjoy the "now" of contemporary ceramics. Hours:11:00-18:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Mondays(except when Monday falls on a holiday, and will be closed the following day), 12/28-1/1 / Admission:General 1,000yen, University student 800yen, High school, Junior high school and Elementary school student 500yen / Contact:03-5733-5131 photo:大賞：和田 的 《表裏》 h.44.0 （撮影：尾見重治、大塚敏幸） >>The 7th Kikuchi Biennale
Tower of the Sun 1967-2018 -What did Tarō Okamoto Question-
2017/10/13（Fri） - 2018/5/27（Sun）
Place: Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum(6-1-19 Minamiaoyama)
In March 2018 the Tower of the Sun will finally be reborn after a longtime-neglected because of the problem of earthquake-resistant strength. It has been renovated and transformed into a permanent exhibition space. This exhibition will trace the fifty-year history of the tower, from 1967, when Tarō Okamoto participated as producer of Osaka's Expo 1970, until 2018 when the interior was recreated, and consider his intentions in creating the Theme Pavilion/Tower of the Sun. Highlight will be miniature three-dimensional model of the Theme Pavilion. Hours:10:00-18:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Tuesdays(except Holidays), 10/11, 10/12, 12/28-2018/1/4, 2018/2/19-2/20 / Admission:General 620yen, Elementary school student 310yen / Contact:03-3406-0801 >> Tower of the Sun 1967-2018 -What did Tarō Okamoto Question-
Decoration never dies, anyway
2017/11/18（Sat） - 2018/2/25（Sun）
Place: Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum(5-21-9 Shirokanedai)
Decoration has always existed together in hand with mankind, and could be described as being constantly in ?ux, in an endless cycle of transmigration. This exhibition features seven artists whom are all different in age, nationality, and genre. From their works, we will recognize that the act of decoration is indeed the essential key to perceiving the vivid and complex reality that inextricably surrounds us. Hours:10:00-18:00(close 20:00 on 11/23, 11/24, 11/25) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 12/27-1/4 / Admission:General 1,100yen, University student 880yen, Junior high and High school student, Senior(65+) 550yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Yoshikazu Yamagata, writtenafterwards - flowers II, 2017AW, photo:Kenshu Shintsubo >>Decoration never dies, anyway
W. Eugene Smith: A Life in Photography
2017/11/25（Sat） - 2018/1/28（Sun）
Place: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum(Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku)
W. Eugene Smith is one of the greatest documentary photographers in the history of photography. This retrospective exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of W. Eugene Smith's birth. Very valuable 150 vintage prints are on exhibit thanks to the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography in which Smith deposited his works, negatives and other resources in his lifetime. Hours:10:00-18:00(close 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays, 11:00-18:00 on 1/2 and 1/3) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / closed:Mondays(except 1/8), 12/29-1/1, 1/9 / Admission:General 1,000yen, College student 800yen, High school and Junior high school student, Senior(65+) 600yen(Free for senior on 3rd Wednesday of the month) / Contact:03-3280-0099 photo:アンドレア・ドリア号の生存者を待つ， ニューヨーク，1956年 >>W. Eugene Smith: A Life in Photography
The Empire of Imagination and Science of Rudolf II
2018/1/6（Sat） - 3/11（Sun）
Place: The Bunkamura Museum of Art(2-24-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku)
Rudolf II from the House of Habsbur is known as an unrivalled collector and a patron of art. Centered on the artworks created by Giuseppe Arcimboldo and others under Rudolf II's patronage, this exhibition invites you to a world of art and science, often filled with magical charm, created by this Emperor who also had a keen interest in astrology and alchemy. Hours:10:00-18:00(Close 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:1/16, 2/13 / Admission:General 1,600yen, High school and university students 1,000yen, Elementary and junior high school students 700yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:ジュゼッペ・アルチンボルド 《ウェルトゥムヌスとしての皇帝ルドルフ２世像》 1591年、油彩・板、スコークロステル城、スウェーデン Skokloster Castle, Sweden >>The Empire of Imagination and Science of Rudolf II
One of the biggest Ice skate rink in Tokyo, a capacity of 200 people, appears in Tokyo Midtown from 5th of January. The event is authorized program for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Not only day time skating, but also visitors can enjoy night time skating surrounded by the illumination and the skating school for family. Hours:11:00-22:00(Last admission 21:00) / Closed:Open everyday during the event / Admission:High school student and older 1,500yen, Junior high school student and younger 1,000yen, Over 3 years old 200yen / Contact:03-3475-3100 >>Mitsui Fudosan Ice Rink for TOKYO 2020
National Treasure Pine Trees in the Snow and Birds in Japanese Art: Birdwatching in the Museum
2017/12/9（Sat） - 2018/2/4（Sun）
Place: Mitsui Memorial Museum(2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Mitsui Main Building 7F)
Mitsui Memorial Museum shows their collection that feature Kacho (bird and flower) motifs in tea ceremony utensils, paintings and craft works with a special focus on birds in conjunction with exhibiting the National Treasure "Pine Trees in the Snow". It will be a unique opportunity to enjoy bird watching in the museum. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Mondays(except 12/25, 1/8, 1/29), 12/28-1/3, 1/9, 1/28 / Admission:General 1,000yen, University and high school student 500yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:東都手遊図 1幅 源琦 筆 江戸時代・天明6年（1786） 浅野家旧蔵 >>National Treasure Pine Trees in the Snow and Birds in Japanese Art: Birdwatching in the Museum
Ancient civilization of the ANDES
2017/10/21（Sat） - 2018/1/28（Sun）
Place: National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo(7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku)
Ancient civilization of the Andes had flourished from the prehistoric age to 16th Inca empire, To explore this enormous 15000 years history, the exhibition will showcase about 200 rare items such as products made by gold, mummy and ancient potteries. Hours:9:00-17:00(close 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Mondays(except 1/8, 2/12), 12/28-1/1, 1/9 / Admission:General and University student 1,600yen, High school, Junior high school and Elementary school student 600yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:《縄をかけられたラクダ科動物（リャマ？）が描かれた土製の皿》 ナスカ文化(紀元前200年頃から紀元650年頃) ディダクティコアントニーニ博物館所蔵 撮影 義井豊 >>Ancient civilization of the ANDES
My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection
2018/1/6（Sat） - 6/3（Sun）
Place: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art(4-7-25 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku)
Paris at the end of the 19th century, prints that, up until that time, were just for transmitting information or a means of reproduction, became the latest medium for artists to widen the potential of expression. These artists elevated print to the level of art and created the origin of 20th century graphic art. This exhibit will bring together selected, superbly preserved works of graphic art, by Toulouse-Lautrec and other representative artists of the late 19th century. Hours:10:00-18:00(close 21:00 on Fridays except Holiday, 11/8, 12/13, 1/4, 1/5) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Mondays(except 10/30, 11/27, 12/25, 1/8) / Admission:General 1,700yen, University and High school student 1,000yen, Junior high and Elementary school student 500yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:アンリ・ド・トゥールーズ=ロートレック《ディヴァン・ジャポネ》1893年 多色刷りリトグラフ 三菱一号館美術館 >>Prints in Paris 1900: From Elite to the Street
Van Gogh & Japan
2017/10/24（Tue） - 2018/1/8（Mon）
Place: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum(8-36 Ueno Park, Taito-ku)
150th Anniversary Thematic Exhibition: Yokoyama Taikan ―The Elite of the Tokyo Art World
2018/1/3（Wed） - 2/25（Sun）
Place: Yamatane Museum of Art(3-12-36 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku)
Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) was a pioneering figure in modern nihonga. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth and the 60th anniversary of his death, Yamatane museum of art exhibits their entire collection of Taikan's work for the first time. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(except 1/8, 2/12), 1/9, 2/13 / Admission:General 1,000yen, University and High school student 800yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Yokoyama Taikan, Sakuemon's House, Yamatane Museum of Art >>150th Anniversary Thematic Exhibition:Yokoyama Taikan ―The Elite of the Tokyo Art World
TOILETPAPER Collaboration between Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari
Contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari are the duo behind TOILETPAPER, known for its cheeky hyperreal imagery, breaking down the prevailing codes and photographic motifs of fashion. This exhibition will be the magazine's first solo show in Japan. Hours:11:00-19:00 / Closed:Sun. Mon. Hol. / Admission:Free / Contact:03-6721-0687 >>TOILETPAPER Collaboration between Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari
MOVE! into the wild life
2017/11/29（Wed） - 2018/4/8（Sun）
Place: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation(2-3-6 Aomi, Koto-ku)
This exhibit is a bold new effort to let visitors experience the unique survival secrets of creatures by actually “becoming” one themselves. Visitors will discover how humans can sustain a harmonious relationship with other living creatures by experiencing life from their perspective. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Tuesdays(except 12/26, 1/2, 3/20, 3/27 and 4/3) / Admission:General 1,900yen, Senior 1,700yen, Junior(7-18 years old) 1,300yen, Child(4-6 years old) 1,000yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 >>MOVE! into the wild life
Love is Wonderful
2017/10/7（Sat） - 2018/4/8（Sun）
Place: Snoopy Museum Tokyo(5-6-20 Roppongi)
In the comic strip Peanuts, there are various "love episodes" that makes one's heart excited. You will be able to enjoy a dramatic atmosphere in the exhibition, where there will be about 80 original comic strips and original animation introducing the many "love episodes" in Peanuts. Museum store and cafe will also renew its lineup. Hours:10:00-20:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:12/30-1/2 / Admission:General 2,000yen, University and College student 1,400yen, Junior high and High school student 1,000yen, 4 year old to Elementary school student 600yen / Contact:03-6328-1960 >>Love is Wonderful
