10 Art Museums in Shinjuku That You Shouldn't Miss

March 31, 2022 Jeremy Dunfee

In busy Shinjuku, you’ll find some of the tallest buildings in Toyko, as well as tons of shopping malls, bars and clubs. To escape the hustle and bustle, TripAdvisor travelers recommend visiting Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, a beautiful and peaceful park in the middle of the city.
Restaurants in Shinjuku

3-20-2, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku 163-1403 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-5777-8600 http://www.operacity.jp/ag/
Excellent
24%
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58%
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18%
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4.0 based on 55 reviews

Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery

1-1 Kasumigaokamachi, Shinjuku 160-0013 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-3401-5179 http://www.meijijingugaien.jp/art-culture/seitoku-gallery/
Excellent
23%
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49%
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4.0 based on 81 reviews

Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery

Reviewed By SilverTeaPot

Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery is like no other picture gallery that I’ve been too. What made it special? Before visiting, I’d never heard of the gallery. We seemed to stumble upon it after, visiting the Japan 2020 Olympics stadium ion the making, and wandered around the car park until we found the entrance and ventured inside. I checked on Trip Advisor, and it's currently listed as the 49th of 397 things to do in Shinjuku. That astonishes me! That there could be 48 other better things to do in Shinjuku… I find everything about this gallery fascinating. Let me share with you what the brochure says about the gallery. Gaien was constructed with donation collected by an organisation of individual supporters formed to remember the virtues of the Imperial couple all through the ages. It was completed on Oct 22, 1926, and donated to Meiji Jingu Gaien. The outer garden covers an area of 330 000 square metres. Sports facilities around the venue include baseball, golf driving range, softball, footsul, tennis, and an ice-skating rink. So the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery is in the centre of The Outer Garden, or this huge park, which I guess is why we found it after visiting the Olympics venue. Still so many interesting things about this gallery… The gallery depicts the events from birth to the demise of the Meiji Emperor in chronological order. There are exactly 80- images. Every image steps you through the timeline. Fortunately, there was a detailed English translation, it was not perfect, but you got the jist of what was happening. The first 40 works are Japanese style paintings, while the later 40 works are Western-style works. I find it fascinating that they went with one style and then swapped to another style, and opted for a Western-style – why? What does this mean? Now here is the thing I found most interesting. Each painting is 3 m * 2.7 metres, almost a square. The place is like a huge gallery purpose-built for Instagram. Every image practically is a perfect Instagram image. Obviously, it was designed and built many years before Insta, but it was so perfect, this OLD gallery, on such NEW technology. All the images are done by different artists, and they entered a competition, there were 156 entries, and from that, the 80 works in the gallery were chosen. “Meiji” is the name of the era (1868 to 1912) in which Emperor Meiji ruled. Emperor Meiji (1852 – 1912) is the 122nd emperor of Japan, the great grandfather of the current Emperor. His wife was Empress Shoken (1850 – 1914)

3. Sompo Museum of Art

1-26-1, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku 160-8338 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-5777-8600 http://www.sompo-museum.org/
Excellent
28%
Good
53%
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17%
Poor
1%
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4.0 based on 190 reviews

Sompo Museum of Art

4. Nakamura Tsune Atelier Memorial

3-5-7 Shimoochiai, Shinjuku 161-0033 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-5906-5671 http://www.regasu-shinjuku.or.jp/rekihaku/tsune/40357/
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30%
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4.0 based on 10 reviews

Nakamura Tsune Atelier Memorial

5. NTT Intercommunication Center

3-20-2 4F Tokyo Opera City Tower, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku 160-0023 Tokyo Prefecture +81 120-144-199 http://www.ntticc.or.jp/ja/about/
Excellent
42%
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4.0 based on 12 reviews

NTT Intercommunication Center

6. Aizumikan

2-5 Aizumicho, Shinjuku 160-0005 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-6709-8895 http://aizumikan.com/
Excellent
25%
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50%
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4.0 based on 4 reviews

Aizumikan

7. Yayoi Kusama Museum

107 Bentencho, Shinjuku 162-0851 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-5273-1778 http://yayoikusamamuseum.jp/
Excellent
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26%
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3.5 based on 96 reviews

Yayoi Kusama Museum

Reviewed By sci7 - Tokyo, Japan

To those who are complaining about the fixed date and time tickets... hey! isn’t it great that there never is a huge crowd obstructing your view? (I had a 11:00 ticket, got there at 11:20, which meant everyone else had already walked themselves upstairs and I had the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floor to myself...yay!) To those who are complaining about how small and limited the collection is... hey! just come back in a few months when the exhibits change. Who says art has to be permanent. Maybe it was meant to be this way, so that each time you’re there you get a different experience. I LOVED the place, and plan to be back. (it does help that I live within biking distance) Be sure to check out the elevator and bathroom. Both are tiny mirrored infinity rooms.

8. Nakamuraya Salon Museum of Art

26-13 Shinjuku Nakamuraya Bldg 3F, Shinjuku 3 Chome, Shinjuku 160-0022 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-5362-7508 http://www.nakamuraya.co.jp/museum/
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3.0 based on 12 reviews

Nakamuraya Salon Museum of Art

9. Sato Art Museum

31-10 Daikyocho, Shinjuku 160-0015 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-3358-6021 http://sato-museum.la.coocan.jp
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3.0 based on 3 reviews

Sato Art Museum

10. Century Museum

110-22 Waseda Tsurumakicho, Shinjuku 162-0041 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-6228-0811 http://www.ccf.or.jp/jp/10about_museum/index.html

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