Top 10 Art Galleries in Kanto, Japan

May 4, 2022 Franklyn Hardiman

Discover the best top things to do in Kanto, Japan including Jago Ceramics, Wagner Nandor Art Gallery, Pola Museum of Art, Okeba Gallery & Shop, Nagaoka Kesaichi Memorial Gallery, Moegi Honten, Kairo Gallery Mon, teamLab Borderless, Kofu Kaikan, Pottery Warehouse.
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1. Jago Ceramics

1705-8 Takabayashi, Nasushiobara 325-0107 Tochigi Prefecture +81 287-68-1064 http://www.nasuinfo.or.jp/freespace/jago/
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Jago Ceramics

4338 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun 321-4217 Tochigi Prefecture +81 285-72-9866 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/Wagner1115/
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5.0 based on 2 reviews

Wagner Nandor Art Gallery

3. Pola Museum of Art

1285 Kozukayama, Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun 250-0631 Kanagawa Prefecture +81 460-84-2111 http://www.polamuseum.or.jp/
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4.5 based on 785 reviews

Pola Museum of Art

Reviewed By yshargal - Haifa, Israel

The building itself is worth a visit. This is not meant to detract from the interesting, worthwhile exposition of modern art. You can actually walk to it from Gora train station. Don’t miss

7-10-7 Kagawa, Chigasaki 253-0082 Kanagawa Prefecture +81 467-50-0252 http://www.kumazawa.jp/okeba/
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4.5 based on 7 reviews

Okeba Gallery & Shop

544-2 Oaza Obata, Kanra-machi, Kanra-gun 370-2202 Gunma Prefecture +81 274-74-7575 http://www.town.kanra.gunma.jp/n-gyarari/gyarari/news/01.html
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4.5 based on 4 reviews

Nagaoka Kesaichi Memorial Gallery

6. Moegi Honten

2356 Kamioba Dogairi, Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun 321-4212 Tochigi Prefecture +81 285-70-8111 http://mashiko-moegi.com/index.php
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4.5 based on 9 reviews

Moegi Honten

2230-1 Kasama, Kasama 309-1611 Ibaraki Prefecture +81 296-71-1507 http://www.gallery-mon.co.jp/
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4.5 based on 4 reviews

Kairo Gallery Mon

8. teamLab Borderless

1-3-8, Aomi Odaiba Palette Town, MORI Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless, Koto 135-0064 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-6406-3949 http://borderless.teamlab.art/
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4.5 based on 1,324 reviews

teamLab Borderless

teamLab Borderless is a group of artworks that form one borderless world. Artworks move out of the rooms freely, form connections and relationships with people, communicate with other works, influence and sometimes intermingle with each other. Create new experiences with others, immerse yourself in borderless art, and explore the world with your body. In a vast complex, three-dimensional 10,000 square meter space, 520 computers and 470 projectors create a completely new world, the likes of which have never been seen before. Closed day: June 22nd, 25th, July 9th, 23rd, August 10th, 27th.

Reviewed By DouglasA587

teamLab Borderless (The Odaiba Edition of teamLab), was our first experience of this kind of interactive digital light and sound exhibit. We've visited our fair share of classical, modern and interactive galleries. But this was something quite different, as evidenced by the throngs off people waiting to get in at 10am (opening time), and the queues 10 deep, 50m back outside the door when we left at 1pm. Other reviews and their own website give you the general sense of what's happening: clever use of light and sound in a dark space, some of them with interactive, and even physical elements (like climbing through the 3 dimensional bouldering wall). But that doesn't capture the magic of being there in the dark, wondering what new and beautiful creature is about to come dancing around the corner. There's mo map and genuinely a surprise around every corner. We went around and around to make sure we left no nook undiscovered. Although initially you feel lost and perhaps a little overwhelmed, after a while the layout starts to make sense. For all that, we couldn't visit one of the most famous rooms, with the lanterns, because by the time we got to it, there was an additional 1 hour queue that we decided was too much on top of 3 hours already spent. I do recommend pre-booking online and turning up at opening time, or even 15 minutes before so you're in ASAP when it's as empty as possible. There are coin operated lockers, and luggage locks, so dump your stuff. Having bags around is a drag. Even though you'll be captivated from the first large open area, do head straight to the Lantern room, and consider doing the upstairs section early because it has more elements to queue for. Young (and old) kids will also get more of a blast upstairs where everything is interactive and designed more for the younger (although me and my wife did our crayon drawing that got turned into a digital life-form that we happily chased around the floor). Also take advantage of the En Tea House early, which is located on the upper floor. This isn't not your ordinary Japanese tea experience and is really a full exhibit in its own right. Don't just take the tea, but take the ice cream set. Hint: the tea and the ice cream behave differently. We pre-booked and arrived at opening time on a Christmas Sunday (Dec 21) and the queue was already full but they were selling tickets at the door. They only sell a certain volume off tickets for the day, and when we left at 1pm, they were selling tickets that could only be used from 3pm. Despite the crowd control, it was quite busy inside, although the area is larger than I thought, so it easily swallows several thousand people I would think. Many people say they took one or two hours. We were there 3, and I think we could have stayed longer just to soak up the ambience. It's easily accessible from the Tokyo Teleport station, or the Aomi station. Both are on private lines, so you need an IC card or special ticket, since they are neither JR nor Metro. TeamLab also have a similar exhibit in Shanghai and another "Planets" exhibit in Tokyo which we didn't go to, but looks more for kids.

9. Kofu Kaikan

250 Noda, Noda 278-0037 Chiba Prefecture +81 4-7122-2191 http://kouhoo1929.ec-net.jp/
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4.0 based on 10 reviews

Kofu Kaikan

10. Pottery Warehouse

2, JonaIzaka, Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun Tochigi Prefecture +81 285-72-2081 http://www.mashiko.com/toko/
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4.0 based on 16 reviews

Pottery Warehouse

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