Chiba

Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art

Opened in 1990 for the collection of Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc. and its affiliated firms. European art (from Rembrandt to Picasso), Surrealism and Abstract Art, Post WWII American Art, Frank Stella, Japanese Paintings. Address: 631, Sakado, Sakura, Chiba. [en, ja]

Hakone

Hakone Open-Air Museum

70,000 sqm open air museum with sculptures by Henry Moore, among others; a sculpture gallery in the main building (incl. Brancusi, Calder, Dubuffet); Picasso gallery with 700 of his works; and a painting gallery with pieces by Renoir, Utrillo, Chagall, Léger, Umehara Ryuzaburo, Saeki Yuzo, and others. [en]

Hakone

Pola Museum of Art

The collection includes 400 modern European works (Renoir, Modigliani, Chagall, Kandinsky, Picasso, etc.), Japanese paintings, prints, sculpture, etc. Address: 1285 Kozukayama, Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa, 250-0631. [en, ja]

Kanazawa

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

Opened in October 2004. The museum's mission: introduction and investigation of recent creative developments from Japan and abroad which it considers indicative of the evolution of artistic thought worldwide since 1980. Address: 1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan 920-8509. [en, ja]

Kurashiki

Ohara Museum of Art

Oldest private museum in Japan featuring Western art. Its collection includes also modern and contemporary art from Japan, as well as artworks from the Mingei Movement (Japanese Folk Art Movement). [en, ja]

Osaka

National Museum of Art

Opened in 1977 in the building of the Expo Museum of Fine Arts (built for the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka). Main purpose of the museum is to show how Japanese art has developed in relation to art in the rest of the world: influence of Asian art since the ancient times, relationship to Western art from 16th through the early 20th century, and worldwide exchange in contemporary art. Address: 10-4, Expo Park, Senri, Suita. [en, ja]

Osaka

Osaka National Museum of Ethnology

Its permanent exhibition include: Every-day aspects of European culture. Address: 10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita, Osaka 565-8511. [en, ja]

Tokyo

Bridgestone Museum of Art

Devoted to the collection and exhibition of works of Impressionism and other modern European movements, as well as Japanese Western-style paintings. Address: 1-10-1, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031. [en, ja]

Tokyo

National Museum of Western Art

Established in 1959, its core is the Matsukata Collection. Main building (pre- 18th century art) designed by Le Corbusier. Further collections include: painting from the 19th - early 20th century (with some of the most important Impressionist masters and classics of Modernism). Graphic arts, sculptures (incl. 58 by Rodin). Address: 7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo. [en, ja]

Yokohama

Yokohama Museum of Art

Works by Cezanne, Magritte, Dali, and others, as well as Yokohama-related Japanese painting. A special focus is on photography, from its beginnings to the present. Address: Minato Mirai 3-4-1, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken. [ja]