The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

This Academy of Fine Arts often host very noticeable Art exhibitions. If in the area pay it a visit!

I enjoyed an exhibition of the Ph.D. dissertation works of the most prestigious art and music university in Japan. I am not knowledgeable about other top universities in the world, so I cannot give comparative comments, but I enjoyed the quality and originality of works very much.

Excellent art museum for free

Tokyo art university surrounded by arts museum. I went to check out graduates' work, I think the environment is so great for inspiring students to do exciting works.

This place have a nice architecture and is a leisurely walk from Ueno park. Within the compound there is a modern design aesthetic which lends itself nicely to its purpose. Don’t forget to head up to the top floor because you can gain access to the viewing gallery which has a floor to ceiling glass panel than gives you a panoramic view of the vicinity. The toilets are interesting again because of the modern design and if I don’t remember wrongly has a all mirror effect. Depending on which exhibition is running you get different flavours of exhibitions. When I visited, they were showcasing the story of a samurai known as Segodon. And how he changed the politics of governance in his time. The collection seems to be pretty big although unfortunately, none of the items have accompanying English text. However, the saving grace was that, the exhibition was divided into 5 phases of his life and each segment there was a thorough English description. Based on my observations, the exhibition seems very well curated and created a smooth flow allowing one to appreciate the life of this samurai thoroughly. I wished though that there was something a bit more modern and something more Art related as this subject seems more befitting of a history museum.