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Attraction · Tokyo, Japan
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Japan's oldest and largest museum, in Ueno Park, holding the national collection of Japanese art and archaeology across several buildings including the Honkan and the Horyuji Treasures gallery.
Because this is the collection every other museum of Japanese art borrows from. The National Treasure rotation, the sword gallery and the Buddhist sculpture are unmatched anywhere else.
Extraordinary depth for a thousand yen, free for under-18s and over-70s, rotating displays that reward return visits, and the quiet Horyuji Treasures building.
Special exhibitions cost extra and draw the crowds. The site is spread out. Labelling quality varies between buildings.
Anyone with any interest in Japanese art, history or craft, and families given free entry for under-18s.
You have three days in Tokyo and want neon and food. This is a slow museum and rewards unhurried attention.
Start in the Honkan on the upper floor, which runs chronologically, then cross to the Horyuji Treasures before the crowds arrive. Skip the special exhibition unless it is one you specifically want. Later Friday and Saturday closing makes evenings viable.
Adults 1,000 yen, university students 500 yen for the collection exhibitions. Under-18s, over-70s, and visitors with disabilities with one caregiver enter free. Special exhibitions require a separate ticket.
Ten minutes on foot from Ueno station, JR or metro, through the park past the fountain. Uguisudani station is slightly closer to the back entrance.
The north end of Ueno Park, alongside the National Museum of Nature and Science and the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, in a park that is Tokyo's densest concentration of cultural institutions.
Three hours for the Honkan and Horyuji Treasures, a full day if you take in the Toyokan as well.
Lifts and step-free routes serve the main buildings, and wheelchairs are available to borrow.
A thousand yen for the finest collection of Japanese art anywhere. Do the Honkan upper floor and the Horyuji Treasures, and leave the special exhibition alone.
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The Tokyo National Museum charges 1,000 yen for adults and 500 yen for university students for its collection exhibitions, and admits under-18s and over-70s free. It opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p.m., with later Friday and Saturday hours. A thousand yen is roughly the price of a bowl of ramen, and it buys the largest and best collection of Japanese art anywhere: swords, screens, ceramics, Buddhist…
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