Here are eight images of the National Art Center, Tokyo, a museum in the upscale Roppongi district. I really liked its wavy curtain-of-glass exterior and three-story high entry lobby and concrete conical niches at each end. And the cozy lounge chairs in its ground floor cafe.

It’s not technically considered a museum as it doesn’t own a collection, but instead hosts exhibitions organised by public art associations. I visited the 88th Shinseisaku exhibition and the 80th Kohdo Art Exhibition, both organised by art associations. Pics from some of the pieces on exhibit forthcoming.

Since its doors opened on January 2007, the center has consistently ranked as one of the busiest museums in the world. In 2016 it recorded 2.6 million visitors. It was designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa and was his last completed project prior to his death in 2007.

Admission is free but tickets for the various exhibitions will range from 400 to 2300 yen.

Five-minute walk from the Roppongi Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya line. Website.

Seven more images below.

Photos from 21 September 2025.