Tokyo | Rainy days are perfect for visiting the Nezu Museum designed by Kengo Kuma
If you like Japanese gardens and Kengo Kuma's designs, then the Nezu Museum located in Minami Aoyama is a must-visit.
This private museum, created by Kaichiro Nezu, is also a symbol of Japan's old wealth. He had a personal liking for antiques, bronzes, and Buddhist statues. The museum was originally Nezu's private residence, which was later redesigned by Kengo Kuma into a museum and opened to the public.
Apart from the museum's own collection, the Japanese garden is also a highlight, featuring a Japanese tea house surrounded by greenery.
However, many of the museum's collections are Chinese Buddha heads, which are quite thought-provoking to see.
☕️Nezu Cafe:
Many people visit Nezu, and a big reason must be for this tea house! This cafe, also designed by Kengo Kuma and hidden in the Japanese garden, is enveloped in greenery and is very photogenic. The seats by the window are the most popular.
The coffee and desserts here are decent without being exceptional, and the prices are not expensive.
📸Photography tips:
If you want to capture the Nezu Museum without any disturbances, look no further
✅Best time to shoot:
Weekdays, rainy days, just before closing or right after opening.
This timing is particularly important. On the day I visited, it was a light rainy weekday in Tokyo, so there were relatively few tourists.
✅How to get a shot of the usually busy Nezu cafe without people?
The tea house actually closes at 4:30 pm, so they stop serving customers after 4 pm. I was actually the last customer that day, and even the tables were already cleaned up. That's how I managed to take pictures freely.
✅Take a shot of the bamboo grove corridor at the entrance before leaving the museum to capture an empty scene
✅A light rainy day is ideal for shooting the garden, as walking with an umbrella in the Japanese garden is very pleasant. If you get tired, you can sit down in a small pavilion and listen to the rain.
🎫Ticket: No reservation needed, just buy on-site
⏰Business hours: 10:00-17:00 (Closed on Mondays)
🌿Surroundings:
🔶Shopping:
After visiting the Nezu Museum, you can shop around Minami Aoyama. There are stores like Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, Prada, Lelabo, etc. I also bought a limited edition flap shoulder from Issey Miyake here, which I haven't seen in China, so no worries about clashing bags. Omotesando and Roppongi are not far from here.
🔶Museums:
If you have an entire afternoon for exhibitions, you can also visit the National Art Center and the Mori Art Museum, with the Mori Art Museum being a perfect spot to end the day with a sunset or night view. (See other notes for details)
🔶Food:
After coming out of the Mori Art Museum, you can have dinner in Roppongi Hills or Omotesando, or take a stroll to the nearby Azabu Juban.
For any exhibition ticket you can also get access to take a breath taking view from the highest building of Roppongi! Note: ticket sales are based on different time slots (30 minutes intervals)
The museum, located on the 53rd floor of the Senta. In addition to presenting contemporary art such as photography, architecture, design, and other forms of art, it also offers public performances of various other forms of art. Open until 22:00 (Tuesday to 17:00).
The viewing pass, after going up, the project is more abundant, very suitable for bringing children together, there are toys, cartoons, technology interaction, but also see the scenery, and not afraid of children losing, adults feel at ease and children are happy
Fine art, but have been to better places -- rooftop view was worth it, especially for sunset. be prepared to pay the extra fees associated with it though.
This art museum in Japan is still very good
It's a beautiful night view, the best place to see the Tokyo Tower, the sky trees, the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay and so on. There will also be many exhibitions in the gallery. We just catch up with the beautiful girl fighters. They are very beautiful. Sen Art Museum and the prospecting platform on the 52nd floor are in one, with a pass of 1800 yen. A few hundred yen more.
The new Asian art exhibition that is being exhibited, systematically from the perspective of the whole Asian people, this is the atmosphere that Asian countries should have, I hope that there can be more such exhibitions in China. In fact, you can see some night views on this floor. Children with limited budgets can see some night views on this floor and the lobby floor.