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National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK) 京都国立近代美術館

Fumihiko Maki's crisp gridded museum facing the Heian torii, with superb holdings of Kawai Kanjiro ceramics, Kyoto Nihonga and modern crafts, plus a fourth-floor lounge with a torii view.

Hours10:00-18:00 (Fri until 20:00); last entry 30 min before closing
ClosedMondays (or next day if holiday), New Year, exhibition changeovers
PriceCollection Gallery (adult): ¥1,000
Collection Gallery (university student): ¥500
Special exhibitions: ¥1,500
Getting thereHigashiyama Station (Tozai Line), 10 min; Okazaki Koen bus stop, 3 min
Time needed1-1.5 hours
Best timeFriday evenings
AddressOkazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto
Websitemomak.go.jp/English

About

MOMAK opened in 1963 and moved into a building by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki in 1986. Its collection focuses on modern art and crafts linked to Kyoto and western Japan: Nihonga painters such as Uemura Shoen and Tsuchida Bakusen, the ceramics of Kawai Kanjiro (more than 400 works), Tomimoto Kenkichi and Kitaoji Rosanjin, and modern photography. The fourth-floor Collection Gallery rotates displays several times a year, and the window lounge frames the giant Heian Shrine torii. The special exhibitions on the third floor change regularly. Note that under the National Museum of Art fee revision, the Collection Gallery fee rises from 430 yen to 1,000 yen from 24 October 2026.

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