Museum · Minami-Aoyama

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum 岡本太郎記念館

The Aoyama home and studio of Taro Okamoto, the explosive avant-garde artist behind Osaka's Tower of the Sun, with his paintbrushes still in place and a jungle garden of sculptures.

About

"Art is explosion!" Taro Okamoto (1911–1996) lived and worked in this house, designed by his friend Junzo Sakakura, a disciple of Le Corbusier, for over 40 years. The studio is left as it was, with canvases, paint pots and brushes, and the salon is filled with his colourful sculptures and a life-size figure of the artist. Upstairs, rotating exhibitions explore themes in his work; Black Dynamism runs Jul 17 to Nov 23, 2026. The small front garden is a jungle of banana plants and ferns from which his wild-eyed sculptures peer out, and a small cafe overlooks it. For his giant mural Myth of Tomorrow, head to Shibuya Mark City.

Highlights

• Okamoto's studio with brushes and canvases left in place
• Garden of grinning sculptures among tropical plants
• Sakakura-designed house with a lens-shaped roof
• Black Dynamism exhibition (Jul 17 – Nov 23, 2026)

Tips

• Closed on Tuesdays (not Mondays).
• Admission was raised in April 2026 to ¥900 for adults; elementary and junior high students are free.
• See his huge Myth of Tomorrow mural free in the Shibuya Mark City passage, and the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art in Kawasaki for more.
• Pair with the Nezu Museum, a 5-minute walk away.

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

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