Art & Exhibits · Hatsudai

Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery 東京オペラシティ アートギャラリー

A spacious, high-ceilinged gallery in the Tokyo Opera City tower at Hatsudai, known for ambitious contemporary art, architecture and design exhibitions.

About

Above the concert halls of Tokyo Opera City, this gallery stages three or four major exhibitions a year with generous, tall rooms that suit large installations and architecture shows; past shows have ranged from photographers and painters to architects and product designers. The fourth-floor collection galleries show selections from the Terada Collection of contemporary Japanese painting, and project N gives a small room to emerging painters. From Oct 17 to Dec 20, 2026 the main exhibition is Seeds and Roots: How to Cultivate a City. The complex also holds the NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) for media art on another floor, and the sunken garden and cafes make it an easy half-day out from Shinjuku.

Highlights

• Large-scale contemporary art and architecture exhibitions
• Seeds and Roots: How to Cultivate a City (Oct 17 – Dec 20, 2026)
• Terada Collection rooms of contemporary Japanese painting
• project N showcase for young painters
• Tokyo Opera City concert hall complex next door

Tips

• Open 11:00–19:00, later than most museums: handy after an afternoon in Shinjuku.
• Hatsudai is one stop from Shinjuku on the Keio New Line; use the East Exit directly into the complex.
• The NTT ICC media art centre is in the same tower; its permanent show is often free.
• Closed for maintenance twice a year (February and August) as well as between exhibitions.

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

Nearby

• New National Theatre, TokyoShows & Entertainment · 120 m away
• NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]Art & Exhibits · 150 m away
• Tokyo Opera City Concert HallLive Music & Karaoke · 150 m away
• New York Bar (Park Hyatt Tokyo)Bars & Nightlife · 450 m away
• Park Hyatt TokyoStay · 450 m away
• Zauo ShinjukuRestaurant · 730 m away
• Shinjuku Central ParkPark · 790 m away
• Raamenya ShimaRamen & Noodles · 800 m away