From outdoor events to enjoy the pleasant season before summer arrives, to exhibitions at museums that you can enjoy even on rainy days. Here are 10 carefully selected events in June that we recommend!
1,Miró Exhibition Joan Miró (March 1-July 6)
This is a major retrospective exhibition of Juan Miró, who, along with Picasso, is considered one of the greatest masters of the 20th century. The exhibition comprehensively introduces Miró’s art, including the “Constellation” series, one of his most famous works, as well as paintings, ceramics, and sculptures from his early years to his later years, in which he continued to challenge himself to create new expressions until the age of 90.
📍 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (8-36 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇7 min. walk from Ueno Station
🎟️ Adults ¥2,300, College/University students ¥1,200, Free for children under 18 and high school students and younger
2, The Miracle of Black: Secrets of Yohantenmoku (April 5-June 22)
Yohantenmoku, a treasure of oriental ceramics made in China in the 12th and 13th centuries, is one of only three surviving pieces of its kind in the world, all of which have been handed down to Japan. This exhibition introduces iron artifacts called “Kurotetsu Kurogane” (black iron), such as swords and iron sword mounts, and “Jikkuro” (lacquer ware), with the theme of the black color of crafts. If you would like to enjoy viewing the works while discussing your impressions of them, or if you are with children, the Talk Free Day on Thursdays is recommended.
📍 Seikado Bunko Art Museum (Meiji Seimeikan 1F, 2-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
🚇 Direct connection from Nijubashimae Station, 5 min. walk from Tokyo Sta.
🎟️ ¥1,500 for adults, ¥1,000 for high school and university students
3, Tapio Vilkara: The End of the World (April 5-June 15)
This is the first retrospective exhibition in Japan of Tapio Vilkkala, an overwhelming presence in the world of Finnish modern design. From the late 1940s through the 1950s, Vilkkala came into the limelight by winning the Iittala design competition and the Grand Prix at the Milan Triennale. This exhibition features approximately 300 products and objects selected from the Museum of Modern Art in Espoo, the Tapio Vilkara Rut Brück Foundation, and the Collection Kakkonen, as well as photographs and drawings (reproductions).
📍 Tokyo Station Gallery (1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
🚇 3 min. walk from Tokyo Station, 5 min. walk from Otemachi Station
🎟️ ¥1,500 for adults, ¥1,300 for high school and university students
4, PARALLEL MODE: Odilon Redon – Dream of Light, Shadow of Shadow (April 12 – June 22)
This exhibition introduces the full range of Redon’s painting and art from his early years to his later years, with approximately 80 works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, which boasts the world’s outstanding quality and quantity, as well as superior works from the domestic collection and oil and charcoal paintings from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. One of Redon’s major subjects in his later years, “Window” (c. 1906), which depicts “stained glass,” will be exhibited for the first time at this exhibition.
📍 Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art (Panasonic Tokyo Shiodome Building 4F, 1-5-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku)
🚇 Approx. 8 min. walk from Shimbashi Station
🎟️ ¥1,300 for adults, ¥1,200 for seniors 65 and over, ¥800 for university and high school students, free for junior high school students and younger
5, Animals: Who are we? Who are we? 〜(April 16-July 6)
The first collaboration between PLAY! MUSEUM and the National Museum of Nature and Science, this exhibition focuses on animals. In addition to the kits used in the National Museum of Nature and Science’s 2021 traveling exhibition “WHO ARE WE: Observing and Discovering Biology,” there will be hands-on installations on five themes, including Forest of Smiles, Planet of Patterns, and Tails are Amazing. The exhibition will also feature works by nine contemporary artists, including Kohei Nawa and Miroko Machiko.
📍 PLAY! MUSEUM (GREEN SPRINGS W3 Building 2F & 3F, 3-1 Midori-cho, Tachikawa City)
🚇 10 min. walk from Tachikawa Station or Tama Monorail Tachikawa Kita Station
🎟️ ¥1,800 for adults, ¥1,200 for college students, ¥1,000 for high school students, ¥600 for junior high school students, ¥600 for elementary school students, free for preschool children
6, Design Ah Exhibition neo (April 18-September 23)
This is an exhibition that develops the concept of the NHK E-television program “Design Ah neo” into a place where visitors can experience the program. The theme of this year’s exhibition, the third in the series, is the actions (verbs) we perform, such as “walk,” “eat,” “sit,” and “hold,” in contrast to the previous “A” exhibitions, which focused on “objects. The works, which can be experienced through the use of one’s own body, will reexamine the various actions that are part of our daily lives from the perspective of design.
📍 TOKYO NODE GALLERY A/B/C Toranomon Hills Station Tower 45F (2-6-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku)
Directly connected to 🚇 Toranomon Hills Station
🎟️ ¥2,500 for adults, ¥1,200 for high school and junior high school students, ¥1,000 for elementary school students, ¥500 for children 2 years old and up
7, Building Open House 2025 ( June7 –August24 )
This is the annual open-house exhibition of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, which is also designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The exhibition will be held for the first time in about six years in summer, with the curtains of the windows opened so that visitors can look out over the garden and see a recreation of the mansion space where people used to come and go. The museum will be open until 9:00 p.m. on Fridays, August 15 and 22 during the “Summer Night Museum 2025” exhibition period.
📍 Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Honkan and Shinkan (5-21-9 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku)
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Official website
🚇About 7 minutes walk from Meguro Station, about 6 minutes walk from Shirokanedai Station
🎟️ ¥1,000 for adults, ¥800 for university students (including special training and vocational schools), ¥500 for high school students and those over 65 years old
8, Minamisawa Hydrangea Mountain (June 7-July 6)
The mountain was opened by Chuichi Minamisawa, who lived in this area and kept planting hydrangeas to fill the path to his parents’ graves with them. For about a month, blue, purple, white, and other colorful hydrangeas bloom in profusion, creating a fantastic atmosphere. The “One Million Hydrangeas Music Festival” will be held on June 15.
📍 368 Fukazawa, Akiruno City
👉Official site8 minutes by cab from Musashi Itsukaichi Station
🎟️ Adults ¥600, Children ¥400
9, 41st Bunkyo Hydrangea Festival (June 7 – 15)
This festival has been held since 1985 at Hakusan Shrine, which was worshipped by the fifth Tokugawa Shogun Tsunayoshi and his birth mother, Keishoin. Approximately 3,000 varieties of hydrangeas decorate the Hakusan Shrine grounds and the adjacent Hakusan Park. Food stalls and concerts are held on weekends, and a portable shrine makes an appearance on June 15.
📍 Hakusan Shrine (5-31-26 Hakusan)
👉Official website🚇To Hakusan Shrine, approx. 2 min. walk from Hakusan Stn. or approx. 2 min. walk from Honkomagome Stn.
🎟️No participation fee
10, MATSURI JAPAN 2025 IN TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY Produced by HAPPO-EN (June 28 & 29)
The popular event that gathers festivals from all over Japan will be moved to TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and scaled up. Visitors can enjoy performances such as the Koenji Awaodori dance and the Dragon Dance, which was introduced to Nagasaki from China about 300 years ago, as well as Happo-en Chef’s original festival dishes arranged from local cuisine and local specialties, target shooting, ring tossing, and other Japanese festivals all at once.
📍 TAKANAWA GATEWAY Convention Center LINKPILLAR Hall A・B
👉Official siteDirectly connected to 🚇Takanawa Gateway Station
🎟️Admission fee with one drink ¥2,000 for adults, ¥1,000 for junior high and high school students , free for elementary school 6th graders and younger