The University Art Museum (Ueno), Tokyo University of the Arts — Attraction in Tokyo

This place have a nice architecture and is a leisurely walk from Ueno park.

Within the compound there is a modern design aesthetic which lends itself nicely to its purpose. Don’t forget to head up to the top floor because you can gain access to the viewing gallery which has a floor to ceiling glass panel than gives you a panoramic view of the vicinity.

The toilets are interesting again because of the modern design and if I don’t remember wrongly has a all mirror effect.

Depending on which exhibition is running you get different flavours of exhibitions. When I visited, they were showcasing the story of a samurai known as Segodon. And how he changed the politics of governance in his time.

The collection seems to be pretty big although unfortunately, none of the items have accompanying English text. However, the saving grace was that, the exhibition was divided into 5 phases of his life and each segment there was a thorough English description.

Based on my observations, the exhibition seems very well curated and created a smooth flow allowing one to appreciate the life of this samurai thoroughly.

I wished though that there was something a bit more modern and something more Art related as this subject seems more befitting of a...

After visited three times and found the museum was closed, I finally entered the museum! On the website it simply says “We apologize that the museum may be closed without notice” and I just thought I should try my luck and it was no avail. I found this week that they said “We are closed when no exhibitions are being held.” Aha! There it is. Remember to check if there are exhibitions being held. I think the regulations vary across them, but this one I visited photos were not allowed. Nevertheless, it was a fruitful journey to see how professor Tokihiro Sato, whose retirement exhibition being held this time, influenced his students and ho his ideas transcended into his students’...

Very bad! We payed yen 2250 for two adults and a student. Nothing in the exhibition is translated. As we tried to use the translation app for scanning the tags next to the pictures and not the paintings we were advised that we are not allowed to do that. That is allegedly the museums policy. So we basically payed for something that we are not allowed to understand. We cannot unsee that at all. The exhibition showed local and foreign art but excludes foreign visitors. Unfortunately very disrespectful! Felt discriminating. We were absolutely disappointed and left though we had paid.

Would not recommend that place. The management should...