The Best Photography Museums and Galleries in Tokyo

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Also known as TOP, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is the largest museum in Tokyo dedicated solely to photography. It is also the city’s only publicly funded photography museum. The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum has a swelling permanent collection of over 30,000 pieces, and three galleries that regularly feature fresh exhibitions.

1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

TOP Museum, Tokyo | © Shinichi Sugiyama/Flickr

Emon Gallery

The Emon Gallery is a must-see for photography lovers in Tokyo. It’s small, but committed to curating photography exhibits of fine photographic art. Emon Gallery hosts talks by artists and industry professionals, and hopefuls eagerly anticipate their annual Emon Award photography competition each year.

5-11-12 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Paper Pool

Paper Pool is a gallery, café, and bar in the hip Yutenji neighborhood of Meguro. Entrance to the small gallery is free, since it shares space with the dining area. Paper Pool is a great place for up-and-comers to showcase their work as the gallery is easily booked for artists’ exhibitions. The on-site photography darkroom is also available for rental for a small hourly fee, with supplies extra.

2-16-10 Yutenji, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

‪今日から祐天寺Paper Poolにてインスタントフィルムオンリーのグループ展「INSTANT LOVE」が始まりました。4/2までですが、木金土日の不規則営業なのでご確認のうえお越しいただければ幸いです。‬ ‪https://www.facebook.com/events/182511822251685/?ti=icl‬

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Photo Gallery International

Photo Gallery International (or PGI for short) has hosted exhibitions by prominent domestic and international photographers, like Ansel Adams’s black-and-white landscapes and Kikuji Kawada’s iconic images of postwar Japan. This sleek and modern private gallery includes a shop that sells photography books and framing supplies.

2-3-4 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Birds in the Hand 2017.7.13-9.1 PGI(@pgi_gallery) 白いカラスと黒いカラスの作品で参加しています。白いカラスの4枚セット、大きさはGallery Trax の時と同じですが、アクリルマウントではなく額装になっています。かわいいから誰か買って…。 Elijah Gowin, Olivia Parker, Pentti Sammallahti, 新井卓, 石本泰博, 伊藤義彦, 大西みつぐ, 川田喜久治, 今道子, 竹之内祐幸, 奈良原一高, 濱田祐史, 三好耕三, 八木清 #hiroyukitakenouchi #竹之内祐幸

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Rat Hole Gallery

Rat Hole Gallery in stylish, upscale Aoyama is small but worth a visit. The exhibitions here are usually on photography, but occasionally contemporary art exhibits find a home here, too. Rat Hole Gallery is tucked into a basement along the back streets of Omotesando – perhaps the inspiration for its unique name.

5-5-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery

Totem Pole Photo Gallery is in Yotsuya, not far from Shinjuku Gyoen. This modest gallery mainly exhibits works by its artist members, but the gallery is available for rental and all photography styles are welcome.

4-22 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

This weekend is your last chance to see "Resonance", an excellent photo exhibition by Giovanni Pascarella at Totem Pole Photo Gallery. Gio's work, all medium format film, is just the right mix of reality and the uncanny- there's a tinge of darkness that's hard to explain yet is never overbearing or gimmicky. Really solid stuff and highly recommended. (Open 12-7) 日曜日まで、トーテムポールフォトギャラリーで、イタリア出身のジョバンニ　パスカレッラ氏が素晴らしい写真展を開いてます。彼が中判カメラで撮ったスナップは日常のクラサや不思議なコトを写ってます。おすすめの写真展です。#中判カメラ #フィルム写真 #写真展

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Gallery 916

Gallery 916 is a spacious private gallery built into a former warehouse by Tokyo Bay. The bright white and modern space, with just a hint of the building’s former purpose remaining, allows patrons to focus fully on the photography being exhibited. Alongside the main gallery is the smaller Gallery 916 Small, a smaller, more modest gallery for emerging artists.

1-14-24 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

現在開催中の百々俊二写真展「A LIFE 1968-2017」も残すところ2週間余となりました。 . 本展は、百々俊二の半生を観ることができる貴重な写真展です。 . 限定のサイン入写真集も取り扱っておりますので、この機会に是非足をお運びください。 ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ＜営業時間＞ 平日｜11:00-20:00 土日祝｜11:00-18:30 CLOSE｜月曜日(祝日を除く) . #gallery916 #ギャラリー916 #百々俊二 #shunjidodo #ALIFE1968-2017 #exhibition #photographs #上田義彦 #yoshihikoueda #竹芝 #浜松町

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