Here is what’s happening across Tokyo for the month of April. Check out exhibitions, festivals, events and more!
Haodori: Awakening Wagashi Exhibition
Hven Gallery will host an exhibition of the wagashi project Haodori, reimagining traditional Japanese confectionery as a visual art.
Date & Time
Apr 02-30・Opening reception on April 2, 19:00-24:00
Price
Free
Location
Hven Gallery
‘Where Unseen Things Seeps Forth’ Exhibition
UltraSuperNew Kura will host an exhibition with French artists Barbara Penhouët and Bastien Marienne themed around impermanence.
Date & Time
Apr 03-May 08・11:00-19:00・by appointment only except for Saturdays, closed on Sunday and Monday
Price
Free
Location
UltraSuperNew Kura
courtesy of house of errors
House of Errors Tokyo Pop-Up
London-based label House of Errors is heading back to Tokyo this April for a standalone pop-up in Omotesando.
Date & Time
Apr 04-05
Price
Free
Location
House of Omotesando
Friends of Jinny Street Art Gallery
Jinny Street Gallery will host “Friends of Jinny,” an art project connecting international illustrators with people from the local community.
Date & Time
Apr 18-May 17
Price
Free
Location
Jinny Street Gallery
Robert Nava, “Song of Armor” (2025) © Robert Nava, courtesy Pace Gallery.
Robert Nava: ‘Supercharger’
Robert Nava’s first solo exhibition in Japan introduces a world where childhood imagination meets existential chaos. The exhibition showcases a new series of paintings and works on paper featuring a chimerical cast of dragons, angels and metamorphic beasts. Inspired by everything from prehistoric cave art to techno music, Nava’s style is intentionally raw — a blend of spray paint, acrylics and grease pencil — rendering scenes that feel both playful and unsettling.A graduate of Yale’s MFA program, Nava stripped away traditional academic conventions to develop a style often associated with the irreverent “bad painting” movement. Despite the seemingly chaotic application of color and graffiti-like marks, his practice is deeply rooted in a daily discipline of drawing and sketchbook invention. His works often reference classical mythology and art history, and are now held in collections at the Art Institute of Chicago and MoMA Paris.
Date & Time
Feb 19-Apr 01・11:00-19:00・Open Until 18:00 on Sundays, Closed Mondays
Price
Free
Location
Pace Gallery Tokyo
Raymond Lemstra, “Personnage Fictionnel”
(2026). Courtesy of Nanzuka.
Raymond Lemstra: ‘Good Looking’
“Good Looking” marks the return of Dutch artist Raymond Lemstra to Tokyo with a fresh look at his “Personnage Fictionnel” series. Now based in Seoul, Lemstra creates meticulously detailed portraits that aren’t actually of anyone at all. Instead, he uses a blend of playful distortion and technical precision to tap into our natural instinct to find human faces in abstract shapes. These characters sit in a strange middle ground — partly realistic, partly cynical, and entirely imaginary.The exhibition also serves as the debut for Lemstra’s newest paintings, which reflect his cross-cultural journey between Europe and Asia. In these works, he layers traditional Dutch oil painting techniques onto hanji (handmade Korean mulberry paper), creating a striking texture that bridges the gap between old-world craftsmanship and modern abstraction.
Date & Time
Mar 07-Apr 04・11:00-19:00・Closed Sundays & Mondays
Price
Free
Location
Nanzuka Underground
Nils Blommér, “Meadow Elves” (1850). On display until April 12 at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Masters of Swedish Painting from Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
This is a rare window into the Golden Age of Swedish Art (1880-1915), a transformative era when a young generation of painters moved beyond French naturalism to forge a distinct national identity. After studying abroad, these artists returned to Sweden to capture the hidden radiance of their homeland, blending realism with a lyrical, emotional depth. Focusing on themes of nature, light and the intimacy of daily life, the collection highlights the cultural roots of Nordic well-being and the unique aesthetic sensibility of Northern Europe. In collaboration with the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, the exhibition marks the first major survey of its kind in Japan, featuring 80 works by iconic figures like Carl Larsson and August Strindberg. Visitors can expect an immersive journey through the evolution of Swedish painting, from its realistic foundations in the 1880s to the atmospheric, soulful landscapes that have recently garnered international acclaim.
Date & Time
Jan 27-Apr 12・09:30-17:30・Closed on Mondays, except February 23. until 20:00 on Fridays
Price
¥1,300–¥2,300
Location
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Robert Doisneau Photography Exhibition
Robert Doisneau once famously said, “Paris is a theater where the price of admission is time wasted.” Known as the “fisherman of images,” the beloved French photographer spent his life patiently waiting for the small, unscripted dramas of everyday life to unfold before his lens. This exhibition, created with the full cooperation of his family’s atelier, brings together about 40 carefully selected prints that showcase “Doisneau Theater.” From his iconic, romantic snapshots of Paris to the suburbs where he got his start, Doisneau’s works are united by a gentle sense of humor and a love for humanity. Though he insisted throughout his life that he was not an artist, Doisneau’s influence on the history of photography is massive; he is widely considered a pioneer of humanist photography, elevating the poetry of everyday life to an art form. The collection features his recurring favorite subjects: playful children, fellow artists who defined the era and the ordinary people of Paris. Even years after his death in 1994, these images feel surprisingly fresh.
Date & Time
Jan 30-Apr 12・11:00-20:00
Price
Free
Location
Art Cruise Gallery by Baycrew’s
Connecting with Myakumyaku Exhibition
Miraikan will be hosting a look back exhibition featuring technology from Osaka Expo that will be shown in Tokyo for the first time.
Date & Time
Feb 18-Apr 13・10:00-17:00・Starts from 13:00 only on the first day, February 18
Price
Free
Location
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Japan (Miraikan)
Sakura Blooms at TeamLab Planets
This spring, several installations at teamLab Planets transform into luminous cherry blossom environments, offering a digital take on Japan’s beloved sakura season.
Date & Time
Mar 01-Apr 30・08:30-22:00
Price
Varies by day
Location
teamLab Planets Tokyo
Shimomura Kanzan, “Yoroboshi (Young blind beggar),” (1915). National Important Cultural Property, Tokyo National Museum, Image: TNM Image Archives (display period: 3/17-4/12).
Shimomura Kanzan: Life, Art and Society
Born into a family of Noh performers and trained as a prodigy in traditional Kano-school techniques, Shimomura Kanzan is a central figure in modern Japanese painting. Along with his mentor Okakura Tenshin and fellow artists like Yokoyama Taikan, he founded the Nihon Bijutsu-in (Japan Art Institute) to redefine what “Japanese style” could mean in a rapidly changing world. Featuring 150 works, the exhibition follows his journey from a young artist in Tokyo to his time studying in Britain, which allowed him to master Western shading techniques.Shimomura’s significance in art history lies in his unique ability to act as a bridge between seemingly opposing worlds — bold yet delicate, his works seamlessly fused a Western atmospheric perspective with the decorativeness of the Rinpa school. Balancing the organic depth of classical Japanese motifs with the precision of Western painting techniques, Shimomura was an artist who preserved and evolved artistic tradition.
Date & Time
Mar 17-May 10・10:00-17:00・Open Until 20:00 Fri & Sat, Closed Mon
Price
Advance ¥1,800 | Door ¥2,000
Location
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection
One of the most highly-anticipated Tokyo exhibitions of the year, “YBA & Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection” is a must-see show this spring. The transition from the late 80s into the 90s was a volatile time for Britain, and the art world reflected that friction. Following the Thatcher era, a loose collective of artists — now synonymous with the Young British Artists (YBAs) — emerged to challenge artistic norms through bold, experimental practices and an openness to new materials and processes. The exhibition features approximately 100 works by a star-studded line-up, including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Lubaina Himid and Steve McQueen.
Date & Time
Feb 11-May 11・10:00-18:00・Fri & Sat: Open Until 20:00
Price
Adults: ¥2,300 | College: ¥1,500 | High School: ¥900 | Junior High & Under: Free
Location
The National Art Center, Tokyo
Shelton, Connecticut, 1985. from the series: Summertime © Mark Steinmetz
Mark Steinmetz: ‘Summer’s Children’
At his first-ever solo exhibition in Japan, photographer Mark Steinmetz immerses us in quiet, sun-drenched portraits of childhood. Captured during the late 80s and early 90s across North Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts and beyond, these black-and-white photographs focus on classic pillars of American youth — baseball and summer camp. Steinmetz captured these scenes while in his twenties, drawn to the way children live entirely in the moment. These shots take us back to the slow, wandering pace of a summer before smartphones. Based in Athens, Georgia, Steinmetz earned his MFA from Yale and spent a formative year working with street photographer Garry Winogrand. He is best known for his quiet and restrained depictions of everyday life in the American South, finding profound beauty in the most mundane moments.
Date & Time
Mar 16-May 13・11:00-18:00・Closed Sundays
Price
Free
Location
PGI Gallery
Taro Gomi Picture Book World Exhibition
Explore the world of picture books at the Picture Book World Exhibition featuring Gomi Taro, author and illustrator of over 400 books.
Date & Time
Aug 8, 2025-May 27, 2026・10:00-18:00
Price
Free
Location
Mikka Lirio Ichibankan
More Info
A separate Mikka admission fee is required for other in-house exhibits
Mundo Pixar Exhibition
The Mundo Pixar exhibition will be coming to Crevia Base Tokyo featuring life-size reproductions of film scenes from Pixar Animation Studios.
Date & Time
Mar 20-May 31・10:00-20:50・Last admission at 19:00, closed on Mondays
Price
starting at ¥3900 for adults
Location
Crevia Base Tokyo
© Nacasa & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation D’Entreprise Hermès
Andrius Arutiunian: ‘Obol’
This March, Ginza’s Maison Hermès Le Forum presents “Obol,” the first Japanese solo exhibition by artist and composer Andrius Arutiunian. Arutiunian explores the relationship between music and distorted forms, using hypnotic soundscapes and sacred motifs to create installations that are at once mythological and futuristic. The exhibition infuses the gallery space — a glass-encased architectural marvel worth admiring in itself — with a sleek, underground rave-esque aesthetic. It centers on a series of new works inspired by bitumen, a viscous, pitch-black petroleum substance that once held holy significance but is now used for secular purposes. Through this dark material, Arutiunian pays homage to Charon, the mythological ferryman of the dead, scattering obol — ancient Greek silver coins — and serpentine imagery throughout the space.
Date & Time
Feb 20-May 31・11:00-00:00・Closed Wednesdays
Price
Free
Location
Maison Hermès Le Forum
Left: Nawa Kohei, PixCell-Deer#74, 2024. Right: PixCell-Deer#72(Aurora), 2022. Installation view, SPRING RISING, Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan, 2025-26. Photo: Ken Kato
Pola Museum of Art: Spring Rising
This exhibition presents works inspired by the landscapes of Hakone and other places along the Tokaido route.
Date & Time
Dec 13, 2025-May 31, 2026・09:00-17:00
Price
¥2,200
Location
Pola Museum of Art
15 untitled works in concrete, 1980–84.
Permanent collection, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas. Photo by Florian Holzherr, courtesy The Chinati Foundation.
Donald Judd Art © 2026 Judd Foundation/ARS, NY/JASPAR, Tokyo.
Judd | Marfa
Tracing the radical career of Donald Judd (1928-1994), this show dives into how a painter from Missouri ended up redefining 20th-century art through his massive, three-dimensional “stacks” and boxes. It centers on his big move from the New York art scene to the desert of Marfa, Texas, where he turned old buildings into permanent homes for his work. For Judd, art wasn’t just something you hung on a wall. It was about the entire space it lived in — a philosophy that still shakes up the worlds of architecture and design today. Mixing his early 1950s paintings with his famous minimalist structures, the exhibition gives a behind-the-scenes look at Judd’s obsession with spatial integrity through personal drawings, videos and plans. Visitors can also witness Judd’s long-standing connection to Japan, through the section documenting his 1978 show at Watari-um, organized by museum founder Shizuko Watari.
Date & Time
Feb 15-Jun 07・11:00-19:00・Closed on Mondays
Price
¥1,300–¥1,500
Location
Watari-um
Yokai Immersive Experience Exhibition Tokyo
Warehouse Terrada will host an immersive exhibit inspired by the monsters/spirits of Japanese folklore, combining art with special effects.
Date & Time
Mar 27-Jun 28・~20:00・last entry at 19:30; The final day (June 28) is open until 17:00 (final entrance 16:30)
Price
adults: ¥2600, seniors: ¥2500, university and high school students: ¥1800, junior high school students and under: ¥800,
Location
Warehouse Terrada
More Info
Guests who present a disability certificate can get a discounted ticket
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Oneohtrix Point Never Japan Tour 2026: Special Guest Laraaji
American electronic music producer-composer-songwriter Daniel Lopatin, better known as Oneohtrix Point Never (OPN), is heading back to Japan with a stunning new live set, following the release of his new album Tranquilizer on November 21, 2025. The record has already garnered significant praise, including Pitchfork’s “Best New Music” distinction. OPN is frequently recognized as one of today’s most influential figures in contemporary electronic and experimental music, and has worked with artists like the Weeknd, FKA Twigs, David Byrne, Iggy Pop and more. He is also well-known for his film scores: Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, Josh Safdie’s Uncut Gems and most recently, Safdie’s highly-anticipated A24 film Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet.
Date & Time
Apr 2, 2026・19:00~・Doors Open 18:00
Price
¥8,800
Location
Zepp DiverCity
More Info
Additional Drink Fee
Mohini Dey Live
India’s leading bassist, Mohini Dey, recognized as a “Top 10 Bassists of the 21st Century,” will make her Blue Note Tokyo debut.
Date & Time
Mar 31-Apr 01・First show: open at 17:00, start at 18:00; Second show: open at 19:45, start at 20:30
Price
starting at ¥8800
Location
Blue Note Tokyo
John Lloyd Young Live
John Lloyd Young, winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in “Jersey Boys,” is making his Japan debut at Cotton Club.
Date & Time
Mar 30-Apr 01・First show: open at 17:00, start at 18:00; Second show: open at 19:45, start at 20:30
Price
starting at ¥9800
Location
Cotton Club
Shibuya109 x Katseye Spring Campaign and Pop-Up Shop
Shibuya109 department store will be hosting “Shibuya109 x Katseye Spring Campaign,” a collaboration with the global girl group Katseye.
Date & Time
Mar 27-Apr 05
Price
Free
Location
Shibuya109
Yozakura Premium View Plan at Rooftop Bar Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills
Limited to 18 groups per day, the Yozakura Premium View Plan includes Perrier-Jouët Champagne and a curated seasonal menu.
Date & Time
Apr 10-26・17:30-23:00・First Seating: 17:30–19:30 or 18:00–20:00 | Second Seating: 20:30–22:30 or 21:00–23:00
Price
¥9,350–¥15,950
Location
Rooftop Bar Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills
More Info
Plan A: ¥9,350, Plan B: ¥11,000, Plan C: ¥15,950. Prices are inclusive of consumption tax and subject to a 15% service charge.
Shibuya Cross-Culture Fest: Craft Beer Beyond Borders
The annual Tokyo Craft Beer Week will feature six limited-edition collaboration beers by 12 top breweries from Japan and Korea.
Date & Time
Apr 25-26・April 25: 12:00-21:00 | April 26: 11:00-20:00
Price
Free
Location
Yoyogi Park Be Stage
Nandemo Ikimono Nori Onigiri Pop-Up Shop
The Nandemo Ikimono Nori Onigiri Shop will return with adorable rice balls inspired by the popular character.
Date & Time
Mar 13-Apr 12・11:00-20:00・On the last day, rice ball sales will end at 15:00 and merchandise at 17:00
Price
starting at ¥990
Location
Yurakucho Marui
Hanami at Bills
Bills, the all-day dining restaurant from Sydney, Australia, is holding a spring-exclusive event, “Hanami at Bills.”
Date & Time
Mar 24-Apr 21
Price
Shokupan French Toast with cherry compote, mascarpone and pistachio: ¥2,200
Location
bills Ginza
More Info
Oolong Tea and Cherry Bundt Cake: ¥700, Hibiscus Spritz – hibiscus, rosehip tea, lime and soda: ¥1,100
The Tavern – Grill & Lounge High Up – Highball Happy Hour
In March and April, The Tavern – Grill & Lounge’s Highball Happy Hour features the Sakura Mojito Highball and the Strawberry Sangria Highball.
Date & Time
Mar 01-Apr 30・17:00-20:00
Price
¥990
Location
The Tavern – Grill & Lounge
Il Lupino’s Strawberry Afternoon Tea Set
Il Lupino Japan is currently offering a Strawberry Afternoon Tea set featuring top-quality savory dishes and sweets.
Date & Time
Jan 16-Apr 30・11:30-23:30・Last orders 22:30
Price
¥7,800 on weekdays, ¥8,800 on weekends and holidays
Location
Il Lupino Prime Tokyo
More Info
Includes one drink. Tax and service charge included
The Tavern – Grill & Lounge Sakura Strawberry Afternoon Tea
Starting in March, a Sakura Strawberry Afternoon Tea course, featuring a seasonal menu inspired by cherry blossoms in bloom.
Date & Time
Mar 01-Apr 30・12:00-17:00・First Seating: 12:00-14:00 Second Seating: 15:00-17:00
Price
¥7,800
Location
The Tavern – Grill & Lounge
Strawberry Afternoon Set (for two people)
Strawberry Afternoon Tea at ANA InterContinental Tokyo
Available until May 31, 2026, the Atrium Lounge at ANA InterContinental Tokyo presents a sumptuous Strawberry Afternoon Tea menu.
Date & Time
Dec 27, 2025-May 31, 2026・11:00-19:30・2-hour limit. Last order 30 min before end
Price
¥8,500 per person (including consumption tax and service charge)
Location
The Atrium Lounge at ANA InerContinental Tokyo
More Info
¥9,600 with special “Strawberry Quartz” drink
Strawberry Afternoon Tea at Gallery 11
Until the end of May, guests at Gallery 11 can experience a delightful afternoon tea set with a playful twist on a skateboard.
Date & Time
Jan 05-May 31・11:30-22:00・Last order 20:00
Price
¥6,000
Location
Gallery 11
More Info
Tax and service charge included
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