Operators / A gallery afternoon
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP
東京画廊＋BTAP
Ginza · Ginza area
Why we recommend it
Japan's oldest contemporary-art gallery, founded in Ginza in 1950 and still run from the same district, with a track record of introducing postwar Japanese avant-garde artists internationally and, since 2002, a Beijing branch (BTAP) extending that program.
- How to book
- Free walk-in during gallery hours; check the site for current exhibition dates and seasonal closures.
- English
- partial
- Price band
- ¥
- Allow
- 45 min
- Group size
- Walk-in gallery visit
- Station
- Ginza area
- Verified
- 2026-09-25
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