The best museums Tōkyo & Area

Park or museum, why choose when you can do both? Here, 70 hectares are dedicated to nature and works of art. Hundreds of sculptures are on display, including works by Maillol, Rodin and Nikki de Saint Phalle. Covered pavilions, such as the one dedicated to Picasso, display works inside the park. It is a magnificent place in which it is good to stroll when the weather allows it. It is one of the favorite places for Tokyoites to go out on long weekends with their families

Located in Inokashira Park, it is home to the fairytale world of the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. The museum is attached to the Ghibli studios, which produced, among others, My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. The museum's collection includes the material needed to make a cartoon, reconstructions of Hayao Miyazaki's workspace, his research notebooks, or his original drawings exhibited on the walls. An immersion into the Ghibli universe that will delight children, the only ones with access to the Catbus.

Former studio of Japanese artist Taro Okamoto, one of the most emblematic figures of modern Japanese art in the ^20th century. His fresco The Myth of Tomorrow is on display in Shibuya station. This attractive little museum draws on the artist's documents, photos and sketches to provide an overview of his prolific oeuvre. Regular exhibitions unveil different aspects of his work. An adept of gigantism, Okamoto Taro designed the Sun Tower, the symbol of the 1970 Osaka World Expo.