Date: July 11th (Sat) – October 12th (Monday/holiday), 2026 Venue: National Museum of Nature and Science (Ueno Park, Tokyo) The special exhibition "The Survival Strategies of Living Things: The National Museum of Nature and Science x Darwin's Coming!", themed on "The Survival Strategies of Living Things," will finally open on July 11th (Saturday) at the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ueno Park, Tokyo). From the Earth's formation to the present day, the Earth's environment has changed dramatically. Living things that have adapted to this diverse and ever-changing environment have nurtured the next generation and built a long history of life's evolution. This exhibition broadly introduces the adaptive evolution and…
Toys”R”Us Japan to grand open a shop for “Kidalto” at Ueno Marui on Friday, July 17, 2026.
Toys"R"Us Japan, which operates one of the largest comprehensive specialty stores for toys and baby products in Japan, will grand open "Toys"R"Us Ueno Marui Store" inside the large commercial facility "Ueno Marui" in Tokyo on Friday, July 17, 2026. Despite the declining birthrate, the size of Japan's toy market is on the rise. According to the Japan Toy Association, the domestic toy market size exceeded 1 trillion yen for the first time in fiscal year 2023, and in the most recent fiscal year 2025, it reached a record high of 1,166.4 billion yen (106.3% compared to the previous year). (*1) Among the factors contributing to this market expansion, the growing…
The National Gyoza Festival will be held at Okachimachi Panda Square!
For five days, you can compare and contrast the gyoza from famous and popular restaurants across Japan at Panda Square in front of Okachimachi Station. From Wednesday, July 1st to Sunday, July 5th, the first-ever All-Japan Gyoza Festival will be held at Okachimachi Panda Square in front of Okachimachi Station, bringing together popular gyoza from all over Japan. You can enjoy gyoza and beer until 9 PM. With its convenient location in front of Okachimachi Station, next to Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, and starting on a weekday, it's perfect for a drink in the cool evening air or a beer garden experience after work. Enjoy the aroma of freshly grilled gyoza…
Special exhibition “Geidai Art Plaza Art Award 2026” to be held — showcasing new works by award winners from various generations.
July 24th (Fri) – October 4th (Sun), 2026, held at Ueno Geidai Art Plaza (Free admission) Geidai Art Plaza ( https://artplaza.geidai.ac.jp/ ), a gallery operated on the campus of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts (Ueno, Taito-ku) as a collaborative project between Shogakukan and Tokyo University of the Arts, will be holding a special exhibition, "Geidai Art Plaza Art Award Winners Invitational Exhibition 2026," from 13:00 on Friday, July 24, 2026. This exhibition features and sells works by Art Plaza Art Award winners from various eras. Admission is free and photography is permitted. Special exhibition to be held on Friday, July 24, 2026 "Geidai Art…
A report on the “Great Van Gogh Exhibition: Cafe Terrace at Night” (Ueno Royal Museum). The masterpiece of nightscapes returns to Japan after approximately 20 years, tracing the artist’s journey to vivid color expression.
The "Great Van Gogh Exhibition: Café Terrace at Night," which has attracted considerable attention due to the first visit to Japan in approximately 20 years of Vincent van Gogh's (1853-1890) masterpiece "Café Terrace at Night (Place de la Forum)," is currently being held at the Ueno Royal Museum. The exhibition runs until August 12, 2026 (Wednesday). The Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands boasts one of the world's leading collections of Van Gogh's works. This exhibition, comprised solely of his finest pieces, is the first of two phases of the "Great Van Gogh Exhibition," focusing on the first half of his short artistic career, which spanned only about 10 years. The…
Experience authentic Taiwan in Ueno!! [Taiwan Festival 2026] will be held at Ueno Park, Takenodai Plaza (Fountain Plaza)!!
[Free Admission] The Taiwanese Food Festival, which was a huge success last year and allows you to experience the real thing, will be held again this year!! The Taiwan Festival Executive Committee will hold the event for three days: August 28th (Fri), 29th (Sat), and 30th (Sun), 2026. We will be holding "Taiwan Faasai 2026" at Takenodai Plaza (Fountain Plaza) in Ueno Park. This event, inspired by Taiwanese night markets, will feature authentic Taiwanese food such as xiaolongbao, braised pork rice, and large fried chicken cutlets, as well as lion dance performances, offering a rare opportunity to experience Taiwanese culture in Ueno for three days. Kaohsiung's popular restaurant "Beiping Bao…
Sho +1 will be hosting a solo exhibition by Naoki Kimura, “Nagi Rei Lullscapes – Before It Begins ∶ Zero – Horizon Photographic Art,” starting June 12th (Friday).
From June 12th (Friday) to July 4th (Saturday), 2026, Sho+1 will host the second solo exhibition by Naoki Kimura, a photographic artist active both domestically and internationally, titled "Nagi Rei Lullscapes – Before It Begins ∶ Zero – Horizon Photographic Art". An opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 11th at 6 PM, and an artist talk will be held on Saturday, June 20th at 1 PM. ©︎Naoki Kimura 2026 "Something has already begun before the image can be seen." If the statue doesn't begin, what will rise up? In this exhibition, "Nagi-Rei," Naoki Kimura quietly deconstructs the very premise of photography itself. Rather than rejecting the image itself,…
Announcement of the “Furusato Tokyo Support Festival: 3rd Annual Beer and Yukata Bon Odori in Ueno 2026”
Let's drink beer and dance the Bon Odori in yukata! From July 3rd (Fri) to July 5th (Sun), 2026, we will be holding the "3rd Hometown Tokyo Support Festival: Beer and Yukata Bon Odori." Under the theme of "JAPAN LOVE," a festival of beer and Bon Odori dances that will color Tokyo's summer will gather in Ueno! This event takes place at the fountain plaza in Ueno Park and features local gourmet food from all over Japan, beer, traditional Bon Odori dances, and the hugely popular anime song Bon Odori. The first event featured "Lion" from Macross Frontier, and the second event featured "The Hottest Summer in the World" by…
[Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum] Report on the “Andrew Wyeth Exhibition”: The Forms of “Boundaries” Connecting Light and Shadow, Life and Death, Existence and Absence
A major retrospective exhibition , "Andrew Wyeth Exhibition: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum," which interprets Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), a national painter representing 20th-century American figurative painting, through the theme of "boundaries," is currently being held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The exhibition runs until July 5, 2026 (Sunday). *All works featured in this article are by Andrew Wyeth. Article provided by: Taito Culture Marche Andrew Wyeth, who was active throughout the 20th century, distanced himself from the avant-garde art movements that swept the era, such as Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Dada, and Pop Art. Based in his hometown of Pennsylvania and Maine, where he spent his…
JR Ueno Station/ecute Ueno: “A refreshing scent, coolness, and effervescence…” Enjoy the nights of the rainy season, the beginning of summer, with all your senses in “Gathering the Colorful Summer Nights”
We'll also be offering coupons to make rainy days more enjoyable, and live street performances at night to help you unwind after work. Ecute Ueno, a commercial facility located inside JR Ueno Station and operated by JR East Cross Station Development Company, will be holding a fair titled "Gathering the Colorful Summer at Night" (hereinafter referred to as "this fair") from Monday, June 15th to Tuesday, July 7th, 2026, which will showcase the "rainy season," the beginning of summer, in a nighttime setting. This fair will offer gourmet food and goods that appeal to all five senses, such as refreshing scents, coolness, and effervescence, perfect for the humid nights of…