Experience museums up close! Ueno Museum Week is back again this year!

In the Ueno area, in commemoration of International Museum Day on May 18th, 13 facilities around Ueno Park, including museums, art galleries, and the zoo, will cooperate with Ueno Norenkai member stores to hold Ueno Museum Week. The popular digital stamp rally will continue this year, as it did last year, and the newly renovated new spot, Shitamachi Museum, will be added, making this a special week that is even more appealing. Combine this with the annual “Town Fun” coupon and enjoy this special time when the whole of Ueno becomes a theme park full of art.

As expected, the biggest attraction this time is the “free admission” that will be held on “International Museum Day” on May 18th. On that day, you can enjoy free admission to the permanent exhibitions of five museums: Tokyo National Museum, National Museum of Nature and Science, National Museum of Western Art, Former Tokyo Music School Concert Hall, and Shitamachi Museum (※Tokyo National Museum’s Tokyo National Museum Collection Exhibition is included).

Another highlight is the digital stamp rally! There will be 15 stamp points in the Ueno area, from cultural facilities in Ueno Park to various spots in the Ueno shopping district!

Rally points include not only the cultural facilities within the park, but also spots within the city where you can experience art, such as CREATIVE HUB UENO “es” (Ueno Station), a gallery created by renovating the site of the former police box at Ueno Station, Lloyd Works Gallery, which brings together up-and-coming artists, Buzzchika (located in the basement of Shinobuzz Brewery Hitsuji Ice), which not only holds art exhibitions but also frequently hosts theater performances, and Room 101 (Hanazono Alley), where young art creators gather.

Please come and enjoy the atmosphere of Ueno, the city of art, during International Museum Day and the stamp rally.

The stamp rally rewards include a Morimachi coupon that can be used at gourmet and shopping stores in the Ueno area if you collect zero stamps, a digital art piece created in collaboration with creators if you collect three stamps, and the right to enter a lottery for prizes from participating cultural facilities if you collect seven stamps. If you visit 15 stamp locations, your chances of winning the prizes at the seven locations will double. Be sure to try to complete the rally!

■Event Overview■

International Museum Day Commemorative Events 2025 Ueno Museum Week

Event period: Friday, May 9th, 2023 to Sunday, May 25th, 2023

Venues (participating facilities and organizations): Tokyo National Museum / National Museum of Nature and Science / National Museum of Western Art / The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Ueno Zoological Gardens / The Ueno Royal Museum / Taito Ward Former Tokyo Music School Concert Hall / Former Iwasaki Gardens / National Museum of Modern Architecture / National Diet Library International Children’s Library / Toeizan Kan’ei-ji Temple / Taito Ward Shitamachi Museum / Ueno Noren Association participating stores (in no particular order)

*There will be days when the museum is closed during the exhibition period.

Organized by: Ueno Museum Week Executive Organization Federation

Co-hosted by Ueno Norenkai

Sponsored by: National Museum of Nature and Science Foundation

Cooperation: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Eastern Park and Green Space Office, Taito City, Taito City Arts and Culture Foundation

Official site: http://www.ueno-mw.com/

■[Ueno Morimachi Wandering] Ueno Museum Week 2025 ~ International Museum Day ~ ■

A digital stamp rally will be held from Friday, May 9th to Sunday, May 25th. Stamp points will appear at the participating facilities listed below.

[Checkpoint introduction]

1. Tokyo National Museum

2. National Museum of Nature and Science

3. National Museum of Western Art

4. National Diet Library International Library of Children’s Literature

5. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

6. The Ueno Royal Museum

7. Former Tokyo Music School Concert Hall

8. Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum

9. Toeizan Kan’eiji Temple, Main Hall

10. Former Iwasaki Residence Garden

11. Shitamachi Museum

12. Lloyd Works Gallery

13. CREATIVE HUB UENO “es” (JR Ueno Station)

14. Bazchika

15. Room 101 (Hanazono Alley)

[How to use]
Download the digital stamp rally app “furari” onto your smartphone. Go to the designated location of the participating facility and collect your stamp.

0 stamps: Morimachi coupons that can be used at restaurants and shopping establishments in the Ueno area 3 stamps: Art-incubating Town Club creator collaboration digital art work stamps 7 stamps: prizes from participating museums

15 stamps…..Prizes from participating museums (2x chance of winning)

*Prizes will be shipped to the winners one to two months after the end of Museum Week.

★0 stamps

Morimachi coupons that can be used at restaurants and shopping establishments in the Ueno area

From eel, yakiniku, western food, and sweets to women’s clothing, bags, and Sukajan jackets

Please take advantage of this special coupon that can be used widely.

List of stores and facilities where you can use digital coupons

https://ueno-morimachi.jp/coupon

★3 stamps

Creator collaboration digital art work

We will be distributing digital artworks created by five young artists from the Ueno area-based art support group, Geio Nurture Town Club.

★7 stamps

List of prizes from participating museums

Tokyo National Museum Award

・Tokyo National Museum Collection Exhibition invitation ticket + original ticket folder set (20 pairs, 40 tickets)

・URL: https://www.tnm.jp/

*National Museum of Nature and Science Award

・Common invitation ticket

Set of 2 tickets for 20 people. *Each person can enter the permanent exhibition at one of the facilities (Ueno Main Building, Tsukuba Botanical Garden, or Garden for Nature Study) once.

・URL: http://www.kahaku.go.jp

*National Museum of Western Art Award

– 40 free tickets for the special exhibition “Nationalmuseum of Sweden Drawing Collection: From the Renaissance to the Baroque” (20 pairs)

・URL: https://www.nmwa.go.jp/

〇Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum Award

・University Art Museum original postcard (20 winners)

・URL: https://museum.geidai.ac.jp/

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

・20 pairs of invitation tickets (40 people) to the exhibition “The Joy of Making: DIY for Living”

・URL: https://www.tobikan.jp/

Ueno Royal Museum Award

・20 postcards (for 20 winners)

・URL: http://www.ueno-mori.org/

* Former Tokyo Music School Concert Hall Award

・20 pairs of “2 invitation tickets + clear file” (20 people)

・URL: https://www.taitogeibun.net/sougakudou/

Toeizan Kan’eiji Temple Award

・Special not-for-sale stamp book (1 per person): 10 winners

・URL: http://kaneiji.jp/

* Former Iwasaki Residence Garden Award

・20 sets of Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden original mini clear file + original postcard (20 winners)

・URL: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/

〇National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Architecture

20 sets of 4 postcards of the collection’s drawings, etc. (20 winners)

・URL: https://nama.bunka.go.jp/

Shitamachi Museum

・2 invitation tickets + 3 postcards for 20 pairs (20 winners)

・URL: https://www.taitogeibun.net/shitamachi/

Ueno Norenkai

・Invitation tickets for the special exhibition “Tsutaya Juzaburo: A Turbulent Figure in the Content Business” (20 pairs, 20 winners)

・URL: https://uenonorenkai.com/zasshi_ueno.html

[Checkpoint introduction]

roidworksgallery | roidworksgallery

Exhibition title: Astral Projection

Artists: Shunsuke Saiki, Yuka Numata, Keita Motooka

Dates: Saturday, May 17, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025 *Open daily

Business hours: 12:00-19:00 (18:00 on the last day)

Venue: roidworksgallery

〒113-0034 4-6-12 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Yushima High Town B Building 1F

TEL: 03-3812-4712

CREATIVE HUB UENO “es”

Address: 7-1-1 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo (near the Asakusa exit of Ueno Station)

Opening hours: 11:00-19:00 (last entrance 18:45)

Closed on Mondays (or the following day if Monday is a public holiday)

*The venue will be closed from May 9th to 19th due to maintenance.

Exhibition title: Tomohiro Kubota Ogisu solo exhibition “5/?R”

Exhibition Profile

This exhibition reconstructs Kubota Ogisu’s 2017 graduation project, Temporary Discard Catalog, as a practice of public and private collection and value standards, raising questions about how artists’ products are left behind and the ambiguity of their assets and liabilities.

Yamanote Line Museum Ueno Station Park Exit (Introduction of related facilities)

JR Ueno Station Park Gate Access Passageway From the first train to the last train

An exhibition space decorates the walls inside the Ueno Station Park ticket gates, which connect to cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums.

Part of the wall is a space for live painting, so you may be able to see artists painting live when the works are being replaced.

Bazuchika

[Bazchika Exhibition Information]

Exhibition title: FIND IT!!! (Exhibited during Ueno Museum Week 2025)

Date: Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Opening hours 14:00-20:00

Location: Buzzchika 2-10-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005

Shinobaz Brewery Hitsuji Ice Basement

Artist information: Iida Megumi, Madoka Goto, Hasama, Ten Momose, Itsuki Yanagisawa

Room 101

Address: 101 Hanazono Alley, 3-3-9 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo

Exhibition title: “About Trees”

Exhibition Profile

Period: End of April to end of July 2025 *Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Artist Information Shuji Yamamoto

Born in Tokyo in 1979. Graduated from Tama Art University in 2005. With a background as a gardener, he travels around Japan and conducts fieldwork on the theme of “the relationship between nature and humans,” creating a variety of works including two-dimensional works and installations.

Art-Cultivating Town Club Creator Collaboration Digital Art Artist Introduction

■Don’t throw away that ticket stub! Coupon service■

During the event period, you can receive free services by presenting your ticket stub from each museum at the stores listed below. For details on the services, please see the Ueno Museum Week official website.

[Participating stores]

Yoshizushi Ueno Branch

Anmitsu Mihashi

Izuei (eel restaurant)

Hatoya (Women’s clothing)

Tenju (Tempura)

Kaiseki Chinese cuisine Ueno Ikenohata Kogetsu

Western food Kurofunetei

Kameya Issuitei (grilled eel and seasonal dishes)

Yakiniku Taishoen

Sakurai carefully selected western cuisine

Shabu-shabu Potted tree

[How to use]

Present your ticket stub for a cultural facility in Ueno Park

QR codes on smartphones and printed copies at convenience stores and ticket booths are also accepted.

* One ticket per person

* Cannot be used in conjunction with coupon services

■International Museum Day Presents■

[Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum]
Free museum original goods

●Time: May 18th (Sun) 10:00~

●Venue: Entrance Hall of the University Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

● Target: First 50 visitors to the exhibition

■What is International Museum Day? ■

“International Museum Day” is a museum commemoration day established by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in 1977. Commemorative events are held at museums around the world on and around May 18th with the aim of familiarizing many people with museums and raising awareness of the role of museums. Ueno, which is rare even on an international level in terms of the large number of cultural facilities such as museums and art galleries gathered there, holds various commemorative events every year around “International Museum Day” as “Ueno Museum Week”, held by cultural facilities and the Ueno Noren Association.

■Ueno Norenkai■

Ueno, the cloud of flowers, is the representative entertainment district of this part of Edo. It is the source of art and culture of this part of the Meiji period. The Ueno Noren Association is a federation of about 100 famous stores in Ueno. Since its founding in 1959 (Showa 34), it has been publishing the town magazine “Ueno” every month with the aim of rediscovering the cultural traditions of this area. This is the 785th issue (as of May 2025).

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◎Inquiries

Ueno Museum Week Executive Committee Secretariat

TEL 03-3833-8016 FAX 03-3839-2765 (Ueno Norenkai, weekdays 10:00-17:00)