Setagaya-ku

1-2 Kinuta-koen, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

17-minute walk from Yoga Sta. on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line.

10:00-18:00 (no entry after 17:30)

Permanent Collection General: 200 yen
College and High school students: 150 yen
Jr. High school and Elementary school students: 100 yen
Over 65 years old: 100 yen

Setagaya Art Museum
TEL:03-3415-6011
URL:http://www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp/
index_e.html

Monday (If a Monday falls on a public holiday closed on the following day) the New Year period, and during exhibition changes. *Both Permanent Collection and Temporary exhibition may be closed during the exhibition change.

This museum has a beautiful ambience surrounded by the nature of Kinuta Park. Works by Henri Rousseau, the representative naive artist and other artists associated with Setagaya are stored. Temporary exhibitions are held in cooperation with museums around the world. Many courses and classes are held in the facilities, serving as a center of artistic activity for Setagaya residents.

2-5-1 Tsurumaki, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

10-minute walk form Komazawa-Daigaku Sta. on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line.

10:00-18:00

General: 200 yen
College and High school students: 150 yen
Jr. High school and Elementary school students: 100 yen
Over 65 years old and the disabled person: 100 yen

Mukai Junkichi Annex
TEL:03-5450-9581
URL:http://www.mukaijunkichi-annex.jp/
main_j/index.htm(in Japanese)

Monday (If a Monday falls on a public holiday closed on the following day) and New Year period.

The studio of the western-style painter Junkichi Mukai has been remodeled and his lifework of depicting rural Japanese dwellings in oil paintings and drawings are displayed inside. There is also a lushly green yard surrounded by natural forest, and temporary exhibitions are held for every season.

1-10-10 Minami-karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

5-minute walk form Roka-koen Sta. on the Keio Line.

10:00-18:00

Permanent Collection Exhibition
General: 200 yen
College and High school students: 150 yen
Jr. High school and Elementary school students: 100 yen
Over 65 years old and the disabled person: 100 yen

Setagaya Literary Museum
TEL:03-5374-9111
URL:http://www.setabun.or.jp
(in Japanese)

Monday (If a Monday falls on a public holiday closed on the following day) and New Year period

Literature materials with connections to Setagaya are stored in this unique and elegant building completely covered with glass. In addition to permanent exhibitions, many temporary exhibitions are also held. In the sunny Bungaku (Literary) Salon, events such as concerts, readings and film screenings are held.

1-29-18 Setagaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

5-minute walk from Kamimachi Sta. on the Tokyu Setagaya Line or Kamimachi stop by bus.

9:00-17:00

Free

Setagaya Museum of History
TEL:03-3429-4237

Monday, public holiday (If a Monday falls on a public holiday closed on the following Tuesday also) and New Year period.

This is located on the premises of Oba Daikan Yashiki, the residence of the Oba family of the former Hikone clan, which administered Setagaya. Historical materials regarding the local district are collected, preserved, and displayed. Historical materials owned are mainly about Setagaya and include archeological materials such as stone and earthenware artifacts as well as ancient documents, folklore materials, picture maps, photographic materials and books. There are video booths and reading rooms in the facilities where you can learn about the history of Setagaya. Additionally, Oba Daikan Yashiki is designated as a historical site of Tokyo, and the main building and the front gate are designated as nationally important cultural properties.

2-19-1 Okamoto, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

1-minute walk from Minkaen stop from Futako-Tamagawa Sta. on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line.

9:30-16:30

Free

Okamoto Parks Old Farm House Garden
TEL:03-3709-6959

Monday (If a Monday falls on a public holiday closed on the following day) and New Year period (open on Jan.1).

A thatch-roofed farm house and plastered warehouse with white walls stand with the lushly green-covered Kokubunji Cliffs overlooking Maruko River in the background. The old farm house, which was said to be built during the mid-Edo era and remained in Seta, was moved and restored here. Designated as Setagaya ward's first tangible cultural property.