The National Art Center, Tokyo
The National Art Center is a unique and innovative art exhibition facility. Opened in 2007 in Roppongi, Tokyo.
The facility has 47,960 m of floor space on a 30,000 m site with four stories above ground and one below. Access is from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.
The building is made up of seven enormous column-less display rooms, each 2000m², a library, an auditorium, a restaurant, a cafe and a museum shop.
The building is very art nouveau, from the outside and inside, so the building itself it almost part of the exhibit.The place is huge with rooms and rooms full of amazing artwork.
The largest Nitten Exhibition, supported by the Nitten Japan Fine Arts Group, displays a collection of over 12,000 works annually, taking up an area of 10,000m², or more than 5 display ‘blocks.
The building was designed by the world-famous architect Kisho Kurokawa (known for designing the capsule hotel), and the swirling design is part of highlights. The National Art Center Tokyo is open 10-6pm, closed on Tuesdays with late opening on Fridays until 8pm.
