YAYOI KUSAMA Museum

Art museum · Shinjuku

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10 Best Museums in Tokyo | Condé Nast Traveler

"Book well in advance if you want to snag a 90-minute time slot to the world’s only museum dedicated to the fabulously eccentric Yayoi Kusama. The avant-garde provocateur has been turning heads since the 1960s, but recent years she has transformed into an internet phenomenon and one of the most influential artists in Japan. Located near her studio in Shinjuku, the museum is one of Tokyo’s hottest openings of the last few years. Only 200 lucky visitors make it in daily, which keeps the Instragram influencers from crowding works like the mirrored “Infinity Room.” While the museum doesn’t have much floor space to work with, the architects have made sure that every corner of it is photogenic; even the elevators beg for selfies. Ride one up to the fifth floor to find another flamboyant, glittering gourd up on the roof by the reading room. In addition to her larger-scale works, the museum displays paintings and all sorts of other polka dots, and special exhibitions change twice a year." - Diana Hubbell

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-museums-in-tokyo

107 Bentencho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 162-0851, Japan Get directions

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