The National Art Center

We were walking around and stumbled into the backstreets of Roppongi finding this! We didn’t have much time to linger, but we thought we would go in and just see what it looked like. The interior is so beautiful, very modern with clean lines. The gift shop is in the middle bordered off by shelving. On the other side of the wall is the café, which seemed to be the busiest area of the museum. We walked around and didn’t see any open exhibits. We only saw one gallery on the top floor that was open, and you had to pay general admission to get in. We didn’t have much time so we decided not to go in, and just walked around inside the building to see what exhibits were being featured. For being a huge and national museum, I expected more but it could just be because I am used to the museums in the states (San Francisco, DC, NYC). The employees were very nice, welcoming and accommodating. If we had more time, we would have definitely come back for the exhibit being featured.

Really cool architecture and the visiting exhibition from the Louvre was impressive. When we were there this was the only open museum of the three in Roppongi, so we made the most of it while there. Definitely worth checking out as its a short walk from the other two museums.

World class art museum in Roppongi area!
I come here for the special exhibits. Current one includes over 70 masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris — paintings leading up to and through the Impressionism movement.

Si vous regardez ce musée en face, vous serez charmés par le grand mur vitré de l’extérieur. On peut observer beaucoup de gens prendre des photos de ce bâtiment unique.
A l’intérieur de ce musée, qui nous offre une vue aussi sympathique que l’extérieur, vous pouvez trouver un café très chic, qui vous donne absolument envie d’amener votre copain ou copine.
Malheureusement, j’étais toute seul je né suis pas entrée dans ce café et allée voir directement l’exposition qui avait eu en ce moment; celle de pointillistes.
Les salles d’exposition ont l’air plus vastes que d’autres musées et le nombre des oeuvres qu’on peut contempler est aussi grand, ce qui peut satisfaire beaucoup de visiteurs. Cependant, ce qui est un peu dommage à mon avis, c’est que les salles d’expositions sont banale par rapport à l’édifice elle-​même.

This is one of the biggest and the most famous museums in Roppongi.
It is very convenient because it won’t take more than 5 minutes from Roppongi station. Nogizaka station on the Chiyoda line (Tokyo metro) is much closer to the museum, so if you use Nogizaka station you will be surprised at how close it is.
Also the building is relatively new and beautiful.
My favorite thing is the chairs near the entrance. Once you sit down, you can’t help but enjoy the view of high ceiling.

I went to this museum last October for the exhibition of American Pop Culture with my American and Japanese friends after school. Like the other museum, this closes early so I had to manage my schedule to be here as fast as I could. If you worked at company it might be difficult to have plenty time to go around. But you should ask your boss. It is worth for it.
You can come here with your family, friends and also with your boyfriend or girlfriend. This place must be quiet for other people, so please make sure your little kids would be able to be silent or you would bother others. And sadly you cannot take pistures inside of it. And also you are not allowed to use your mobile.
You can see several kinds of exhibition here depending on when it is. So when you happened to notice you are interested in it, you should come here. You need to check what is going on so that you do not need to be disappointed by saying this is not what you are expected. Different people have different interests in art, so this museum might not be always attract you.
Hey, this is near Roppongi. Why don’t you guys go for a drink at pubs around here after that? I do not recommend you to drink at this museum. It is expensive! Just walk for about 5 minutes and you can get cheaper one.

Hidden in the backstreets of the metropolis is this magnificently curvy glass building. With easy access from Roppongi and Nogizaka stations (with the later slightly closer), it is only of the museums in Tokyo that you can enter for free.
Of course, there are constantly one or two specially selected exhibitions (which are usually high caliber stuff) but there are also shows on the second and third floors which are free of charge.
If you want a break from shopping in Roppongi, this is will be your oasis.