Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Okazaki, Kyoto
- Tue to Sun
- 10:00 to 18:00
- Mon
- Closed
Last entry 17:30, though some exhibitions set their own. Open on Mondays that are public holidays. Closed 28 December to 2 January.
Source: kyotocity-kyocera.museum, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Kyoto's city art museum opened in 1933, and its main building is the oldest public art museum building still standing in Japan. A 2020 renovation tucked a glass-fronted entrance under the front plaza and added Higashiyama Cube, a wing for contemporary shows, while the Collection Room shows Kyoto school painting.
Insider tip
The Collection Room is ¥730, and special exhibitions are priced on their own. Some shows need a timed ticket booked ahead. Walk straight through the old central hall to the east entrance and the Japanese garden facing the Higashiyama hills.
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What's on at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Upcoming events at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Matsunobe Soshi: Wall
松延総司：壁
Time 10:00 to 18:00, closed Mondays unless a holiday Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
Matsunobe Soshi shows installations and drawings built from everyday motifs such as wallpaper and rubber bands, in the museum's free contemporary space The Triangle.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Yamaga Seika: Textile Artist of Soaring Imagination
特別展 生誕140年記念 染織家 山鹿清華 宙翔ぶイマジネーション
Time 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30) Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
The first retrospective in 40 years of Yamaga Seika, who designed, chose the thread and wove his own tapestries, from Gion Matsuri float hangings to wall pieces showing locomotives, rockets and Tokyo Tower. It's closed on Mondays unless they're holidays.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Zen and Ghibli
「禅とジブリ」京都展
Time 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30) Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
Built on producer Suzuki Toshio's book of conversations with Zen monks, this hands-on show looks at Ghibli films through a Zen eye, set in the world of Miyazaki Hayao's The Boy and the Heron. It's closed on Mondays unless they're holidays, and numbered entry tickets may be handed out when it's crowded.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 KYOCERA Museum Collection Room Autumn: Museum Story, The Birth Cry of the City Museum
［2026秋期］コレクションルーム 特集「美術館物語 市美の産声」
Time 10:00 to 18:00, last entry 17:30, closed Mondays except public holidays Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 10 min walk
A collection room feature at the museum.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Royal Blue Peace Light-up at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
平和文化月間 京都市京セラ美術館ライトアップ
Time 17:30 to 22:00 Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 10 min walk
For Peace Culture Month the building is lit royal blue, the colour of the UN goal on peace and justice, in the evening.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Smaller local events nearby
Kyoto University Museums Feature 7: Universities Are Treasure Boxes Exhibition
24 Oct to 20 Dec · Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design, Square, Okazaki
A joint exhibition marking the 15th anniversary of the Kyoto university museum partnership, held in the Square gallery at the Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design.
Map · Source: Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts · 京都・大学ミュージアム連携15周年記念 合同展 京都の大学ミュージアム特集7「大学は宝箱 - てわざ大集合 - 」
Coffee and Tableware 6th: Spin-off, Plates Take the Lead Exhibition
On now, until 30 Oct · Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design, MOCAD Gallery, Okazaki
A tableware exhibition in the MOCAD Gallery of the Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design.
Map · Source: Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts · 「珈琲とうつわ」6th ～スピンオフ お皿が主役！～
Nearby
Around Okazaki
Art museums, Meiji gardens and Nanzen-ji along the Lake Biwa Canal
Okazaki is Kyoto's museum quarter. Two art museums sit either side of the approach to Heian Shrine, by its giant torii, and the zoo, a crafts museum and ROHM Theatre Kyoto are a few minutes away round Okazaki Park. Follow the Lake Biwa Canal east and you're at Nanzen-ji, with Eikan-do and Murin-an a short walk from its gate.
Okazaki has 27 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 9 shrines and temples, 6 museums, 4 restaurants, 2 cafes, 2 shops, 2 landmarks and 2 parks and gardens. Read the Okazaki guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art?
- 124 Okazaki Enshojicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市左京区岡崎円勝寺町124).
- What are the opening hours of Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art?
- Tue to Sun 10:00 to 18:00; Closed Mon. Last entry 17:30, though some exhibitions set their own. Open on Mondays that are public holidays. Closed 28 December to 2 January.
- How do I get to Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art?
- The nearest station is Higashiyama (Tozai Line). Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art is in Okazaki, Kyoto.
- How much does Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art cost?
- Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art?
- Rainy afternoons.
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