Explore sculpture, painting, photography, architecture and installations by 9 artists or artist groups across the museum and shopping streets, tracing the town’s past and present as a family. Museum exhibitions end October 18; exhibitions around town continue through November 8. Check each venue’s hours and closure days.
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Discover Chiki Kikuchi's world through around 150 original illustrations and a giant walk-through picture book made from 30 new, three-metre-high paintings.
Discover the Renaissance through more than 50 Louvre paintings, sculptures and decorative objects. Japanese junior guide and English, Chinese and Korean artwork lists available
Explore art through stories in a child-welcoming museum. Oct 10–12 brings art conversations, museum exploring and picture books; weekdays offer story-themed guides and bingo
Explore print design through 60+ dresses, fabrics, video and installations inside the Art Deco former Prince Asaka Residence. Junior-high age and younger enter free.
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Art-based childcare for ages 4 through grade 6 of elementary school, creating a one-day theater through puppets, pictures, stories, songs and dance. Available only on designated performance dates, supporting guardians’ theatergoing and arts visits.
A family music experience featuring outdoor concerts, sound installations, instrument tryouts, a picture-book area and instrument-making activities for children.
Crafts, bubbles, collaborative art and Charlie Nishimura’s air-cannon science show on four dates only: Oct 3, 4, 10 and 12
Outdoor lawn cinema with food-education quizzes, stargazing and readings. Choose films to suit your child’s interests and comfort level
Contemporary circus combines live music, aerial acrobatics, Cyr wheel and feats on a six-metre structure by the waterfront
An exhibition-linked workshop to make original stamps and create a colorful textile fabric board.
Build a 19th-century phenakistoscope with the museum’s custom kit and drawing materials to discover how sequential images appear to move
Explore a space shaped around what makes you feel comfortable with Studio oowa. Support such as sign language is available as needed. Closed Mondays, except October 12; closed October 13.
A children’s craft activity with Halloween picture-book storytelling and ghost headwear made from plastic bags and paper plates.
With STUDIO pippi, turn empty packaging and retired uniform fabric into dress-up props, exploring self-expression and creative reuse
An open-ended art-making activity using a choice of clay, paint or paper, with guardians joining in. Held only on officially designated Sundays from October 2026 through March 2027.
A cultural experience for elementary and junior high school students, painting a landscape on a large board using public-bath murals as a model.
Discover a design exhibition featuring 19 groups of creators. On October 24–25, children can choose their own books at a children’s bookshop and enjoy picture-book music performances.
A 2-day event across several venues in Minami Aoyama, where children and their parents or guardians can walk between locations and enjoy art, music, crafts, neighborhood walks and nature observation.
The 30th neighborhood performance festival brings acrobatics, mime, roaming acts, music and a handmade market
Work with professional creators on badges, picture books, clay animals and portraits, then bring the creations together into a giant shared town.
A moon-viewing craft activity for children and their parents or guardians, making papier-mâché lanterns by pasting calligraphy paper onto balloons.
A community festival with a food court, parent-child craft classes and more. The comedy workshop for elementary school students and older requires a separate fee and advance contact.
An art workshop for ages 15–24, painting a large mural on the wall of Nakano ZERO West Hall with professional guidance. Both sessions have the same content. Work includes painting at height on scaffolding; wear clothes and shoes that can get dirty.
A Sunday Lab craft activity making Halloween lanterns to display at home using cut-out shapes, stickers and drawings.
Free entry without advance booking, with student booths, crafts, food and performances. Some activities cost extra.
A puppet performance of the Japanese folktale The Monkey and the Crab by the Office Yamaimo theatre company.
Color, cut and layer paper to make a kimono-clad princess, or create a badge with a collection-inspired design or your own drawing. A 15-minute Noh-mask talk explores expressions and emotions.
Explore roughly 60 years of work by Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi and Waki Yamato, with over 800 monochrome and color originals planned. Discover manga as visual art through panels, line and color.
Explore children's films from around the world, age-based programmes, live cinema, workshops and music, including a special screening with live voice acting and orchestra.
Create an original headdress with Vivienne Sato in this Roppongi Art Night special workshop. Participants can join the candy rally and continue on to explore art around the neighborhood.
Discover European comics and children’s-book illustration through a book market, artist talks and signings, plus French and Kita food stalls. The host school welcomes families and the public.
Around 40 photographs, CGI works, sculptures and large interactive installations trace over 30 years of art connecting light, consciousness and new technology, with special cooperation from the Guggenheim Foundation.
Around 60 art programs transform the neighborhood, with a 2026 focus on French performing arts. Families can plan a daytime or early-evening route around each work’s individual opening hours.
Find small moments of theatre through play, costume-making and improvisation, creating a space for children to express themselves. Sign-language interpretation provided.
A music festival featuring a children’s stage, professional performances, instrument tryouts, a Toei Animation coloring workshop and a stamp rally.
Enjoy a curator’s introduction to the special display, parent-child play and storytelling for babies and toddlers in an environment where babies are welcome to cry and move around.
About 35 minutes painting a retired aircraft container and an approximately 80-minute aviation session. A pre-submitted drawing becomes a sticker on a separate operating container; the painted container does not fly.
Feel the resonance beneath a large marimba or try playing with mallets at this participatory mini-concert. Sign-language interpretation provided.
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A large art event with around 6,500 booths, offering diverse creative expression through paintings, crafts and goods, fashion, live music, performances and international food.