Rainy season ideas: ② visit a gallery

Rainy season is the ideal time to take in some art. The vast majority of art galleries are indoors, so you can get in out of the rain. But its worth mentioning that there are also some really cool outdoor galleries too, such as the Hakone Open Air Museum. It has an indoor section too, so you can dry off between showers!

They call it a museum, which is quite common in Japan, but it is mainly a sculpture gallery. A lot of places call their galleries an art museum in English in Japan. So if you are looking to visit a gallery, its useful to search for both "galleries" and "art museums" to bring up information online.

Galleries, like museums, in Japan often have temporary / traveling exhibitions. For the Tokyo area, there is a website that summarizes what art gallery exhibitions are on in the Greater Tokyo area. You can use it in English or Japanese. (I have no affiliation to this website). However, typically they only have a brief summary of the exhibition, so for more detail you will need to do further research.

Will you visit a gallery this rainy season? Are there any art or sculpture exhibitions that you would recommend?