Mori Art Museum

The best way to check out the scenic gorgeousness that is the top floors views of the Mori Tower in Roppongi is to purchase a ticket to one of the interesting and topical museum exhibits. That’s how hubby and I enjoyed a picturesque and relaxing afternoon reminiscing about the Sailor Moon fuelled frivolity of my youth and enjoying the amazing 52^nd floor.
A quick note on the exhibit itself, though I’m aware it’s temporary. I thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful way they presented the various art, merchandise and vibe of one of my favourite childhood animes. There was a lack of English signage but this is to be expected and did nothing to detract from the overall experience.
Of particular note and well worth the visit, whether a Sailor Moon fan or not, was the Chibiusa pop up café. It’s particularly interesting that all the themed food on offer is sourced from the kitchen of the far more pricey Sun & Moon restaurant next door. It may look you’re typical themed food — all glitz and glamour with no real substance — but the curry, spaghetti and deserts shared by myself and hubby were to die for and very reasonably priced considering the effort put into brilliant menu design. The other markedly attractive feature about the meal was that we were fortunate enough to snap up a window table, complete with gorgeous panoramic views of the Tokyo skyline at sunset. A view you’d pay an arm and a leg for at any other place purchased with simple good luck and a museum ticket.
Whilst enjoying the exhibit we also had access to a break taking 360 degree view of the Tokyo skyline at night. It’s a truly spectacular sight and one that we’ll cherish for many years to come. You can pay for the view by itself but it’s far better value to combine it with an exhibit (as museum entry and sights are included in the exhibit price).
For 1800 yen I found the Sailor Moon exhibit, along with attached sights, sounds and flavours, to be one of the best value attractions I’ve visiting to date in Tokyo. If there’s an exhibit on that tickles your fancy I would thoroughly and adamantly recommend a visit to this Roppongi staple.

The Mori is all about contemporary art and so the art is going to be a bit… different. The highlight here is the Sky Deck, but let’s look at the art first.
The museum is on the 52^nd floor of this massive tower, so it’s a brief elevator ride to the top where you’ll be welcomed by the friendly staff and sold a ticket to the exhibit. Interactive and modern art, such as the room that was a collection of buttons (yes, like from clothes) that visitors were encouraged to toss one at a time with the intent of getting it to land on a small platform. «Winners» were immortalized on a nearby list. A small flight of stairs that apparently has something to do with «a love story involving a man and a woman set in Hiroshima.» Like many modern art exhibits, the display was beyond my comprehension.
After scratching my head at a few of those, I made my way to the Sky Deck. From the 53^rd floor of a tall building, you don’t get a much better view of Japan than this. Many of the windows around this level of the building are clear for looking out of, so you can get a pretty good look all around the city. It was an overcast day for my visit, unfortunately, though I could still see as far as Haneda airport.
Well worth the admission price unless the weather is truly bad and visibility is very low.

Beautiful museum. Line a little long but worth it. You go up to 53^rd floor and get a great view of Tokyo before entering the exhibition. Loved the space. Murakami exhibition was wonderful.

I only did the «Art of Gundam» exhibit — it was a blast.
This review will be for the experience on this exhibit as I only toured this specific one.
It was very interesting to see the history of the Gundam and how far back it went. The art, the animé, the models and gunpla was so fun and exciting to look at.
There were many rooms with art and in chronological order, at the end, they showcase the newer gundams and end with an exclusive store. I ended up picking up an exclusive Art of Gundam RX7 model and was fairly cheap at 1200 yen.
Take the time to appreciate some of the great art and scenes that has gone to make one of the best robot mech animé to be created!

I came here on a whim whilst visiting Tokyo because I wanted to see the best view of the Tokyo Tower lit up at night. I had some time to kill while waiting for the sun to set, so visited the Dinh Q. Le exhibit. Given that the exhibit was focused on the Vietnam war, it was quite depressing, but still very well done. The space is great and the café has excellent views of the Tokyo Tower, as promised!

Visited the museum on two different occasions with completely polarizing experience. The first visit was in 2009 for an Ai Weiwei exhibit. That was great — it was an evening visit coupled with a stop at the sky deck for some wonderful cityscapes with all the lights. Tickets were easily purchased with no wait. Once you got in, plenty of room to strut around and look at the art pieces.
The most recent visit was for Tim Burton’s exhibit in December 2014. It was jam packed with poor line management. Feels like a Disneyland ride with lots of waiting followed by more lines and waiting. The worst is once you get into exhibit, it was elbow to elbow with people, barely any space to move. Being crammed in like a box of sardines is definitely not the way to appreciate any kind of artworks. What should have been done was a time slotted system where people can purchase tickets in advance but asked to come back at specific slots for more popular exhibits.

Really good museum; I had fairly low expecatations, but was suprised at the quality of the exhibits, and the spaciousness. If you like contemporary art, this is definitely worth seeking out. The neighborhood isn’t too exciting during the day, but the Mori and the adjacent environs (a cool design shop is located downstairs).

After admiring the views atop Mori Tower, we were pleased to find out that our ticket included admission to the Mori Art Museum. When we went we saw the Lee Mingwei exhibit, which is interesting for adults and kids alike. It’s a really extensive exhibit spanning multiple rooms — by the end we were rushing through a bit because we had to get going but you could definitely spend a couple hours just lingering. I liked how interactive many of them were, though the themes were a bit obvious.
Besides the exhibit itself, the space is super clean, super quiet, and very tranquil. There isn’t much staff around to speak of, which surprised me. At all the museums I go to in the US, there’s always a cranky guard standing around to tell you to move back or not touch things. I guess in Japan those things go without saying!

The exhibits change every now and then. Some are interesting, some are not. The sky deck and the museum come in a package, so if you do go, take advantage of it.

Bottom line at the top: must visit in Tokyo! The exhibits are a perfect balance between international and Japanese art and the views from the sky deck are gorgeous.
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I visited the museum several times in 2011 as I was interning in the building (you get a small Mori employee discount) and all of the exhibitions were exceptional. Great mix of multimedia art, children’s exhibits, and they mix it out at a good pace so that you’ll come back multiple times.
If you’re going to visit for the sky deck I’d highly recommend coming mid-​morning, otherwise it can start to get super crowded with visitors.

Mori art museum is one of the best contemporary art museum in Tokyo. And also the highest museum in the world!
Mori art museum is not a big one, located in Roppongi hills 52^th floor, mainly exhibits contemporary art. Recently I visited Mori for the exhibition of Andy Warhol, 15 minutes eternal. The exhibition was great, not only because of Warhol’s great famous paintings and even customized car, but also Mori always presents these masterpiece in a modern and refreshing display. Again, Mori art meseum is not a big one, but big enough to host a good theme contemporary exhibition, while small enough to stroll around, even back and forth.
If you’ll stay in Tokyo more than one year and love contemporary art, you may want to check out their annual pass ‘Mori art museum and Tokyo city view passport’ which costs 5250 yen. This pass grants you the annual access to sky deck area too.

Il semble que ce musée est digne du quartier chic où il se trouve: Roppongi. Il est vraiment splendide pour moi car comme il est situé au 53e étage du bâtiment, on peut contempler la vue magnifique de Tokyo. Moi, j’y ai été pendant la journée, mais je suis sûre que l’on pourrait avoir une vue plus belle le soir, ce qui est possible grâce à l’heure de fermeture tardive de ce musée.
Les expositions qui ont lieu là-​bas sont souvent originales et intéressant car elles nous donne des occasions de découvrir des œuvres des artistes pas trop connus au Japon. Vous pouvez avoir de belles rencontres avec des œuvres qui vous donne une nouvelle impression.

C’est un des espaces des arts dans la tour de Ropphonghi Hills.
Pour y aller il faut monter jusqu’au 53e étage (biensûr il y a des ascenseurs).
Ce qui se distingue des autres musée classiques, c’est qu’il expose toujours les oeuvres d’avant-garde ou bien les collections contemporaines. Par exemple, Yayoi Kusama a fait sa rétrospective ici il ya quelques années, sinon maintenant la collection des oeuveres de Andy Warhol est venue depuis aux États-​Unis.
Comme cet espace qui localise au milieu du contre ville et qu’il y a toujours de monde, je n’y viens que le soir dans la seimane, mais là, on voit pas mal des visiteurs.
Pour les amateurs des arts contemporains, et si vous êtes sur Tokyo, il né faut pas manquer d’aller. Mais sinon, c’est aussi un bon endroit pour le rdv en couple.
En fait, le ticket compremd le tarif pour aller au pont de vue depuis au 53 étage.
Après avoir goûté les arts de pointe, pourquoi pas vous reposer sur la chaise avec le panorama nocturne tokyoïte?

Roppongi is famous for museums and this is one of the biggest and the most famous museums in Roppongi. It is located near the station. This museum shows mainly contemporary art. If you want to enjoy other aspects of Roppongi, you may want to get out of this big building.
Near the building there is a big piece of art that looks like a spider. From the entrance you can see Tokyo Tower.