photo by Wiiii · CC BY-SA 3.0
It has no collection of its own: it is the largest exhibition space in Japan, 49,830 m².
The architect Kishō Kurokawa opened it in 2007 with a glass façade that undulates like a sail. It holds no collection of its own (not a single painting belongs to it) and lives entirely on rotating exhibitions, in the largest exhibition space in Japan.
The building is by Kishō Kurokawa.
ℹ️ Free common areas, paid exhibitions; closed on Tuesdays.
🚉 Roppongi · 11 min walk
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Taki's date with Okudera-senpai. The scene is at Salon de Thé Rond, the café suspended at the top of the inverted cone inside the atrium; the undulating glass façade also appears.
Sources: anime-pilgrimage.com · newt.net · ja.wikipedia.org
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