To discover modern art of Japan, you can visit the Museum located in the special district of Chiyoda. National Museum of modern art also known under the acronym MOMAT (Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo). Exhibition halls and private art library and Gallery of crafts and national cinema center part of it.

First of all, the Museum's renowned collection of modern Japanese art, including works in Western style and in the style of nihonga – Japanese direction, the master of which use traditional themes, techniques, and materials – silk, ink and others.

The Museum of modern art was opened in 1952 on the initiative of the Ministry of education of Japan. The building was designed by the Maekawa Kunio, a pupil of the famous architect Le Corbusier. Later the Museum purchased two of the next room, and he expanded the sizes of their showrooms and stores.

The Museum has about 8,000 Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, including from the collection of the famous collector, politician and businessman Matsukata Kojiro, who in the early twentieth century sought these prints worldwide and collected samples 1925.

By the famous Japanese artist represented here, beginning with the Meiji era – for example, AI-Mitsu ... Hey-q, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, KAGAKU Murakami and others. There are in the collection of the National Museum of paintings of famous painters such as Francis bacon, Marc Chagall, Paul Gauguin, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and many others.

Artisans gallery is a section of the Museum, which appeared in 1977 in a room. Here are collected the items, textiles, ceramics, lacquer Japanese craftsmen but also of craftsmen from all over the world.

A branch of the Museum is also the national film centre, in his collection of 40,000 movies and other materials.