Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

MOT sits at the north end of Kiba Park, a long low building by Takahiko Yanagisawa whose entrance is a tall glass hall running down one side, full of daylight and views of the trees. It opened in 1995, took over about 3,000 works from the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno, and now holds about 6,100, collected with postwar Japanese art at the centre. The best-known single piece is probably Roy Lichtenstein's Girl with Hair Ribbon (1965). The collection is shown in rotating MOT Collection displays, three or four a year of 100 to 200 works each, so what is on the walls changes. Check the current shows on the official site before you go. The collection show usually costs about 500 yen for adults; special exhibitions cost more, and their tickets get you into the collection as well. The museum's art library is free and holds about 280,000 items. Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station is a 9-minute walk away, through a neighbourhood of small galleries and coffee roasters. Photography is not allowed in the galleries unless a sign says otherwise.