Nihonbashi · Kanda · Jimbocho / PLACE
Mitsui Memorial Museum
A 7F museum for tea utensils and art, entered through the adjacent tower atrium.
Compare the bowls
The 12 September–23 November 2026 selection of 100 tea bowls lists Shunkan in black Raku, Nue in red Raku and the Shino bowl Unohana-gaki. Admission for this collection exhibition is ¥1,200 for adults or ¥700 for high-school and college students. Compare colour, the rim where a lip would meet the bowl and the curve of its body, rather than memorising names. Consider which you would want to use. After this show ends, check the new theme: membership of the collection does not make these works a permanent display.
WHERE · On foot from here
How far from the station, and which side
North of Mitsukoshimae Station, about 120 m in a straight line from the station point. The position is the official address point and may differ from the entrance. The shaded areas are about 5 and 10 minutes on foot from here.
Read together
Walking bands are computed by FOW on the OpenStreetMap surface street network at 80 m/min and drawn as a smoothed approximate area around the streets reached. They ignore exit positions, station interiors, underground passages, signals, slopes and routes inside buildings — not directions; follow on-site signs.
Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Walking bands: computed by FOW · Station and gate notes: official guidance
Entry starts next door
The galleries are on 7F of Mitsui Main Building; the entrance is in the neighboring Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower’s 1F atrium. Keep those two buildings distinct. Listed hours are 10:00–17:00, last entry 16:30. Check the chosen exhibition for installation closures and admission fees.
A small visit can be enough
Elementary and junior-high pupils enter free. With a child, choose by interest in the exhibition rather than expecting a hands-on programme. If your companions have different interests, a short visit or the tower atrium alone may suit the group. For a free indoor cultural visit, compare Currency Museum.
Read it with
Before you go
Sources · image info
- QR-002-2026-SHOW · independently observed depth materialMitsui Memorial Museum
- GSI address reference: 東京都中央区日本橋室町二丁目１番１号国土地理院
- とある学芸員 / note · とある学芸員とある学芸員 / note
- Yuko｜日々のこと · original visit accountYuko｜日々のこと / note
- 美術手帖 · 三井記念美術館美術手帖
- QR-002-2026-OBJECTS · independently observed depth materialMitsui Memorial Museum exhibit-list PDF
- とある学芸員 · とある学芸員 / note2026-09-13
The account とある学芸員 describes visiting a tea-bowl exhibition at Mitsui Memorial Museum in 2026. Its curatorial background is self-described; the exhibition and photo rules were specific to that visit. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.
- Yuko｜日々のこと · Yuko｜日々のこと / note2026-01-10
Writer Yuko describes visiting Mitsui Memorial Museum alone in 2026. The exhibition belongs to that visit and is not a permanent programme. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.
- 美術手帖編集部 · 美術手帖2024-04-18
Bijutsutecho introduces Mitsui Memorial Museum’s 2024 tea-utensil exhibition in an opening report, with text and photographs credited to 安原真広. That exhibition and its admission prices are historical. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.
