I didn't know about this museum until my friends recommended it, and I'm so glad she did! It's the perfect place to visit during the hot summer. The exhibits are small but thoughtfully curated and full of interesting information. The explanations are clear and easy to understand for both kids and adults. I was so impressed that I've already recommended it to my friends. The beautiful garden and cozy café are wonderful bonuses that made the visit even more enjoyable. Highly recommended!

I went at the time that the special exhibition is happening. “Rediscovery of Japan Through Foreign Eyes” It was a wonderful experience.

+3

We came with a free stockholder ticket Could be this reason the museum is super packed with queue of people The exhibits were nice but just too crowded

+1

A big museum exhibiting some of the oldest gems from oriental literature. The library room is exquisite. Some of the oldest books from India, and middle east are exhibited with a rich collection of ancient scripts from China and tibet. You can not touch the books but just reading the pages exhibited from far can be enriching. Attached to the museum there is the oriental cafe, which serves delicious gourmet cuisine. But this place is almost always fully booked so it is a good idea to book it beforehand. A perfect place to spend a whole afternoon for book and museum lovers.

+3

The Oriental library or Toyo Bunko is one of the reference libraries that my academic research relies on. Its books complement other book collections in Tokyo. The reading room is relatively small but the readers are usually few and they do often in stock materials that no other libraries in Tokyo have. For example, Science and Civilisation in China, Part 12, Ceramic Technology.