Tokyo · Updated: 2026-08-07
The area around Roppongi Station has 3 walking spots, ranging from contemporary art to design. All three are within walking distance of the station, split between two hubs: the Roppongi Hills side and the Tokyo Midtown side. Connecting just two addresses — 6-chome Roppongi and 9-chome Akasaka in Minato Ward — gives you three completely different lenses on art in a single day.
This guide covers 3 walking spots; 3 of them are an average 6-minute walk from the nearest station (5–6 min).
Counted from zorozoro listings when this page was generated. Walking minutes are estimates: straight-line distance to the nearest station × 1.3, at 80 m per minute.
A good order is to start at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills, then move to Tokyo Midtown for the Suntory Museum of Art, and finish at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in the garden. Since the Mori Art Museum stays open until late, reversing the route and ending with the night view works just as well.
A contemporary art museum on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, at 6-chome Roppongi, Minato Ward. Its high-rise setting is part of the experience — you can pair the galleries with the observation deck. Because it stays open until late in the evening, it slots naturally into either the start or the finish of a walk.
A museum built on the founding idea of "art in life," located inside Tokyo Midtown. Its collection covers Japanese painting, ceramics, lacquerware and glass, offering a very different sense of time from contemporary art. The address is 9-chome Akasaka, Minato Ward — a separate pocket from the Mori Art Museum, so enjoy the Roppongi streets on the way over.
An exhibition facility devoted entirely to design, set in the garden of Tokyo Midtown. The building itself is a draw: it was designed by Tadao Ando, with Issey Miyake among its directors. It shares the 9-chome Akasaka address with the Suntory Museum of Art, so the two make an efficient pair. Standing in a green garden, it also invites you to keep walking outdoors right after the show.
A small tip: two of the three spots — the Suntory Museum of Art and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT — sit together inside Tokyo Midtown in 9-chome Akasaka. On a short day, do just those two; when you have the legs for it, stretch on to the Mori Art Museum at Roppongi Hills. That flexibility is what makes a Roppongi walk easy to plan.