Roppongi Walking Guide — Three Museums on One Stroll

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.

A good order is to start at the [Mori Art Museum](/en/spot/b81281f0-16ad-4396-aaa6-04980749610c) in Roppongi Hills, then move to Tokyo Midtown for the [Suntory Museum of Art](/en/spot/28c60689-35f6-4c69-9b5e-c4800780defc), and finish at [21_21 DESIGN SIGHT](/en/spot/e07515f7-44ba-4da1-a3e1-821c40915fc2) 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.

Mori Art Museum

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.

Suntory Museum of Art

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.

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

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.