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Bunka Gakuen
camera made by Pentax.
The hands-on displays
allow visitors to try out
everything. The forum's
goal to “improve the
photographic culture”
involves new angles on
the art of photography
through events, lec-
tures, and demons-
trations of photo
techniques in their
Open Studio.
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Map A3
• Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg, 1F,
1-25-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku • 3348-
2941 • Open 10:30am-6:30pm
Costume Museum
This museum is a part
of Bunka Women's
University, an elite
fashion design school.
The historical collec-
tion, a fraction of
which can be shown at
a time, ranges from a
Heian-era 12-layered
kimono to costumes
worn by Noh actors.
More modern designs
include the Japanese take on
the Swinging Sixties. Scrolls
and other illustrations show
the types of clothing worn by
Japanese people through the
ages.
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Map A4 • 3-22-7 Yoyogi,
Shibuya-ku • 3299-2387 • Open 10am-
4:30pm Mon-Sat • Adm
Pentax Forum, Mitsui Building
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NTT InterCommunication
Center
Part of the Tokyo Opera City
office and culture complex, the
center holds exhibitions that
show the link between tech-
nology and creativity. Run by the
telecom giant NTT, the perma-
nent and temporary installations,
video art, and interactive displays
explore this connection between
art, media design, and the latest
techno wizardry. The excellent
video library includes the work of
cutting-edge artists, including
Laurie Anderson and Nam June
Paik.
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Map A4 • Tokyo Opera City
Tower, 4F, 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku • 0120-
144-199 • Open 10am-6pm
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Sompo Japan
Museum of Art
This museum showcases the
works of Togo Seiji (1897-1980),
an artist whose images, mainly
of women, hover between Art
Deco, Cubism, and Japanese
animation figures. There are
also a number of paintings by
European artists such as Gauguin
and Cezanne. The insurance
company that owns the building
made news in the 1980s bubble
economy years when it bought
Van Gogh's
Sunflowers
for an
unheard-of ¥5 billion.
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Map A3
• Sompo Japan Bldg, 42F, 1-26-1 Nishi-
Shinjuku • 5405-8686 • Open 10am-6pm
Tue-Sun • Adm • www.sompo-japan.co.
jp/museum
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Pentax Forum
This photo gallery, camera
museum, and service center
is located in the Mitsui Building.
Besides the exhibitions of world-
class photography and displays
by gifted amateurs, there is
a collection of almost every
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