Mitsui Memorial Museum

What it is

• Museum exhibiting items from the Mitsui family.
• Opened in 2005 on the 7th floor of the Mitsui Main Building.
• Operated by the Mitsui Bunko Public Interest Foundation.
• Reopened in 2022 after renovations.

What to see

• About 4,000 items in the collection.
• Six National Treasures and 75 Important Cultural Properties.
• Many tea ceremony utensils are on display.
• Maruyama Okyo's 'Snowy Pines' painting.
• The 'Funashi Ogo Bochi', Japan's oldest dated tomb epitaph.
• The Mitsui Main Building is a cultural property.

Getting there

• 7-minute walk from Tokyo Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.