TOP Collection: Tomorrow’s Dining Table

Jul. 2 — Sep. 21, 2026

• Period: Jul. 2 - Sep. 21, 2026
• Closed: Mondays (except when Monday falls on a holiday, in which case the museum is open and closed the following day)
• Admission: Adults ￥700(560)／College Students ￥560(440)／High School Students, Over 65 ￥350(280) *Prices in parenthesis apply to groups of 20 or more. (Reservation is required.) *Free for junior high school students or younger, and holders of Japan’s disability identification cards (shogaisha techo) together with two caregiver. *Those over 65 years old receive free admission on the third Wednesday of every month by presenting proof of age at the ticket counter.

The TOP Collection exhibition series draws on the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s collection of some 39,000 photographs and moving-image works, presenting selections from a different angle each time. The theme for the second installment of the 2026 program is “food.”

Eating sustains the body, and “food” and “life” are inseparable. Photographs viewed through the lens of “food” elicit memories tied to meals and illuminate our connections with others, our current environment, and questions about social issues such as aging and solitary eating. The exhibition unfolds in four sections and features the work of 14 artists: Shimao Shinzo, Hara Mikiko, Noguchi Rika, Ushioda Tokuko, Kawauchi Rinko, Narahara Ikko, Yamada Minoru, Miyamoto Ryuji, Takeya Izuru, Miyazaki Manabu, Tsuchida Hiromi, Narahashi Asako, Iwai Masaru, and Orimoto Tatsumi. We hope the exhibition will be an occasion to reflect on what “eating” means, and what it means to “share our lives with others.”

Shimao Shinzo, A snack / though unsought, the offer will be taken-, from the series Life 1980–85, 1980–85, Gelatine silver print, Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Kawauchi Rinko, from the series Cui Cui, 2005, Single channel video (223 slides), sound, Collection of the Artist

Ushioda Tokuko, Meguro, Tokyo from the series ICE BOX, 1986, Gelatin silver print, Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Yamada Minoru, Holding Hands, Itoman Fishing Port, 1960, Gelatin silver print, Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Miyazaki Manabu, A wild boar family gathers at a heap of discarded watermelons. from the series Animal Apocalypse and Wild Animals Now, 1993–2012, Inkjet print, Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Orimoto Tatsumi, 500 Portuguese Grandmothers Lunch (Video Documentation): Convent of S. Bento de Castris, Evora, Portugal, 2014, Single channel video, color, sound, Private Collection ©ART MAMA FOUNDATION