Ota Memorial Museum of Art

Despite its diminutive size, this museum has quite a collection of ukiyo-e woodblock paintings. In fact, it’s so compact you don’t need to worry about budgeting lots of time, like you’d need for a larger Tokyo museum. The location is near a few popular sites in Harajuku, so it isn’t hard to take a short detour. The work they have on exhibition changes on a nearly monthly basis. Summer often brings exhibitions of ghosts and other spectres, which is very interesting. The curator offers free commentary on each exhibition as well.