Japan Society

great place to go learn more about culture, see exhibitions, and enjoy the space in general. until jan 2026, an installation exhibit by chiharu shiota is on—such a wonderful and inspiring experience!

I was very interested in visiting this museum since I enjoy Japanese culture a lot, and indeed I had a good time here but I must point out the exhibition is very small and it was just one floor and one artist. They also have a movie 🎥🍿 festival at the moment, unfortunately I didn't know before visiting the museum and I didn't have enough time for the movie. They were selling Japanese 🍙 food at this event and it looked very tasty and interesting. Again, there was a long line so I couldn't taste the food.

Always a peaceful and pleasant place with high quality choices of shows from Japan which tend to be collaborations with Western artist or institutions. I’d love to see more purely Japanese works or collaborations with African, Asian or The Americas. Last visit was to see works by Female Japanese performance artist. Good.

Absolutely loved this place. The attending staff were so gracious. I didn’t have a mask on hand and they found one for myself and my friend. At my visit they requieres masks and proof of vaccination. Indoors they ambience was very mellow and serene. They have a small waterfall that I could just stare at all day. Their architecture works well and I feel I’m not in NYC when I’m here. I visited to see an exhibition by kazuko miyamoto, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The exhibition was broken into 3 small rooms but I felt completely enthralled and submerged into it. I spent about an hour here. The bathrooms were one of the most cleanest in the city. They were heated and had a bidet option which as a traveler I found so amusing.

I had a great experience here. i went to an event they were doing and it was ran very well. Everything was clean and pretty, i have no complaints!

While the exhibition itself wasn't very good. The place is nice and can be easily navigated through. Even in the winter when most people keep their coats on, you can walk around comfortably. Good acoustics as well.

I love this place. There are always fantastic events to go to here, and they offer language courses as well. Courses are offered in all possible levels for the Japanese language, so that's really great. Additionally, the people who work there are really nice. Talking to them will make you want to buy a membership, haha! I highly recommend going here and checking out some of their events and taking a few brochures on programs they offer.