Tokyo University of the Arts

The University of Arts of Tokyo

The Tokyo audio-guided tour has you discover the campus of the University of Arts of Tokyo, the most prestigious and oldest art school of the country.

Fine Arts and music united

Officially founded in 1949, the university in fact gathers the School of Fine Arts, which dates from 1885, and the School of Music, created in 1879. It has trained great Japanese artists, among whom eminent composers, musicians, painters and architects. It maintains exchange programmes with prestigious institutions of London, Sydney, Chicago, Korea and China. Its museum presents the results of artistic research and works once kept in the university library.

What there is to see

The campus, in the heart of Ueno Park, breathes the creativity and the history of Japanese art. Its museum, accessible a little further down the street, allows one to discover the research and the creations of the establishment. It is an emblematic place for those interested in the training of the great artists of Japan, past and future.

Practical information

The University of Arts of Tokyo is in the district of Ueno Park, in Tokyo. A place of teaching in activity, its spaces cannot all be freely visited; its museum can be visited according to its own hours, liable to vary. The surroundings of the campus can be discovered on the level.

When was the University of Arts of Tokyo founded?

Officially in 1949; it gathers the School of Fine Arts of 1885 and the School of Music of 1879.

What can you see at the University of Arts of Tokyo?

The campus of the most prestigious art school of Japan and its museum, which presents research and works of the establishment.