Setagaya Art Museum

Set within a large park in a leafy residential ward, this municipal museum combines a permanent collection strong in naive and outsider art, modern Japanese painting, and works by artists connected to the local area with an ambitious program of temporary exhibitions. Its low, light-filled building of exposed concrete and glass, designed to blend into the surrounding greenery, opens onto lawns dotted with sculpture. The parkland setting, with sports grounds and walking paths, makes it a relaxed cultural destination for an afternoon.