The National Museum of Art, Osaka: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

The National Museum of Art (国立国際美術館, Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan) is a subterranean Japanese art museum located on the island of Nakanoshima, located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, about 5 minutes west of Higobashi Station in central Osaka.The official Japanese title of the museum translates as the "National Museum of International Art".