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Message from the President

The Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture plays a role in the cultural administration of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and works to further promote art and culture in Tokyo and to pass on the history and culture of Edo-Tokyo by promoting art and culture and improving its infrastructure.

Specifically, through projects run by Arts Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery Tokyo Arts and Space Tokyo, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Arts Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Space Residency, Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Tokyo Bunka Arts Council Tokyo (CCBT), we preserve and utilize artworks and materials, provide opportunities to view art, promote music and performing arts, develop human resources and spread education, and establish and disseminate the infrastructure for arts and culture.

Based on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's measures to realize a city full of cultural attractions, we will continue to work with not only Tokyo residents but also many artists, cultural figures and companies to make the Foundation's projects and facilities available to as many people as possible.

Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Chairman Masashi Tsutsumi