Art galleries in Kyoto
Kyoto, Kyoto has 53 art galleries on the map. That's 53 galleries mapped around Kyoto. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Many are free to enter, so the only cost of a gallery afternoon is your time.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Kyoto (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include 北村美術館 and ギャラリー・陶房 みやした, plus AMMON KYOTO. If a gallery's missing from Kyoto's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Kyoto gallery lineup
53 mapped within about 40 km:
北村美術館
Art gallery
北村美術館 — Art gallery.
ギャラリー・陶房 みやした
Art gallery
ギャラリー・陶房 みやした is Art gallery.
AMMON KYOTO
Art galleryRun by 合同会社ウチゴ
AMMON KYOTO is Art gallery run by 合同会社ウチゴ. AMMON KYOTO also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-19:00.
京都市, 604-8004
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-19:00
京セラギャラリー
Art gallery
京セラギャラリー is Art gallery. 京セラギャラリー also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Shop & Gallery 空蜜
Art gallery
Shop & Gallery 空蜜 is Art gallery.
ギャラリー 新双洞
Art gallery
ギャラリー 新双洞 — Art gallery.
南山田市民ギャラリー
Art gallery
南山田市民ギャラリー — Art gallery.
HANE
Art gallery
HANE is Art gallery.
尾崎珈琲
Art gallery
尾崎珈琲 is Art gallery.
画廊ル・パルク
Art gallery
画廊ル・パルク — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about 画廊ル・パルク: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +81 6 6387 9499
nowaki
Art gallery
nowaki — Art gallery.
KYOTO27
Art gallery
KYOTO27 — Art gallery.
ギャラリーたんとん
Art gallery
ギャラリーたんとん — Art gallery.
アトリエSHOPりんごさん
Art gallery
アトリエSHOPりんごさん — Art gallery.
からころ
Art gallery
からころ is Art gallery.
せんりまちかどギャラリー
Art gallery
せんりまちかどギャラリー is Art gallery.
おがたま
Art gallery
おがたま is Art gallery.
Gallery 素 moto
Art gallery
Gallery 素 moto is Art gallery.
GULI GULI gallery
Art gallery
GULI GULI gallery — Art gallery.
童心彫房
Art gallery
童心彫房 is Art gallery.
古都奈良かんざし美術館
Art gallery
古都奈良かんざし美術館 is Art gallery. 古都奈良かんざし美術館 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su,PH 15:00-22:00.
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 15:00-22:00
松本松栄堂
Art gallery
松本松栄堂 is Art gallery.
京都芸大美術ギャラリー＠KCUA（アクア）
Art galleryRun by 公立大学法人京都市立芸術大学
Run by 公立大学法人京都市立芸術大学, 京都芸大美術ギャラリー＠KCUA（アクア） is Art gallery. Also worth knowing about 京都芸大美術ギャラリー＠KCUA（アクア）: it has a website with more detail.
京都市, 600-8601
ヴィラ九条山
Art gallery
ヴィラ九条山 is Art gallery.
梅軒画廊
Art gallery
梅軒画廊 is Art gallery.
梅軒画廊
Art gallery
梅軒画廊 is Art gallery.
Kyoto Gion Matsuri Festival Gallery
Art gallery
Kyoto Gion Matsuri Festival Gallery — Art gallery.
Art Gallery & Rental Space be-kyoto
Art galleryRun by 株式会社ステーション
Art Gallery & Rental Space be-kyoto is Art gallery run by 株式会社ステーション. Art Gallery & Rental Space be-kyoto also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +81 75 417 1315
Ezoshi
Art gallery
Ezoshi is Art gallery.
聴雲古美術館
Art gallery
聴雲古美術館 is Art gallery.
ぽんぬふ
Art gallery
ぽんぬふ — Art gallery.
胡径庵
Art gallery
胡径庵 is Art gallery. 胡径庵 also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
両足院
Art gallery
両足院 is Art gallery.
PURPLE
Art gallery
PURPLE — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about PURPLE: the map lists its hours as We-Su 13:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: We-Su 13:00-19:00
ギャラリー花だより
Art gallery
ギャラリー花だより — Art gallery.
承天閣美術館
Art gallery
承天閣美術館 — Art gallery.
大雲 書庫
Art gallery
大雲 書庫 is Art gallery.
ギャルリーためなが
Art gallery
ギャルリーためなが is Art gallery.
GALLERY SUZUKI
Art gallery
GALLERY SUZUKI — Art gallery.
ボーダレス・アートミュージアムNO-MA
Art gallery
ボーダレス・アートミュージアムNO-MA is Art gallery. ボーダレス・アートミュージアムNO-MA also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: 11:00-17:00
ギャラリー和楽
Art gallery
ギャラリー和楽 is Art gallery.
ogama
Art gallery
ogama is Art gallery.
Ogama
Art gallery
Ogama — Art gallery.
ギャラリー唐橋
Art gallery
ギャラリー唐橋 is Art gallery.
ギャラリーラグドール
Art gallery
ギャラリーラグドール — Art gallery.
ギャラリー唯一無二
Art gallery
ギャラリー唯一無二 — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about ギャラリー唯一無二: it has a website with more detail.
いさお画廊
Art gallery
いさお画廊 is Art gallery.
奈良市
The Kura Monzen Gallery
Art galleryRun by Robert Mangold
The Kura Monzen Gallery is Art gallery run by Robert Mangold. The Kura Monzen Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +819019068713
Atelier Little
Art gallery
Atelier Little is Art gallery.
寛山美術館
Art gallery
寛山美術館 is Art gallery.
展示場
Art gallery
展示場 — Art gallery.
美術館別館
Art gallery
美術館別館 is Art gallery.
滋賀県立美術館
Art gallery
滋賀県立美術館 — Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Kyoto
4 of the 53 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
9 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
9 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Kyoto gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: 北村美術館, ギャラリー・陶房 みやした, AMMON KYOTO, 京セラギャラリー, Shop & Gallery 空蜜, ギャラリー 新双洞, 南山田市民ギャラリー, and HANE. That's 53 stops on the Kyoto gallery walk. 45 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Kyoto
Gallery-going in Kyoto? A few habits help:
- Look at the building too at 北村美術館. Galleries often live in the most interesting architecture in town — converted warehouses, old banks, heritage houses.
- The café is part of the visit at ギャラリー・陶房 みやした. If the gallery has a café, use it. Lingering over coffee after the show is half the experience.
- Don't skip the project room. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Check the exhibition schedule first. A gallery is only as good as its current show. Two minutes on the website saves a wasted trip between exhibitions.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Kyoto — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Kyoto can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 53, or a art gallery we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 53 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Art gallery listings for Kyoto: 53 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.