Art galleries in Nagoya

Looking for art in Nagoya, Aichi? There are 21 galleries mapped here. That's 21 galleries mapped around Nagoya. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Ask the gallerist what's on — they're usually delighted someone asked.

This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Nagoya (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include 名古屋市民ギャラリー栄 and rin, plus TO'Sギャラリー. If a gallery's missing from Nagoya's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Nagoya gallery lineup

21 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about art galleries in Nagoya

1 of the 21 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.

The Nagoya gallery walk

Making a day of it in Nagoya? Work this order: 名古屋市民ギャラリー栄, rin, TO'Sギャラリー, 名古屋市役所市民経済局 市民ギャラリー矢田, ぎゃらりい 本業, ギャラリー　わや, 私呟館, and ギャラリー数寄. That's the gallery walk in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 13 more are listed below.

Gallery tips for Nagoya

A few things worth knowing before you work through Nagoya's art galleries:

• Take the long way through at 名古屋市民ギャラリー栄. Galleries reward slow looking. One extra lap always reveals something the first pass missed.
• Many galleries are free at rin. Smaller and artist-run spaces often charge nothing. When in doubt, check the website rather than assuming.
• Photography rules vary. Some galleries welcome photos, others forbid them. Look for the sign at the door rather than guessing.
• Buy the catalogue. Exhibition catalogues are the affordable art book. They sell out after the show closes.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Nagoya — 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 Nagoya can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 21 that's closed, or a great art gallery we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

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 21 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.