The museum focuses on Japanese-style painting (nihonga) spanning the Edo period to the modern era, with around 1,800 works centred on the Kyoto circle of painters.
Exhibitions are rotated 3 to 4 times per year. The full collection is never displayed at once, so the selection of works on view changes with each new exhibition.
Yes. The café "Bread, Espresso, and the Fukuda Art Museum" is inside the museum and open only to paying visitors. It overlooks the Oi River, Togetsukyo Bridge, and the Arashiyama mountains.
The museum maintains an indoor temperature of 22–25°C to protect the artworks, so visitors are advised to bring a layer of warm clothing. Large bags must be deposited at the front desk cloakroom, and only pencils are permitted for note-taking inside the galleries.
