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Okada Museum of Art is located at Hakone ・Kowakudani. The museum houses a collection of art works from ancient to modern times, mainly from Japan, China, and Korea, with approximately 450 works of art on display at any given time, and displays a wide variety of art works, including hanging scrolls, folding screens, pottery, clay figures, haniwa clay figures, maki-e lacquerware, and Buddhist statues, in a spacious five-story venue. In addition to the art exhibits, the museum also has a restaurant, Kaika-tei, and a 100% spring-fed footbath café. The museum store sells artistic chocolates and other original goods that will leave you with the same impression you had at the museum.

The Azumino Chihiro Art Museum is an art museum that exhibits the works of picture book artist Iwasaki Chihiro and other picture book artists from around the world. Surrounding the museum is the 53,500㎡ Azumino Chihiro Park, which overlooks the Northern Alps, where you can relax and enjoy the seasonal scenery.

The MOA Museum of Art was renovated and reopened in 2017, and was designed by the world-renowned contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. In addition to housing many masterpieces of Japanese and Chinese oriental art, including three national treasures and 67 important cultural properties, the museum also has many other attractions, such as a spectacular view of Sagami Bay, beautiful gardens with cherry blossoms and autumn leaves, and one of the world's largest kaleidoscopes. There are also plenty of cafes and restaurants, so even if you're not interested in art, you can enjoy this museum at your leisure for a whole day.

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa was established with the aim of "creating new culture" and "creating new vitality for the town." At a major turning point in history, the 21st century, there is a need to respond to new urban development. 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa will create new charm and vitality for Kanazawa through the symbiosis of the museum and the town.

MIHO MUSEUM is a collection that was started from the idea of "Making the world beautiful, peaceful and enjoyable through art." The concept of the promenade surrounded by cherry blossoms, which leads to the museum via a tunnel and bridge, was designed by IM Pei, who also designed the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris, and is based on the world of Shangri-La depicted in the Chinese classic Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring."

The Sagawa Art Museum opened in Mar. 1998 in Moriyama, Omi, surrounded by beautiful nature overlooking Lake Biwa, as part of the 40th anniversary project of its founding parent company, Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. The museum exhibits mainly works by Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, sculptor Tadayoshi Sato, and ceramic artists Kichizaemon XV and Raku Chokunyu, and hopes to contribute to the promotion and development of art and culture through various cultural activities. The museum aims to be an art museum open to the local community and the world in search of new encounters.

Fukuda Art Museum opened in Kyoto ・Saga Arashiyama in 2019 Oct. as a new center of Japanese culture, where beautiful nature and Japanese art are fused together. The museum has a collection of approximately 1,500 works, mainly by Japanese painters from the Edo period to the modern era.

Adachi Museum of Art has a collection of about 2,000 pieces, including masterpieces of modern and contemporary Japanese paintings by artists such as Yokoyama Taikan, ceramics by Kitaoji Rosanjin, and calligraphy and paintings. Adachi Museum of Art is also known for the beauty of its Japanese gardens. The founder, Adachi Zenko, loved gardens so much that he collected pine trees and stones from all over the country with his own eyes and feet until his death at the age of 91. The diverse gardens, which cover an area of 165,000 square meters, including a dry landscape garden, offer a variety of expressions throughout the seasons.

Ohara Museum of Art is located in Kurashiki City's Bikan Historical Quarter and was Japan's first museum to exhibit modern Western art, which opened in 1930. You can see a wide range of works, including El Greco's masterpiece "The Annunciation," as well as representative Western art from the Impressionist to contemporary periods, Western paintings by Japanese artists, works by currently active artists, works by artists involved in the Mingei movement, and ancient art from the East, Egypt, and West Asia.

Benesse House Museum opened in Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, as a facility combining an art museum and a hotel, based on the concept of "the symbiosis of nature, architecture, and art." All of the architecture was designed by Tadao Ando, and is designed to blend in with the environment of Setonaikai National Park over time. The museum's collection of artworks and site-specific works created by artists for the location are installed throughout the building, creating a rare place where nature, art, and architecture come together.

Otsuka Museum of Art, located in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, is a "ceramic panel masterpiece museum" with one of the largest permanent exhibition spaces in Japan. Over 1,000 treasured Western masterpieces, from carefully selected ancient murals to modern paintings from over 190 art museums in 26 countries around the world, are reproduced in full size on ceramic panels at the same size as the originals and exhibited. These allow you to truly appreciate the artistic value of the originals, and you can experience art museums from around the world without leaving Japan.

The Tokugawa Art Museum houses over 10,000 pieces of belongings belonging to Tokugawa Ieyasu, including those left behind by his successive generations of lords, including the founder, Yoshinao (Ieyasu's ninth son), and so-called "daimyo tools."
It boasts a wide variety of items, high quality, and good state of preservation, including the national treasure "The Tale of Genji Illustrated Scroll," 9 other national treasures, and 59 important cultural properties. You can immerse yourself in the romance of history through these masterpieces, and you will be impressed again and again no matter how many times you visit.