Memorial Hall Spots in Yuki / Chikusei Area

  • Hazan Itaya Memorial Hall
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    Ibaraki Pref. Chikuseishi Kou 866-1
    A memorial museum located north of the Shimodate Museum of Art a 10-minute walk from Shimodate Station. The museum presents the life and works of Itaya Hazan, a ceramics artist born in Ibaraki Prefecture who was the first potter to ever be awarded the Order of Culture. Born in Shimodate, Hazan's childhood home is also preserved on the grounds of the museum. Hazan's round down-draft kiln, fed by furnaces on three sides and actually used in his studio in Tabata, Tokyo, has also been relocated to the museum, and visitors can see how Hazan worked and the tools he used. In addition, the museum holds special exhibitions and other events.

    板谷波山氏は大正〜昭和にご活躍の陶芸家。東京の住居作業場が空襲にあって、ここ下館が生地ということで疎開されて窯を開いて制作を続けられた、その旧宅が記念館として解放されています(入館は有料)。作家の作品のいくつかも展示されています。とても上品な器が見られます。

  • Takami Senseki Memorial Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Ibaraki Koga-shi Chuocho 3-11-2
    A memorial hall in Chuo-cho3 Chome, Koga City. Takami Senseki was a scholar of Dutch studies who spent his final years in the Koga Domain. The samurai residence he lived in has been opened to the public as the memorial museum. A rare non-Japanese maple tree in the garden has been designated a city Natural Monument.
  • Yokoseyaukinenshitu
    Travel / Tourism
    Ibaraki Pref. Shimotsumashi Nagatsuka B 70-3

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Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.

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