Art Museum Spots in Kanagawa Area

  • Hakone Meissen Antique Museum
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    3.0
    20 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Goura 1320-653
    The Hakone Meissen Antique Museum displays a range of more than 300 pieces of porcelain made from the Meissen kilns with a focus on works from the 18th to the 19th century. Various pieces of work, such as antique tableware and figurines, chandeliers, and mechanical dolls which move when touched, as well as many valuable collections are on display in the museum. The building which used to be the residence of the former Governor of the Bank of Japan, Hisato Ichimada, was moved from Aoyama, Tokyo and rebuilt here in Hakone. In the garden you can find a cafe and foot bath so you can sit back and relax in between appreciating the works of art on display. The nearest stations are Gora Station and Koen-kami Station.

    We live in a hotel very close to this museum. One day, on our way to gora station, we spot this tiny place. My son insisted to go check it out. So we went into it. IT is a very tiny house maybe...

  • Nissan Global Headquarters Gallery
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Nishi-ku Takashima 1-1-1
    This gallery was constructed as part of the Nissan Motor Co. head office in 1-Chome, Takashima, Nishi Ward, Yokohama City. There are vehicle displays, such as Nissan’s commercially-available cars, race cars, historical cars, and concept cars, as well as document exhibits which trace Nissan’s history. Every day they hold a test drive even where you can ride a Nissan car and follow a course set up on the general roads and highways nearby. Additionally, you’ll find a shop that sells all Nissan goods and a cafe.
  • Chigasaki City Museum of Art
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Pref. Chigasakishi Higashikaigankita 1-4-45
    An art museum shrouded in greenery inside Takasuna Ryokuchi Park just an eight-minute walk from JR Chigasaki Station. The museum holds a wide variety of special exhibitions to provide visitors with opportunities to come in contact with all manner of art. In addition to three galleries, the museum also has a studio, book corner, and café overlooking the grounds, providing content and activities for the whole family to enjoy.

    茅ヶ崎市は人口24万人でコンパクトな規模ですが、市で比較的小規模ながら美術館も20年前から運営しているなど文化施設が充実してて、近所の方が羨ましいですね。事情を良く知らず隣の芝は青い的な発想かもしれませんが、年間パスポートで何回でもと言っても、実際には10回以上通うにはかなりの努力が必要かと思います。

  • The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
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    Kanagawa Pref. Miuragunhayamamachi Isshiki 2208-1
    This is an art museum located in Hayama Town, Miura County. This structure, the third one in The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, opened in 2003. Incorporating exhibition spaces with various features such as high ceilings or distinctive lighting, this museum displays various kinds of artworks and exhibits. This museum also has a fully library equipped with a cataloging system and periodicals, a hall and a restaurant, for use at no cost.
  • Hakone Bushi-no-sato Art Museum
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    3.0
    9 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Sengokuhara 817-580
    This is an art museum opposite “Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands” at Sengokuhara, Hakone Town. It houses armor and weapons, Ukiyoe prints, and tea ceremony items from between the Muromachi period to the end of the Edo period, constantly displaying about 300 items. There is also an area where visitors can try on armor and shogunate police (Shinsengumi) clothes.

    建物は小さいが、展示品はそれなりに充実している。 鎧、刀、鉄砲等、戦国時代好きには面白いと思うが館内がとにかく寒かった。 展示品保存状態を保つ為かも知れないが、この時期にはきつい。 自分は家族で行ったが、歴史に興味がない子供には辛い様で、早めに退館する羽目になってしまい残念だった。 浮世絵や百人一首等、女性や子供に興味を持たせる材料はあるのになんか勿体無い施設だ。

  • Yokohama Trick Art Cruise
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Nishi-ku Minatomirai 2-2-1 Yokohama Landmark Plaza 4F
    A trick art museum located on the fourth floor of Landmark Plaza in Yokohama Landmark Tower, a five minute walk from JR Sakuragicho Station. Here you can view trick art such as flat paintings which looking stunningly three dimensional and other artworks which will fool your eyes. Based around the themes of sea travel and adventure, the museum is divided into the departure, exploration, mysterious ship’s bottom, and treasure zones, where you’ll find artwork that can be visually enjoyed and touched, and even exhibits which you can take a photo with.

    Find this on the fourth floor of Yokohama Landmark Tower. Quite small but a lot of fun. Staff were extremely helpful and spoke good English. Stored our shopping and coats and took photos for us...

  • Doll House Museum Hakone
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    Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Ashinoyu 84-55
    This art museum is located along Tokaido Road in Ashinoyu, Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo County. It displays a doll house collection gathered from abroad. Through the six enjoyments of “seeing”, “playing”, “learning”, “building”, “gathering”, and “traveling”, you can discover the charm of doll houses in this facility. In addition to the displays, there is a shop with a rich array of products, and a cafe that hosts workshops.
  • Kamakura City Kaburaki Kiyokata Memorial Art Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yukinoshita 1-5-25
    An art museum located in a quiet residential neighborhood commemorating the modern Nihonga painting master Kiyokata Kaburaki. Kiyokata’s final home, a Japanese-style residence, was remodeled and converted into the museum. The museum is filled with Nihonga paintings depicting everyday life, with a focus on Kiyokata’s specialty of bijinga (paintings of beautiful women).
  • Snowdome Museum
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    Tokyo Setagaya-ku Ikejiri 2-4-5 IID Setagaya Manufacturing 109 rooms in the school
    This is a museum just of snow globes, called 'snowdomes' in Japanese. Historically, the first snow globes were popularized at a Paris Exposition. The museum houses both old and new, western and eastern globes. The museum shop sells snow globes as well. The museum sponsors various activities including off-site workshops. One can order a personalized snow globe, such as for weddings, and special occasions.
  • Yokohama Daisekai Artrick Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 97 Yokohama Great World 4-8th Floor
    This trick art museum is inside Yokohama Daisekai, one of Chinatown’s largest Chinese Theme Parks, located about one minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station. Stretching from the third floor to the top of the building, this facility features displays to exercise your brain, trick the eyes, and display 3D art. There are paintings using optical illusions to trick the eye, like the Flying Carpet or Flying Dragon, the Science Mystery Experience where you can go inside a soap bubble, and Japan’s first Laser Art Theater. You can touch and photograph all the art displays, and there’s enough strangeness to please kids and adults of all ages.
  • Museum Haus Kasuya
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    Kanagawa Yokosuka-shi Hirasaku 7-12-13
    This private art museum is located in a lush, bamboo thicket-enshrouded residential area a 15-minute walk from Kinugasa Station on the JR Yokosuka Line. Dedicated to modern art, the museum's standing exhibitions primarily consist of solo exhibitions featuring modern-day artists; the museum also holds special exhibitions around every two months. In order to popularize modern art, which ordinarily most people don't come in contact with, the museum additionally holds a variety of events, including seminars, tea parties, symposiums, and concerts.
  • Kamakura Kitchoan Museum
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    Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Komachi 2-9-1
    This art museum was opened based on the desire of Minamoto Kitchoan, head of the Kitchoan family, to share with the public his collection of elegant tableware he had collected to serve Japanese confections on. The museum holds several special exhibitions throughout the year, presenting the Japanese crafts and food culture which reflects the charms of the seasons. The museum displays a seasonally-changing and diverse collection of pieces, including tableware by Kitaoji Rosanjin, a noted artist who also worked as a chef; and lacquerware which conveys traditional Japanese culture.
  • Kimura Art Museum
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    Kanagawa Ashigarashimo-gun Yugawara Machi Kajiya 651
    A museum that overlooks Sagami Bay displaying works of art formed by fire like swords and ancient ceramics. The second floor has an exhibit of swords that are national and prefectural Important Cultural Properties, as well as 13 masterpieces by the great swordsmith Masamune. The first and third floors display a total of about 50 pieces of modern and antique ceramics like celadon and Tang Sancai from China, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
  • YCC Yokohama Sozotoshi Ctr
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Honchou 6-50-1
  • Hiratsuka Art Museum
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    4.0
    42 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Hiratsuka-shi Nishi-yawata 1-chome 3-3

    田中武さんの神7みたくて、わたしたちの絵 時代の自画像 開催中に拝見しました。実物が巨大で大満足。13人の作家の選定がバランスとれていると思った。鎌倉殿と同じ人数なのは狙ったのだろうか。徒歩なら平塚駅の西口からが正解だと思う。メインの北口からだと1国で歩道橋使わないと行けないから。

  • Fujisawa Fujisawa Ukiyoe Painting Museum
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    4.5
    15 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Fujisawa-shi Tsujidokandai 2-2-2

    マンホールカードを貰いに行った。簡単なアンケートを書くと、即ゲットできた! せっかくなので中に入ると、江戸時代の双六がいっぱいあり、東海道中五十三次の勉強にもなった。

  • Kita-Kamakura Furu Private House Museum
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Yamanouchi 392-1

    北鎌倉駅から円覚寺に向かって歩いていたらありました。非常に便利なところです。いやでも目につきます。聞いた話では築100年以上の古民家とか。素晴らしいことです。こういう形で古民家を残していけるとは。建築を勉強している人は是非、見学してください。

  • Kanagawa Art Hall
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Hodogaya-ku Hanamidai 4-2

    音響もよく気持ちいいホールですが、アクセスは最寄り駅からバスしかなく、車がない人にはつらいロケーションです。ホール周りに買い物できるお店などもあまりないです。

  • Kitcho Iori Art Museum
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Komachi 2-9-1

    北大路魯山人の展示品がありました。才能の煌めきの数々を見るのはとても楽しいです。小町通りにある源吉兆庵のお店の裏側にありました。来る人はなく一人でゆっくりと優雅な鑑賞でした。

  • Sudo Art Museum
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Odawara-shi Horinouchi 110-2

    地図上の建物は見つかりましたが美術館の看板はなく、他の方が書いているように移転されたものと思います。近所の方にも聞きましたが解らないとの事で残念でした。

Kanagawa Areas

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Kanagawa prefecture acts as an extension of the Tokyo metropolis that spills over into coastal towns, most notably Yokohama city, heavily populated and known for its Chinatown and seaside attractions. Just the right distance for a day trip out of Tokyo, Kanagawa is home to some of Tokyo’s most accessible beaches, including around Kamakura, best known for its Big Buddha. Visitors can also travel a little farther afield for a weekend at Hakone onsen town.

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