Culture / Tour Spots in Kurobe / Asahi Area

  • Serene Museum
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    3.5
    21 Reviews
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    Toyama Kurobe-shi Unazuki Onsen 6-3
    The art museum is found in a facility opened in opened in 1993 Unazuki Onsen, the gateway to Kurobe gorge. They commissioned works from seven representatives of Japan's modern Nihonga art world, and now with passionate cooperation from these artists there are 27 works based around Kurobe Gorge, a topic not handled before this museum opened. There are also 34 sketches and drafts on display as well. Some part of the permanent exhibit is rotated regularly.

    黒部宇奈月温泉駅の前にできたプチ美術館ですね。「黒部峡谷の大自然を絵画芸術を通して未来へ伝える」ことを基本理念として趣旨に賛同した平山郁夫はじめ7名の日本画家が美術館と協力して作品の創作に取り組んでおり素晴らしい作品が集合しています。一見の価値ありですね。

  • Kurobe Yoshida Science Museum
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
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    Toyama Kurobe-shi Yoshida 574-1
    A science museum in Yoshida, Kurobe. They have a planetarium dome in its center, entrance hall, experiment classrooms, and exhibition rooms alongside their permanent exhibits and temporary exhibits. The planetarium shows educations programs as well as holding special shows for adults.

    住宅街の一角に忽然と現れる科学館。無料で見られるスペースはスタッフの皆さんの手作り感あふれる展示物でいっぱいです。有料のプラネタリウムは、生解説ではなく最初から最後まで収録済のプログラムをみましたが、混んでいないうえに、床にゴロンと寝そべって見上げる事ができる一角も設けられているのが白眉。

  • Kurobe City Art Museum
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Toyama Kurobe-shi Horikiri 1035
    This nature-embraced museum opened in 1994. One of its major draws is the lovely view of the Tateyama mountain range it offers. It collects and exhibits works by locally connected artists, as well as pieces in Japan's modern painting mainstream. The exhibitions change 4-6 times a year, focused around special exhibits.

    立山連峰を楽しみながら美術に触れることができました。 郷土作家の作品やコレクションなどを楽しくことができました。 周りも自然いっぱいです!!

  • Ippuku Museum of Art
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Toyama Shimoniikawa-gun Asahimachi Fudodo 6
    This museum, opened in 1983, specializes in antique art, a rarity in the Hokuriku region. The building is built in harmony with the surrounding rural landscape and the Northern Japan Alps mountain range in the background, and stands out for the beautiful garden surrounding it. The collection is divided by theme across two floors, and offers up scrolls, carvings, handicrafts from Japanese and Western antique traditions, all collected by Masaji Aoyagi, the founder of venerable blowfish restaurant Futomasa.

    朝日町の田んぼだらけのひなびた場所にたつ非常に立派な美術館です。大阪の河豚屋で財を成したという創立のエピソードもいいですし、何といっても仁清のコレクションが素晴らしいです。

  • Furusato Museum of Art
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    Toyama Shimoniikawa-gun Asahimachi Higashikusano 466-8
    This art museum is adjacent to the Asahi Town Lifelong Learning Center. It has collected and displayed works from artists connected to Asahi as well as local crafts since its opening in 1991. They also hold special exhibits five or six times a year, which are marked by their acceptance of all kinds of art regardless of genre, including traditional Japanese paintings, western-style paintings, wood sculptures, and installations. They also hold works by representative Japanese artists like Yumeji Takehisa, Hanji Toyoaki, and Santo Ohira. It also serves as a place for interaction and community in cooperation with the attached Lifelong Learning Center.
  • Nyuzenmachi Nizayama Art no Mori Power Plant Art Museum
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Toyama Shimoniikawa-gun Nyuzenmachi Nizayama 364-1

    「藤原隆洋 Somewhere」展を見に行きました。入場料600円。入口横から一部撮影可能。「In the Darkness」と「Under the surface」の2点をメインに発電所の面影を残す展示空間が広めでゴージャス。内部は暗め。壁に空いた導水管の口は密閉空間。迷い込まないよう足元要注意。

  • Asahimachi Miyazaki Natural Museum
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    Toyama Shimoniikawa-gun Asahimachi Miyazaki Chinai
  • Funami Castle Ruins Museum
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    Toyama Shimoniikawa-gun Nyuzenmachi Funami Kumasaka 33-2
  • Zenkichi Chiisana Museum
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    Toyama Kurobe-shi Hida 676

Toyama Areas

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Toyama is one of the three prefectures that house the Japanese Alps, with its southern and eastern borders comprising one long stretch of mountains, out of which the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is forged. While traditional crafts fill the northern coastal cities of Toyama and Takaoka, thatched roof houses offer unrivalled views against a backdrop of fantastic scenery at Gokayama in the mountainous area in the south of the prefecture.

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