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Okuma Art Museum

3.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 7403-10

This art museum is in Hotakaariake, Azumino City. Here, you’ll find Christmas plates from Denmark, botanical art, first editions of Hans Christian Andersen’s works, and more on display. There’s also an adjoining cafe, the “Azumino Library,” which serves cake and tea served in Royal Copenhagen earthenware to cap off your viewing experience.

ロイヤルコペンハーゲンがお好きな方にはオススメの美術館です。併設されたカフェでは素敵な食器で美味しいコーヒーをいただけます。
Azumino Mount Museum

3.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 3613-26

This art museum is located in Hotakaariake, Azumino City. It opened in 1983 and is based on the concept of “displaying only mountain paintings at the base of the Northern Alps.” Permanent exhibits include works by Genichiro Adachi, Mizuki Kato, famous mountain painters, and currently active artists who specialize in depicting mountains.

穂高駅前の観光案内所で借りた自転車で２０分、近づくほどに看板が少なくなり右側の看板を見落とし１kmほど先まで行ってしまったが緑に囲まれた小さな美術館に着き、お目当ての武本嘉成を楽しむことができた。
Postal Museum

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Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma 2197-5

This historical museum is located in Nagiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture, and adjoins the Tsumago Post Office, which is still in use today. Tsumago Post Office was featured in Toson Shimazaki’s “Before the Dawn,” and was restored under the guidance of the current Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in fiscal year 1978. It has Japan’s only black mail box modeled after that in use when the post office first opened. Inside you can find Japan’s first stamp, the actual marks used before the current postal mark, correspondence from Toson Shimazaki’s older brother and niece, and other items for a total of approximately 270 articles being stored and exhibited.
Takato Shinwa no Oka Rose Garden

4.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Ina-shi Takatomachi Higashitakatoo 973-1

A rose garden which grows some 3,000 plants spanning around 270 varieties on 8,851 square meter grounds sprawling on the side of a mountain. The garden is located a 30-minute drive on National Route 361 from the Ina Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. Visitors can view hybrids, floribunda, and other colorful roses, as well as the scenery of the Central Japan Alps from 830 meters above sea level. The teahouse on the grounds offers soft serve ice cream and herbal teas. Each year, the garden holds a rose festival in June when they begin to bloom. Additionally, the garden holds concerts, flamenco performances, and other shows, as well as classes on how to raise roses.

園内はいくつかのエリアに分けられていて、バラの時期には約２２０種類のバラが咲き誇り、とても見事です。ここは標高８３０ｍの高台にあるため、中央アルプスの眺めもすばらしいです。
Tatsuno Museum of Art

4.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Kamiina-gun Tatsunomachi Higuchi 2407-1

A museum with an atmospheric temple-like exterior, on top of a verdant hill. Throughout the year, the museum holds special exhibitions that are approachable to people of all ages. The permanent exhibition features a wide variety of art works, including paintings, crafts, and sculptures mainly by artists associated with Tatsuno Town, as well as archaeological materials such as clay figures from the Jomon period. The second-floor lobby has a library corner with a vast collection of books, magazines, and exhibition pictorial records, as well as a wide range of original goods such as postcards and pictorial records.

From this small town in a mountainous area, many potential artist have come out since around 100 years ago. That is why the town has so attractive art museum on the hill near the Tenryu River. I...
Kiso Lacquerware Museum

3.5

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Shiojiri-shi Kisohirasawa 2324-150

A 10-minute walk from Kiso-Hirasawa Station on the JR Chuo Main Line. This museum was remodeled and reopened in June 2001. The museum collects and displays 3,729 designed National Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties, examples of Kiso lacquerware and the tools used to create this craft, and items created by artisans designated Living National Treasures and Living Prefectural Treasures. Particularly eye-catching are the lacquerware face washing basins and the vessels and boxes used to transport food as part of high etiquette from the middle ages to the early modern period. The museum also holds events in which visitors can try lacquering, decorate chopsticks, or watch as a master creates lacquerware.

平沢宿にある漆器の資料館。周辺には漆器の会社があちこちにあるし、ちょっと紛らわしいです。展示は、木曽だけでなく、全国的に有名な作家の作品もありました。
Musée PEYNET

5.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Nagakura 217

Musée PEYNET is located within Karuizawa Taliesin. On display are personal painting tools and original paintings by the French artist Raymond Peynet. Here you can see the “Lovers” series of works painted by Peynet. Different exhibitions and events are held three times a year. The building makes use of the atelier villa designed by Czech architect Antonin Raymond. Opening times vary depending on the time of year so please check in advance.

高原文庫に出かけた際ン十年ぶりに立ち寄った。ペイネのほのぼのとした世界が好きでこれまで何冊か知り合いの若者にささやかな結婚プレゼントとして差し上げた。今回は生誕100年記念として娘さんが所蔵していた原画の公開もありその他初期の作品をも拝見することができた。
Shiojiri Tanka Museum

4.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Shiojiri-shi Hirokaharashinden 288-1

"A museum operating out of a fascinating old Japanese residence built in 1868 which was dismantled and moved to this site. Located in the center of the city a five-minute drive south of the Shiojiri-kita Interchange on the Nagano Expressway, the museum displays personal belongings and documents belonging to tanka poets connected to Shiojiri. The museum's collection notably primarily consists of letters, hanging scrolls, and poetry anthologies, and the facility focuses on ""poets"" over ""individuals."" The museum also invites celebrated poets to participate in high level tanka poetry classes, and is also used as an event space in order to promote interest in tanka poetry."

塩尻市広丘にある、歌人の資料を飾ってある短歌館があります。広丘は短歌が盛んなので、有名な人たちが昔いっぱいいたみたいです。自分自身もそんなに短歌のことが、詳しいわけでは無いですが、資料を見て調べてみると、歌人の方たちの恋愛話などあって、広丘周辺でのストーリーが書いてありとても面白いです。短歌になじみのない方も、いちど寄ってみてもいいかもしれないです。
Hakuba Saegusa Art Museum

3.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Kitadumigunhakubamura Hokujou Misorano 2935

You’ll find this art museum in Hokujo, Hakuba Village. The collection includes works by over 80 painters, including mountain artists Kazuo Tamura, Shinichiro Adachi and Daigoro Yamashita as well as Kiyoshi Yamashita, Yayoi Kusama, and others. The exhibits feature over 100 different works showcasing various perspectives of Hakuba and the Northern Alps (Hida Mountains). After enjoying the works, relax in the tea room while gazing at the over 300 types of flowers in the garden.

静かな美術館でした。所蔵、展示作品はあまり多くはないですが、作品と美術館の雰囲気がマッチして楽しめました。安曇野からの雄大な山岳風景画など大きな作品が多く結構迫力ありました。
Japan Ukiyo-e Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Shimadachi New cut 2206-1

The Sakai collection, as it is called, started with the woodblock prints of sixth-generation Yoshiaki Heisuke Sakai. It was the10th-generation Fujiyoshi Sakai who took the works spanning a period of 200 years and established the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum in 1982 in order to share the precious collection, which includes handwritten works and woodblock-printed books, with the rest of the world. It is the largest collection of 19th-century woodblock prints in the world. It’s a minute by car from the Matsumoto Interchange on the Nagano Expressway.
Yasuka Museum of Art

4.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Kitafukashi 2-1-27

A two-minute walk from the Yasuharamachi bus stop and a 15-minute drive from the Matsumoto Interchange. This art museum can be reached by traveling from the Takahashi Family Residence the north of Matsumoto Castle and walking a short distance east along Okachimachi Street. The museum's standing collection consists of 50 pieces by Yasuka Sudo, a painter who created around 1,000 works of art up to the time of his death at age 30 on the themes of light, darkness, and life. The artist's work has won numerous awards at events such as the Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial and the France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition. The museum also holds special exhibitions. Elementary and junior high school students, as well as students attending a high school in the prefecture, can enter the museum for free.

小さな美術館ですが、様々な歴史や文化に精通した館長さんの須藤正親さんの建てた、美術館です。須藤康花さんは館長さんの娘さんで有名な画家です。宗教画の様な、物凄く静謐なという言葉が似合う...
Suzaka Zoo

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Suzakashi Garyu 2-4-8

A zoo located in Garyu Park in Garyu, Suzaka City. The park cares for 230 animals spanning some 50 species like capybara and Bengal tigers. The museum also displays stuffed examples of its animals that have passed away and a working D51 steam locomotive. The zoo holds a variety of events throughout the year like a nighttime zoo adventure, common animal exhibitions, and a ceremony celebrating the annual handoff from one animal in the Chinese zodiac to another.
Kiyoshi Yamashita/Horo Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Chinoshi Chino 2764-3

"Located a five-minute drive from the Suwa Interchange and eight minutes from Chino Station, the Horo Museum is the first museum in Japan to have a permanent display of the works of Kiyoshi Yamashita, the vagabond artist who was affectionately known as ""the Naked General."" Most of his works were collages, but he also painted designs on ceramics, created pointillist paintings, sketches, and more. The opportunity to see so many kinds of his works is the main attraction of this museum. The texture of his collage is distinctive when viewed up close. Some of his works, like ""Niagara Fireworks and Spectators"", which has a fireworks display over Lake Suwa as its subject, or ""Suwa Shrine: Akimiya"", have deep local connections. The museum shop sells relevant books and folk crafts."
North Alps Viewing Museum of Art

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Nagano Kita-azumi-gun Ikedamachi Aisome 7782

You’ll find this art museum in “Azumino Ikeda Craft Park” located in Aisome, Ikeda Town. Daigoro Yamashita, Ikutaro Okuda, Takako Kojima, and Giichi Shinoda, all artists with deep connection to Azumino, have permanent exhibits here, and there are also special exhibitions from time to time. You can enjoy the view of the Northern Alps in the background as well.
Takeda Memorial International Marionette Museum

4.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Iida-shi Zakoji 2535

Four theater troupes, including Imada Ningyo Shibai and Kuroda Ningyo, in operation continuously for 300 years, continue to preserve and share the history of puppet theater in the Ina Valley. This museum was built to house the puppets donated by Sennosuke Takeda which he had collected from across Japan, as well as to memorialize his achievements. The museum is one of many fun and interesting facilities visitors can check out in the area.

展示の中心は地元出身の人形芝居の名人、竹田扇之助氏のコレクション。一方の「雪ん子」特設ステージは、人形芝居の範疇を超えて、世界最高峰の芸術。高い天井裏からはるかに長い糸を何本も垂らして微妙な動きも表現する。係の人が世界の操り人形を実演しながら説明してくれました。ここには深い感動があると思います。
Minowa Town Folk Museum

3.0

1 Reviews

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Nagano Kamiina-gun Minowamachi Nakaminowa 10286-3

A museum where visitors can experience how life was once lived in Minowa Town. The museum is divided into four areas - a folk customs exhibit which recreates what a living room in the area looked like somewhere between the mid-1950s and 60s, a nature exhibit with information on the area's wildlife, an archeological exhibit where visitors can see pottery and stone tools from various ages, and an art exhibit with works connected to Minowa Town. Visitors can also come in contact with a loom, radios, and other daily life implements now not part of our daily lives; and learn about the careers of various Japanese poets and Nihonga painters.

■立地・周りの環境■ 箕輪町役場の隣、商工会と同じ敷地にありました。 - - ■駐車場■ 商工会と博物館の間に駐車場があります。 - - ■外観■ 少し古い建物という感じです。歴史を感じます。目の前に電車の展示がありました。 - - ■料金■ 入場料大人一人100円でした。 - - ■内容・感想■ カテゴリで分かれていて、観やすかったです。動物の剥製や土器、昔の暮らしなど観れました...
Ozawa Wooden Sculpture Art Museum

3.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Ueda-shi Kokubu 580-2

An art museum which displays wood carvings by Chiharu Ozawa and his son Toshiharu, two renowned folk artists. The museum building is a tatch room structure which was built in the snowy region of Yanma in Niigata and later moved here and remodeled; the hipped roof building mixes both Japanese and Western elements. The spacious museum is filled with more than 1,500 examples of folk art, including decorative frames and basins, boxes of various sizes, partitioning screens, all manner of trays, confectionary boxes, bookends, and magazine racks. The museum's collection of 1,200 wooden sculptures gathered from around the world are also well worth a look. Here visitors can have fun learning about the traditions and history of folk art.

尾澤千春、敏春親子の作品と世界の木彫人形などが、所狭しと展示されています。また、展示されている建物も古民家を移築したもので楽しめます。
Shinshu Shinmachi Fossil Museum

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Nagano Nagano-shi Shinshushinmachi Kamijo 88-3

This museum, attached to the Shinshu-Shinmachi Museum of Art, was opened in December 1993 with the donation of the late Isamu Nishizawa's fossil collection of approximately 6,000 fossils from Shinshu-Shinmachi, Nagano. The museum exhibits a wide variety of fossils from 53 countries and materials related to the geological strata in the Shinshu-Shinmachi area, including the collections mentioned above.
Ina City Takatomachi History Museum

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Nagano Ina-shi Takatomachi Higashitakatoo 457

A museum in Higashi Takato, Takato-machi, Ina City. In addition to Takato Castle and its castle town, the museum exhibits items on the history, culture, and folklore of the region from primitive times to the present day. In addition to precious items designated as municipal Cultural Assets and a model replica of Takato Castle, there's also a replica of the Ejima Kakomi-yashiki residence where during the reign of the 6th Tokugawa Shogun Ienobu, a high-ranking woman known as Ejima, lived out her days due to the Ejima-Ikuushima Affair.
Matsumoto City Shiga Fossil Museum

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Nagano Matsumoto-shi Nanaarashi 85-1

"When local elementary school students discovered part of a whale fossil in 1986, a large excavation was conducted. They uncovered the ""Shiga Sperm Whale,"" now the museum's main exhibit. Located in northern Matsumoto City, this region is known as a prefectural treasure trove of marine mammal fossils (whales and pinnipeds). It was only the second complete fossil sperm whale skeleton ever excavated along the Pacific Rim, as well as the world's oldest. Fossils of shellfish, fish, and plants are also on display."

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Nagano Areas

Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.