Art Museum Spots in Nagano Area

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Art Museum

Taizi Harada Art Museum

3.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Suwashi Shibusaki 1792-375

A private art museum opened in 1998 in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture. The museum primarily displays works by painter and graphic designer Taiji Harada. Dedicated to be an art museum for people, the facility employs universal design and also provides braille versions of its picture books and three-dimensional copies of its artwork.

原田泰治さんは信州飯田出身のナイーフ画家で、非常に有名な方だ。ほっと安心する懐かしい風景を描き続けている。その泰治さんの美術館の2階にある喫茶室。ガラス張りの壁面越しに、諏訪湖が眼前に広がる様は一見の価値がある。ケーキセットは500円という良心的な価格だから、絵を見てほっとし、湖を見てほっとし、ホットコーヒを飲んでほっとしてみてはいかが！
Shinshu Shinmachi Art Museum

4.0

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Naganoshi Shinshushinmachikamijou 88-3

The Shinshu Shinmachi Museum is a one-minute walk from the Bijutsukan Mae bus stop or a 40-minute drive from the Nagano Interchange. It is next to the Shinshu Shinmachi Fossil Museum and the Arishima Ikuma Museum. Visitors can buy a single ticket that admits them to all three museums. The more than 2600 works in the collection were all received from the artists or as gifts from donors. Among the most prominent works in the museum are watercolors of local scenery by Shin Kurihara and 200 woodblock prints by Kishio Koizumi, some of whose works are also in the Louvre. The exhibits are changed every few months.

今回、私が訪れた時には丁度地域の画家が描いた水彩画展が行われており、信州の田舎風景を舞台にのどかで繊細な水彩画が飾られていました。遠近法も美しく、手前にあるものは瓦屋根やクレーム車の細部までしっかりと描かれていて素晴らしい出来栄えでした。また、1階には油絵や版画もあり、それぞれの画法に合わせた力強いタッチの風景が見られ、絵画のざまざまな可能性も感じられました。特に、大きな油絵で描かれたススキの絵は...
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。
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...
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。
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。
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...
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

Leisure / Hobbies

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.
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。
Little Museum in a Village of Picture Books Okaya Main Branch

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Okaya-shi Osachi Gongen 4-6-13

A 10-minute drive from Shimosuwa Station on the JR Chuo Line. This little art museum, dedicated to picture books, displays works of art by painters active in the field today as well as pioneers of the art form; the museum also holds special exhibitions. Swiss author Bettina Hurlimann believed adults who seriously or even passingly enjoy children's books will find each other, and inspired by his words, the museum aims to be a place where such people can find each other. The museum holds a variety of special exhibitions throughout the year and is a place where everyone from children to adults can enjoy themselves. The museum's original merchandise is also quite popular.
Sakae Village International Illustrated Letter Time Capsule Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Shimominochi-gun Sakaemura Hokushin 2503

"A five-minute drive from Morimiyanohara Station. This museum was built to preserve for future generations the illustrated letters submitted by the public for the ""Illustrated Letters for the 21th Century"" project conducted in 2000. The museum has also gathered illustrated letters from other projects and its collection consists of around 1.2 million illustrated letters. The museum has a free illustrated letter creation corner where reservation-only illustrated letter classes are held; the museum can also lend you everything you need to make an illustrated letter, and people of all ages can have fun making their very own illustrated letter. The museum shop sells original materials for making illustrated letters. Note that the museum is closed in winter from December to April."
Osawa Sake Brewery Folk Customs Museum

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Saku-shi Motai 2206

A 20-minute drive from Sakudaira Station and a 25-minute drive from the Saku Interchange. A museum situated on the grounds of the Osawa Sake Brewery along with the Shinano Sanrin Art Museum operating out of a remodeled building once used for yeast fermentation. Exhibits include tools used to make sake and a sake jar, today the oldest extant sake vessel in Japan, which was created in the same year the company was founded in 1689. Visitors can also see many materials relating to local history such as an edict proclaiming a prohibition on Christianity and an ancient map pf Mochizuki Castle. Visitors can taste and purchase sakes on the first floor; the Shinano no Kataribe junmai sake, only sold here, is particularly recommended.
Obuse Makio Fujioka Art Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obuse Machi Karida 1171

"An art museum surrounded by the rich natural beauty found at the foot of Mt. Karita. The museum's standing exhibition consists of 50 original pictures out of a collection of 400 by illustrator and picture book author Makio Fujioka. His depictions of the seasons of Nagano utilizing a unique touch and color pallet are simple, warm, and romantic. Many of the pictures should look familiar - try comparing them with the actual locations in Obuse! The museum's unique collection also includes original pictures used in the ""Sasabune Canoe"" nature exploration picture book series. Visitors can savor the added details of the original pictures not visible in picture books."
Jorakuji Temple Art Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Ueda-shi Bessho Onsen 2347 Jourakuji

An art museum located on the grounds of the Joraku-ji Temple. The Joraku-ji Temple stands on the bank of a pond, and the museum preserves and displays works of art connected to the temple as well as ema votive tablets and other objects offered to the Kitamuki Kannon Temple on the grounds. The museum is famous for its collection of ancient roof tiles from famous temples across the country, but there are many other rare items in the collection well-worth seeing, such as woodblock prints by Shiko Munakata, a prayer diary created by the great Tokugawa Ieyasu at the age of 71, a manuscript written in Hakushu Kitahara's own hand, and a statue of Kannon dating to China's Song dynasty. Note that the museum's hours differ slightly depending on the time of year.
Little Museum in a Village of Picture Books Yatsugatake Branch

4.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Suwa-gun Haramura Harayama 17217-3325

An art museum specializing in picture books located in Harayama, Hara Village, Nagano Prefecture. Supervised by picture book author Wakiko Sato, the museum provides a space where you can come in contact with moving stories and beautiful picture books. The museum displays original picture book images, paintings, and old picture books. Visitors can also spend a relaxing time perusing a variety of picture books and stories from across Japan and the world in the museum's library. The museum shop sells original merchandise and the museum also operates a mini gallery featuring painted ceramic tile art and a variety of works by various artists.

自分が子供の頃に出会った絵本、自分の子供に読み聞かせた事のある絵本、将来の自分の子供に見せたい絵本、、、。自分と絵本の過去・現在・未来を感じました。緑の木々に囲まれた場所で、小さな施設だからこそ、この静けさが保たれる。絵本の中で流れる時間を感じたい。
Tasaki Museum of Art

4.5

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Kitasaku-gun Karuizawamachi Nagakura Yokobuki 2141-279

An art museum located in Yokobuki, Nagakura,, Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku County, Nagano Prefecture. Per his dying request, the museum was opened to preserve and display the works of Hirosuke Tasaki, a Western-style painter who had a studio in Karuizawa and who was awarded the Order of Culture. In addition to numerous works depicting the natural beauty of Yatsugatake Mountains and Mt. Tateshina, the museum also contains exhibits on the artist's exchanges with other painters.

田崎廣助氏の作品が展示されている美術館。若い頃の留学先のパリ、その後は日本の山がモチーフ。亡くなられた後の開館になってしまったそうだが、中庭を囲むようにぐるっと回れる建物も素晴らしい。
Musee Le Vent

4.0

14 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Kitasaku-gun Karuizawamachi Nagakura 957-10

An art museum located in Nagakura, Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku County, Nagano Prefecture. The museum's collection primarily consists of works by Bunka Gakuin founder Isaku Nishimura. The museum's standing exhibition also contains pieces by artists educated at the Bunka Gakuin. In addition, the museum holds a variety of special exhibitions each year. The museum's cafe can be used even without purchasing a museum ticket, and here customers can enjoy lunch while taking in a view of the museum's large garden and Mt. Asama beyond.

週末観光にて訪問。軽井沢は長倉エリアにある美術館です。文化学院の創設者でもある西村伊作の作品を中心に展示しています。カフェ利用であれば入館券は不要です。
Azumino Municipal Museum of Modern Art, TOYOSHINA

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Toyoshina 5609-3

This art museum is located near the Azumino City Hall Toyoshina office. It features approximately 2,000 of painter Yoshihei Miya’s works, some of which inspired Mori Ogai’s novels. There are also about 200 works by Hiroatsu Takata, a giant of Japanese modern sculpture, and about 170 sketches by Kuni Kobayashi. The regular exhibitions aim to showcase the artists’ entire careers. There’s also a free garden modeled after a medieval monastery.

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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.