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  • Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum
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    4.5
    43 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Setouchishi Osafunechouosafune 966
    This Japanese sword museum is located in the Osafune area of Osafune-cho, Setouchi City. It exhibits Japanese swords with various themes including Bizen swords from Osafune, an area that had long flourished as a Japanese sword production area. In addition, there is also a Japanese sword workshop on the premises, and besides being able to see how Japanese swords are made, you can make reservations to experience making paper knives and small knives, and also lectures to learn how to care for Japanese swords.

    A couple of days ago we went to Okayama to visit friends and they very kindly took us to the village as they knew I was interested in Japanese swords and history. It was a marvellous experience, we...

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  • Ushimado Marine Culture Museum
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Okayama Setouchi-shi Ushimadocho Ushimado 3056
    Located a 15-minute drive from the Oku Interchange on the Okayama Blue Line. A museum with exhibits showing the boat shaped portable shrines used in the Autumn Festival and materials related to the Korean delegation to Japan during the Edo period when they made port in Ushimado. The museum uses the former Ushimado Police Headquarters (a Registered Cultural Property of Japan) known for its white walls and stained glass in the entranceway. The giant Japanese sago palm tree outside the entrance is estimated to be over 150 years old. The boat shaped floats with beautifully carved and detailed dragon head are registered as Important Tangible Ethnic Cultural Properties of the Prefecture and there are two on display here in the museum.

    元々は明治20年に建てられた岡山県警西大寺警察署の分署として建てられ、その後昭和52年まで牛窓警察署だった建物です。かなり趣きのある建物で、前には大きなソテツの木が植えられています。今は、江戸時代に立ち寄った朝鮮通信使と牛窓のだんじりに関する資料が展示されています。

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  • Bizen Latin America Museum
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
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    Okayama Bizen Hinasecho Hinase 241-10
    A two-minute walk from the Hinase Sogoshisho-mae bus stop or eight-minutes from the JR Hinase Station. This art museum is located close to the Bizen Private Hinase junior high school. As the name suggests they feature exhibits focusing on Latin American Culture which isn't very well covered in Japan. One of the landmarks of the museum is the outer wall which is covered in nearly 16,000 pieces of Bizen-ware pottery. The principle part of their collection was donated by the late Morishita Seiichi, some 2100 pieces with a focus on earthenware, clay figures, and textiles made in the ancient American continent. The museum is normally open on weekends and holidays but is open on other occasions as well.

    我が国唯一の古代中南米美術専門美術館。オリエント美術館、マコンデ美術館、ルーブル彫刻美術館に匹敵する地域限定一点突破型ミュージアム。ペッカリーとホセ艦長のさえずる文明展を見に行きました。入館料７００円、ＪＡＦ等割引で６００円。ＱＲコードでさえずるボトルや土偶の音を聴いてもらえるコーナーが何か所もあり、スマホにＱＲコードリーダーをセットして回ると効果的。ガラケー保有者には吹けど踊らず。写真撮影(ノー...

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  • Yumeji Art Museum Yumeji Seika and Shonen Sanso
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    3.5
    7 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Setouchishi Okuchouhonjou
    The birthplace and home where the well-known Taisho Roman poet, painter, and artist Yumeji Takehisa lived until the age of 16. A traditional Japanese home with a thatched roof built some 250 years ago, both the interior and the exterior are preserved in the state they were in when Yumeji Takehisa lived here. The Syonen Sansou was designed by Takehisa and served as his Tokyo studio and home; on the artist’s 95th birthday in 1979, the structure was restored with the help of Takehisa’s second son, Fujihiko. Hanging scrolls, folding screens, sketches, and other works by Takehisa are displayed inside.

    竹久夢二の美術館、公園に隣接してかわいらしく残されています。 竹久夢二ファンには最高なのでしょう。 公園と土産物屋さんでゆっくりできます。

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  • Kakonoura Museum of History
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Okayama Bizen Hinasecho Hinase 801-4
    A five-minute drive from JR Hinase Station or 10-minutes from the Bizen Interchange. To get to the museum travel west from the station along National Route 250, turn left as if you were going to the fishing port, and then continue just a bit further. The museum is split into two sections, a literary hall and history hall. The literary hall exhibits the works of various artists including painters, children's literature writers, and novelists from the Meiji period to the present. The history hall introduces the history of Hinase which was once served as Kakoura seashore where people were in charge of operating the ships and suppling the provisions and has model ships and rigging on display. They also have a local gallery and tea room available for rent.

    港町として繁栄した日生の街の歴史と文化を展示していて、入場は無料。 五味の市の向かい側、海の駅しおじのバーベキューコーナーの隣なので、買い物、食事のついでに立ち寄るとよい。古民家を活用してあり、海運の歴史と文学の2棟に分かれている。江戸時代の船の模型の展示がある。

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  • Setouchi City Museum of Art
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Setouchishi Ushimadochoushimado 4911 Setouchi City Hall Ushiwa City Market 3/4 F
    This art museum is located along Prefectural Route 28 in the Ushimado-cho area of Ushimado, Setouchi City. It exhibits works including those by the Western painter Satake Toku, known as the “olive painter,” who left paintings with olive garden motifs from his atelier in the olive gardens of Ushimado.

    西大寺駅から路線バスを利用して行きまさした。鉄道利用の場合はバスを利用するしかないようです。『驚愕の超写実展』が開催されていました。写真のように綺麗な作品が多く展示してありました○

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  • FAN Museum (Fujiwara Kei Memorial house)
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Okayama Bizen Honami 3868
    A two-minute walk from the Koa-mae bus stop or a 15-minute drive from the Wake Interchange. To reach the museum travel west from the Bizen Interchange along National Route 250 and then turn right at the intersection in front of Fujiwara Kei Memorial House Museum. The museum was originally a memorial hall displaying the works of Fujiwara Kei, a Bizen-ware pottery artist who was recognized as a National Important Intangible Cultural Asset, it is now a gallery boasting an international scale displaying Art Olympia award winning works. They hold special events built around the concept of seeing, experiencing, and making including hands-on workshop experiences and tea ceremonies held with tools made by Living National Treasures.

    藤原啓先生の作品をたくさん観ることができます。 ＦＡＮ美術館と併設、急坂を上がって左に駐車場があって、その右にＦＡＮ美術館、ここで受付して料金支払い、すぐ下の敷地内にあります。 静かでゆっくり観ることが出来ました。

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  • cafe du Grace 921 gallery
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Akaiwa-shi Shimoichi 92-1

    グルメの友人が見つけてくれました。 当日レストランに向かう車の中から 予約の電話をしたのですが、 結構混んでいたのに、 何と！ひとつしかない個室に案内されました♪ 久々の再会で話が弾み、 長居しましたが、 とても感じが良かったです。 白が基調の店内は清潔感があり、 リピーターになりたいと思いました...

  • Bizen Yoshinaga Art Museum
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    Okayama Bizen Yoshinagacho Yoshinaganaka 885
  • Kiyoko Nagase Exhibition Room, Akaiwa City
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    Okayama Akaiwa-shi Matsuki 621-1
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