Utsunomiya Museum of Art 25th Anniversary - Matsugamine Catholic Church and Utsunomiya St.john's Church: Story of the Two Sacred

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Hiroshige Utagawa, Kazuma Oda, Nobuhisa Uchida, Ryutaro Furuhashi et al.

The Matsugamine Catholic Church Cathedral" (Matsugamine, Utsunomiya; designed by Max Hindel) was consecrated in 1932. The Chapel of St. John's Church, Utsunomiya, Anglican Church of Japan (Sakura, Utsunomiya; designed by Keikichi Kamibayashi) was consecrated in 1933. Both are beautiful historical buildings known not only in Utsunomiya but also throughout Japan as modern revival-style buildings made of Oya stone.

This exhibition explores the cathedral and chapel in the context of an invitation to church architecture, two architects and two churches, and contemporariness and contact points with modern architecture.

Schedule	Feb 19 (Sun) 2023-Apr 16 (Sun) 2023  Opening Hours Information Hours 9:30-17:00 Closed Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Open on public holidays but closed on the following day (unless this falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday when the venue will open). Notice Closed on March 22.
Fee	Adults ¥310, University and High School Students ¥210, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥100.
Venue	Utsunomiya Museum of Art http://u-moa.jp/etc/english.html
Location	1077 Nagaoka-cho, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi 320-0004 Open with a Map App
Access	From the West exit of JR Utsunomiya Station, take the Kanto bus towards to Utsunomiya Museum of Art via Toyosatodai and Teikyo University and get off at Utsunomiya Museum of Art. 20 minutes by taxi from JR Utsunomiya Station.
Phone	028-643-0100
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