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Opened on July 29, 1997. Koumi-machi Kogen Museum of Art was designed by Tadao Ando and is located n Matsubara Heights, at the base of the magnificent Mt. Yatsugatake. The museum's collection includes works from the late Kesao Kuribayashi, a painter and former member of the “Kokugakai” society as well as a Koumi-machi local, and the late Tatsuzo Shimaoka, a ceramic artist who was designated a Living National Treasure. Special exhibitions feature local artists, contemporary art, architecture, and design.

In Flux— Works by Artists from Japan and the United States in Residence