The Minato City Local History Museum is a newly opened resource for everyone to learn about Minato City. By discovering its history, exploring our past and communicating together we can find out more about what makes it special. This building, including the museum, was originally built as The Institute of Public Health by architect Uchida Yoshikazu in 1938. It was renovated to preserve its original architectural style but with added seismic reinforcements. It also includes disability- friendly access features so that everyone can use it comfortably. We hope that you can enjoy new experiences and gain illuminating knowledge while appreciating the historic architecture and exhibitions.

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Shirokane, Hiroo

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The museum opened in 1982 after renovating what used to be the Kobe branch office of Yokohama Specie Bank, which was built in 1935. Characterized by its classical architecture and granite exterior, the building was designated as an important cultural property (structure) in1998.
Kobe City Museum holds various special exhibitions and events. Besides, it has permanent exhibitions and various facilities.

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The Raku Museum is situated immediately next door to the Raku family home and workshop. It was opened in 1978 by the 14th generation Kakunyû (1918~1980) and has a collection consisting primarily of ceramics made by successive heads of the Raku family, related documents and tea utensils passed down over the generations. The collection has been formed over 450 years as a resource from which future generations can learn about the techniques and artistry of their forebears enabling them to establish each individual style. The Raku Museum is, in effect, an encapsulation of the essence of the Raku tradition incessant over 450 years.

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Ebisu, Daikanyama

A free-form art museum where you can enjoy art at any time.
A pillar-less exhibition room with a total floor space of 837m2 and a ceiling height of 4m.
A variety of spaces can be created by freely configuring the movable wall panels.

The Bunkamura Museum of Art is an art museum that holds various art events and exhibitions. The Museum holds thematic, visionary, and topical exhibitions, focusing on the trend of modern art, as well as solo exhibitions of artists whose work have rarely been introduced in Japan before, and exhibitions of masterpieces from prominent overseas museums.

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Shibuya

The building that now hosts the museum was used for more than 50 years by Taro Okamoto as his studio/house until 1996 when he passed away at the age of 84. The space is still charged with the energy that the artist emanated throughout his years of artistic endeavor. The building designed by Le Corbussier's student Junzo Sakakura; its distinguishing exterior is characterized by walls formed of piled up blocks and a convex lens shaped roof. The exhibition comprises sketches, sculptures and vast amounts of documents and materials used by the artist. 

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Omotesando, Aoyama

A philosopher Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961) had desired to build home of the Mingei Movement which aimed to promote a new concept of beauty ‘mingei’ and to fit the beauty into everyday life. With the substantial contributions of Mr. Magosaburo Ohara and many other advocators, the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan) was finally founded in 1936. The main building was built to harmonize with the Long-gate House (West Hall), and Yanagi designed in every detail. A wide variety of objects which had been selected and collected through Yanagi’s peculiar aesthetic eyes are housed in the museum such as ceramics, dyeing and weaving textiles, wood and urushi wares, paintings, metal, stone, bamboo, straw etc. There are about 17,000 items in total from all times and places. This unique and substantial collection, which bears honest and healthy beauty, has been highly evaluated within and beyond Japan.
In this museum, there is a least amount of information or explanation on each item by intention. This is based on Yanagi’s idea that it is more essential to see objects with their own instincts, not with knowledge or prejudice.

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Kanto

Shizuoka City Museum of Art, which is located on the third floor of the twenty-five-story Aoi Tower building at the north exit of JR Shizuoka Station, first opened its doors in May 2010 and held its grand opening in October the same year. With the guiding principle of “creating and communicating an energetic art and culture of the people and the local region”, the museum holds exhibitions and engages in educational outreach and investigative research activities.
In the galleries, exhibitions covering a broad range of genres are held, primarily in the arts but also featuring design and handicraft work.
In the “Communication Zone”, which includes the entrance hall, the multi-purpose room and the workshop room, various outreach projects are carried out, including presentations and lectures on diverse art scenes, workshops, concerts, and screenings of art films.
Taking advantage of our location only three minutes’ walk from the train station, we aim to be an art museum that may serve as an “interesting meeting place in the heart of town”, where anyone can stop by on a whim.

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Hanzomon Museum is a cultural facility that was built to display Buddhist artwork owned by Shinnyo-en to the general public. In the Exhibition space, located on the first floor of the basement, a Seated Mahāvairocana－believed to be the work of Unkei－as well as bas-relief depictions of the Buddha’s life from Gandhara are on permanent display. Other items on show from Shinnyo-en’s collection of Buddhist statues, paintings, and scriptures are regularly changed. On the second floor, there is a lounge area where visitors can browse through books or take a break, and a multipurpose room has been made available that can be used for different functions. On the third floor, there is a theater where visitors can enjoy watching films on Buddhist culture, and a hall designed for lectures has been built adjacent to it. We hope to offer a tranquil setting for our visitors to enjoy and learn about Buddha’s history and diverse culture while also finding the museum a place for relaxation.

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Chiyoda

The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art mainly collects and preserves the works of Taro Okamoto, and his parents Kanoko and Ippei.
Exhibitions will be held to encourage the questioning of accepted ideas and create new possibilities in art. Also lectures and workshops will be held on related fields. The museum will also support the creative activities of the citizens in the hope of contributing to and enhancing the richness in their lifestyles and the developement of their cultural background.

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Setagaya, Kawasaki

The Sato Sakura Museum of Art was opened as a museum that specializes in providing the opportunity to view modern Nihonga. Our museum's collection centers on works from Nihonga artists born beginning in the Showa era (1926-1989). Works in our museum's possession are shown to the public in a "Collection Exhibition" format, with a new theme for each exhibition. Our collection currently consists of over 700 works. Another of the distinctive features of our collection is that it is made up in large part of large-scale works that measure over size 50 (1167×909／803／727mm). It is our hope that our museum, specializing in modern Nihonga, can act as a space in which even more people can experience the wonders of Nihonga, while also supporting the creative efforts of Nihonga artists.

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Yayoi Kusama Museum was founded by the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama and is run by the Yayoi Kusama Foundation. It opened in 2017 with the aim of spreading and promoting Kusama’s art, exhibiting her works and related materials to contribute to the development of art as a whole.
Its collection of works by Kusama will be presented in two exhibitions each year, delivered together with lectures and various other events. Share in the message of world peace and love for humanity that Kusama has promoted, while also engaging with people from all backgrounds and contemporary art.

[Image: Photo by Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office]

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Ichigaya, Kagurazaka

Established in 1897 in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, this museum focuses on early works of art, cultural artifacts and archaeological finds from Kyoto, Japan and East Asia. The Collections Hall, which houses the permanent collection, exhibits archaeological artifacts, ceramics and Buddhist sculpture, as well as ancient to early modern paintings, calligraphy, textiles, lacquerware and metal works. The Special Exhibition Hall, which was built in the Meiji Period (1868-1912), features special exhibitions that are held for a limited period.

The Museum of Kyoto introduces Kyoto culture that is rooted in everyday life and created from people's free and innovative ideas. The museum is a multipurpose facility that aims to inspire new concepts by learning from Kyoto's excellent traditions and culture.
The museum consists of the permanent exhibition and the special exhibition. The permanent exhibition is composed of three parts: There is the history museum where one can learn about Kyoto's history and culture; the art museum that displays works by Kyoto's Japanese painters, western painters, sculptors, and artisans; and the film library that holds screenings of films related to Kyoto. At the special exhibition space, themed exhibitions are held frequently.

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The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama (in abbreviated form, it is referred to as HAYAMA or the Hayama Museum) had been completed in march 2003 and had opened its doors in October the same year. As the museum's third building, it is a museum complex of the new generation, bestowed with an exhibition space equipped with the recent technology in lighting and air conditioning, an art library aiming to become the center for collecting documents and transmission of information, an auditorium equipped with multi-purpose audio-visual system and a state of the art storage space.

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Ken Domon Museum of Photography

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