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Toba Minato Machi Bunka Kaikan & Edogawa Ranpo
鳥羽みなとまち文学館A short walk from the oyster bars' side of Toba Station is the quirky Toba Minato Machi Bunka Kaikan.The museum is the preserved former residence of local artist and writ...
IdcN Design Museum Nagoya
国際デザインセンターデザインミュージアムLocated in the Nadya Park building in Sakae, the International Design Center showcases modern design from the early 20th century onwards.Man...
21_21 Design Sight Roppongi Tokyo
21_21 Design Sight located behind Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi and adjacent to Hinokicho-koen is a collaboration between two giants of contemporary Japanese design: architect Tadao Ando and fashion desig...
Kazari Exhibition Suntory Museum Of Art
飾りFor lovers of Japanese art I can wholeheartedly recommend the current "Kazari: The Impulse to Decorate in Japan" exhibition at the Suntory Museum Of Art at Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi.Japanese ar...
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry & Technology
産業技術記念館After visiting the Toyota Automobile Museum earlier this year, I was inspired to visit Toyota's other showpiece museum in Nagoya, the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry &...
Wenceslau de Moraes
ヴェンセスラウ・デ・モラエスWenceslau de Moraes (1854-1929), the Portuguese writer, translator and poet, who spent his later life living near Mt. Bizen in Tokushima, is regarded as the P...
Sesshu in Masuda
雪舟Went down to Masuda (Shimane Prefecture) last weekend to photograph a couple of Sesshu's gardens in the spring.After Hokusai, Sesshu is probably the Japanese artist most well-known outside of Ja...
Nonhoi Park Zoo & Botanical Garden
豊橋総合動植物公園One stop south east of Toyohashi Station on the JR Tokaido Line is Futagawa. Once a famous way station on the Tokaido highway between Kyoto and Tokyo, Futagawa is known for ...
Yamato Museum Kure Hiroshima
大和ミュージアムWhen launched in 1940, the battleship Yamato was the biggest warship in the world. 263 meters long, with a displacement of 65,000 tonnes, she had numerous unique and innovative...
Nagahama Railroad Square
長浜鉄道スクエアThere is much to do on a fine day in Nagahama, on the eastern shores of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture. There are good views of Japan's largest lake from the restored Nagahama C...
Toyota Automobile Museum
トヨタ博物館Nagoya has two outstanding museums - the Tokugawa Art Museum and the Toyota Automobile Museum. The first displays the riches of the Tokugawa shogunate and its founder, local boy, Tok...
Kunizakari Sake Museum Handa
国盛り、酒の文化館、半田市Listen to a part of the sake museum guided tourJust across the road from the Vinegar Museum in Handa is the Kunizakari Sake Museum. The two liquids are historica...
Vinegar Museum Handa
酢の里、半田市Vinegar, along with sake came to Japan in the 5th century. Vinegar was first produced from rice but in the early 19th century, the founder of the Mizkan vinegar company, Matazaeno...