Art Museum Spots in Hokkaido Area

  • Aihara Kyuichiro Art Museum
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    Hokkaido Kasai-gun Nakasatsunaimura Sakae Higashi 5-sen
    "This museum sits in a corner of the Nakasatsunai Art Village, surrounded in spreading Japanese oak forest. The 145,000 square meters of space in the village hosts museums and restaurants, and this particular museum exhibits work by Kawagoe city, Saitama prefecture native painter Kyuichiro Aihara. These exhibits allow a view of the world as seen from the painter's perspective. Famous for the poetry flowing through the Hokkaido landscapes, his representative works ""Ten Famous Mountains of the North"" are always on display."
  • Fukuhara Memorial Museum
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    Hokkaido Kato-gun Shikaoi Cho Izumimachi 1-21
    This museum is located about an hour's drive from Obihiro Airport. It was founded in 2007 by Jihei Fukuhara, founder of Tokachi and Kushiro area supermarket group Fukuhara, Inc., because he wanted a way to exhibit the collection he'd accumulated over long years. The building has five display halls of varying size, and the exhibition of 150 pieces of fine art includes western style paintings by artist Itsuki Saito and traditional Japanese works by Noriko Fujii. The 13,200 square meter grounds are covered in beautifully manicured lawn, and offer an enthralling view of the changing seasonal scenery. The Japanese yew trees dotting the grounds including some registered ancient examples that are said to be 1,000 years old.
  • Shinsei-kan Museum
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    Hokkaido Kamikawa-gun Bieicho Shinsei no Oka
    "An art museum operating out of a traditional Japanese home building located in Biei, the ""town of hills."" The 200 year old home was moved here from Niigata and contains over 200 paintings and ceramics works. The works of painter Suda Kokuta, who long did the pictures for Ryotaro Shiba's travelogue series, ""Kaido o Yuku,"" became part of the collection after being introduced to the director, an old friend of Shiba. The pieces by Living National Treasure Tatsuzo Shimaoka were collected over a 30-year period by the director, who was charmed by the artist's work. A lobby on the third floor offers an exquisite, sweeping view of the hills of Biei and the Tokachi Mountain Range. A not insignificant number of people say they would like to take in this view all day."
  • Eco Museum Osashima Center BIKKY Atelier 3 More
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    Hokkaido Nakagawa-gun Otoineppumura Monomanai 55
    This memorial museum is located just outside Osashima Station, and displays around 200 works of Hokkaido-born sculptor, Bikki Sunazawa. The building was originally an elementary school for Otoineppu Village, a village with the smallest population in Hokkaido, before becoming an atelier, and then becoming the exhibition facility for Bikki Sunazawa's works that it is today. The museum is divided by theme into seven areas, such as the 3:00 AM Room, which displays a reproduction of the atelier as it would have once appeared. Other items such as handwritten letters and rough sketches are exhibited here, as well. There are also original goods for sale.
  • Eisho Sasaki Memorial Kushiro Shitsugen Art Museum
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    Hokkaido Kushiroshi Akanchoukamiakan 23-38
    Kushiro Shitsugen Art Museum preserves and displays paintings by Eisho Sasaki, the “Painter of the Wetlands,” as well as materials relating to Mr. Sasaki and items that formerly belonged to him. The Museum is located near Akan International Crane Center, so visitors can also view Japanese Red-crowned Cranes while they are here. Eisho Sasaki was famous for his impressionistic paintings of Eastern Hokkaido scenes. To get to Kushiro Shitsugen Art Museum from Tancho Kushiro Airport, take the Akan Bus service and get off at the “Tancho no Sato” bus stop; the journey takes around 16 minutes.
  • Otaru Municipal Literature Museum / Otaru Municipal Art Museum
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    Hokkaido Otarushi Ironai 1-9-5
    A great number of excellent writers gathered in Otaru which has been an established port town for a long time. This facility was opened in November 1978 in order to preserve valuable cultural assets such as literary magazines, manuscripts and letters by authors Takiji Kobayashi, and Sei Ito and so on. The collection materials can be seen in the viewing room. It is approximately ten minutes on foot from JR Otaru Station.
  • Miyama Touge Art Park
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    Hokkaido Sorachigunkamifuranochou Nishi8senkita 33 Fukayama Pass
    A trick art-oriented amusement facility located in Kamifurano Town. In the museum, you can see trick art that changes in appearance depending on your perspective or looks as if it's about to leap out at you despite being 2D. There's also a huge Ferris wheel from which you can enjoy a sweeping view of Kamifurano from 50 meters above the ground, and classes where you can etch a glass or make your own snow dome. On the terrace, you can barbecue Kamifurano pork and enjoy the natural scenery of the area.
  • Otaru Geijutsumura
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    Hokkaido Otaru-shi Ironai 1-3-1
  • Kan Yasuda Sculpture Museum Arte Piazza
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    Hokkaido Bibai-shi Ochiaicho Sakaemachi
  • Sapporo Geijutsunomori Art Museum
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    4.0
    161 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Minami-ku Geijutsunomori 2-chome 75

    Small but interesting museum, I visited when an exhibit of Bikki, a local artist was on display, a very special wood sculptures of animals, and a life story of the artist himself. The museum is small...

  • Shu Ogawara Museum of Art
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    4.0
    24 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Abuta-gun Kutchancho Kita 6-jo higashi 7-chome 1

    This artist was an amazing painter. He has got be one of the of the finest in Japan. Highly recoimmended.

  • Kushiro Municipal Art Museum
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Kushiro-shi Nusamaicho 4-28

    釧路市立美術館は、釧路市生涯学習センターの3階にある小さ目の美術館です。今回訪れた3月には、「花の季節」と題したコレクション展が開催されていました。 「花」をテーマにした絵画を見て回っていましたが、その中に、鎌田義裕の作品を見つけました。彼は釧路出身の日本画家で、私の同級生だったんです。彼の「蒲桜」という作品は、幻想的で、素敵でした。

  • Shigechan Land
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Abashiri-gun Tsubetsucho Aioi 256

    いつも気になっていましたが何故か入りにくく…でも入ってみました もうもうもうとてつもなく感動でした 作品一つ一つ素晴らしかった センスの良さ 帰ってから皆に自慢しちゃいました こんな素敵に人しげちゃんさんの事を‼️

  • Sapporo Miyanomori Art Museum
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Chuo-ku Miyanomori Nijo 11-chome 2-1

    緑がいっぱいの宮の森、我が家の近くにあるこの美術館。 緑の中に真っ白な建物、NYのMOMAみたい♬ 絵はよくわからないのですが(笑)、この空間と建物が好きで通っています。 レストラン コント...

  • Mori no Art Museum‧Ki Yume
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Monbetsu-gun Nishiokoppemura Nishiokoppe 276

    林業が盛んな西興部村の木をモチーフにした施設です。様々な木製の玩具が揃っており、見ることや遊ぶことができます。アンティークショップに立ち寄ったような雰囲気を楽しむ事ができます。

  • Keiyu Nishimura Museum of Art
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Iwanai-gun Kyowacho Minami-horoni 143-2

    恥ずかしながら、この画伯は知りませんでしたが、ニセコの案内誌で建物を見て行ってみたくなりました。 建物は環境にマッチした作りで素敵でした。 画家の作品も、世界的に評価されているようで、独特のシャープでエッジが効いた山関連のものが、好きになりました。 ショップで絵葉書を数枚買って帰りました。

  • Arakawa Printmaking Art Museum
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Shibetsu-gun Nakashibetsucho Mataochi 2000-8

    ロングトレイル「北根室ランチウェイ」の中間地点として訪れました。佐伯牧場敷地内にあります。昭和30年代の周辺の様子を保存した建物が印象に残りました。

  • Hongoshin Memorial Sapporo Museum of Sculpture
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    3.5
    7 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Chuo-ku Miyanomori Shijo 12-chome

    住宅地の中にある美術館です。 建物の中には所蔵品はけっこうあります。 屋内の吹き抜けには大きな作品もあります。

  • Municipal Otaru Art Museum
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    3.0
    8 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Otaru-shi Ironai 1-9-5

    美術館・文学館共通観覧券500円。美術館は建物1階3階。文学館と異なり写真撮影禁止。小樽所縁の画家の作品を展示。文学館に展示されている文学者と比べて控え目。市展といった市民のための美術展示スペースと捉えたほうが健康で文化的。

  • HOKUBU kinenkaigakan
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Toyohira-ku Asahimachi 1-1-36

    近くを通って時間があったのでほうもんしました。絵画だけでなくどうぞうなど様々な展示物があります。おもしろいです

Hokkaido Areas

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Not just a prefecture but an island of its own, Hokkaido is the most northerly prefecture and island of the Japanese archipelago. Arriving in Hokkaido, which is rural and bursting with breathtaking nature, means entering a world where vast national parks, towering mountains, and natural hot springs can be found at every turn. Come December, these natural splendors freeze over and morph into a winter wonderland.

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