Art Museum Spots in Ibaraki Area

  • Art Tower Mito
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    4.0
    102 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Gokenchou 1-6-8
    The Art Tower Mito is a joint art facility located about 10 minutes by car from Mito Station. It has an art museum with mainly modern art exhibits, a concert hall complete with pipe organ, and a stage for musicals and traditional arts like rakugo. Uniquely composed of equilateral triangular panels, the Symbol Tower features a lookout deck with a view of Mito City and vicinity. You can get a tour of the interior (includes the tower) even as an individual.

    We were pleased to see the tower, and the whole art centre complex, but it was very quiet with not a lot going on. The tower was closed, as was the contemporary art gallery. The foyer with the...

  • Kasama Nichido Museum of Art
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    4.5
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    Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 978-4
    "An art museum located a three-minute walk from the ""Nichido Bijutsukan Iriguchi"" bus stop on the Kasama Loop bus in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The museum's large collection of artwork by domestic and international artists includes Renoir's ""Girl at the Fountain"" and ""Venus Victorious,"" Ryusei Kishida's ""Maruyama-kun,"" and Hiroshi Okutani's ""Fusei."" In addition to the museum's standing exhibition of French artists and a special exhibition hall, the museum has more unique facilities, such as an outdoor sculpture garden, and a palette exhibition which presents palettes used by various painters."

    板谷波山が展示されていた茨城陶芸美術館のついでに見学しました。ウォーホルのC夫人像が面白いと思いました。新美術館で開催されたキミコパワーズ夫妻のコレクション展を見ていたのでC夫人像を見た時ウォーホルが随分塗っている、と思いました。珍しいものを見ました。

  • Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art Ibaraki
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    4.0
    55 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Otsuchou Camellia 2083
    This prefectural art museum sits on the Izura Coast—a scenic location in Ibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The interior presents materials and personal effects of Tenshin Okakura, the artist who moved the first section (painting section) of the original Nihon Bijutsu-in to Izura for work. There are special exhibits featuring modern Japanese paintings as well. You must see the Pacific Ocean from the observation lobby. Cafe and museum shop adjacent.

    Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art Ibaraki is the only Art Museum in north of the Ibaraki prefecture. This museum has an observation deck as well the exhibitions of paintings. You can see the Pacific...

  • Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
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    4.0
    27 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 2345 Kasama Art Forest Park
    "A prefectural art museum located inside Kasama Geijutsunomori Park a five-minute drive from JR Kasama Station. Dedicated to the concepts of ""excitement,"" ""understanding,"" and ""fun,"" the museum presents the history and techniques of Kasama ware. The museum's standing exhibition consists of pieces by recipients of the Order of Culture and Living National Treasures. The museum also displays famous pieces by potters closely connected to Ibaraki Prefecture in addition to holding special exhibitions of primarily pottery from within the prefecture and beyond. Bright and with a quiet atmosphere, the museum also has a shop and restaurant, making it easy to visitors to take their time, have fun, and enjoy the works of ceramic art on display."

    見学者は息を凝らして板谷波山の作品を見つめていました。じっと佇み作品に目を凝らして用意に動こうとしません。こういう雰囲気の展示会は稀だと思います。途中で集中力を解放しようと休憩しました。圧巻の展示だったと思いますし見終えて心地よい疲れを感じました。 此処へは上野8時半の特急に乗り友部駅から笠間周遊バスで来ました。上野駅で特急券を販売機で買いましたが下車駅の友部駅が表示されないので石岡まで買い友部駅...

  • Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Aduma 2-8
    An art museum located a three-minute walk from exit A2 of Tsukuba Station, the last stop on the Tsukuba Express line. Opened as an annex of the Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, the museum primarily holds solo and group exhibitions. Aiming to make it possible for people of all ages to come in contact with art in a variety of ways, the museum has a lecture room and video library in addition to its exhibition space. The museum also holds Saturday lectures conducted by curators in the prefecture in which participants can hear what they have learned through study and experience as well as their unique stories. In addition, there's a cafe and museum shop which carries exhibition catalogs.

    図書館と一緒の建物の中にある、美術館です。仕事が早く終わり、つくばエクスプレスに乗るため歩いていてみかけ、中に入ってみました。平日の午後だったので、ゆっくりと見ることができました。 わざわざ行くというよりも、図書館にいらっしゃった方が来ているという感じでした。

  • Shimodate Museum of Art
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Chikuseishi Hei 372 Arterio 3F
    An art museum which preserves and displays works of art by artists connected to Chikusei City such as potter Itaya Hazan and painter Morita Shigeru. The museum is located on the third floor of the Chiiki Koryu Center Arterio down Prefectural Route 305 traveling from JR Shimodate Station. Distinguished by its glass exterior, visitors can also enjoy the sight of Mt. Tsukuba and the surrounding scenery from the building's lobby and sky promenade. In addition to its standing exhibition, the museum holds special exhibitions, workshops, artwork appreciation meets, and a full array of other events. Easily accessible and casual in atmosphere, the museum also serves as a community gathering space.

    下館駅から徒歩10分弱。しもだて地域交流センター「アルテリオ」の3階にある。 入館料は所蔵品展のみの場合は210円、訪館した時は企画展「関由香写真展 ねこうらら」が開催されており600円となっていた。展示室は4室あるが3室は企画展で使用されていたため所蔵品の展示はわずか。作品保護のためと思われるが、所蔵品展の照明は暗くかなり鑑賞しにくかった。

  • Koga Machikado Art Museum
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    3.5
    10 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Koga-shi Chuocho 2-6-60
    An art museum along Edomachi-dori Street in Chuo-cho 2-Chome, Koga City. It has a permanent exhibition featuring paintings and other work by artists with ties to Koga City. They rent out the second floor of the facility as a public gallery.

    篆刻美術館の隣にある赤い建物が古河街角美術館です。に古河市ゆかりの作家を中心に作品が展示されています。入場無料ですこじんまりとした規模ですが、意外と楽しめました。

  • The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
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    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Sembachou Higakubo 666-1
    From Kairakuen, one of the three great gardens of Japan, head to the other side of Senba Lake to find this art museum which opened in October 1988. The museum’s collection of almost 4,000 pieces are displayed according to season and theme and contains works from local Ibaraki artists such as Yokoyama Taikan, Ogawa Usen, and Nakamura Tsune as well as western artists such as Monet and Renoir. On the south side of the grounds you will also find a reconstruction of Mito native Nakamura Tsune’s workshop with belongings and documents on display.
  • Washi Ningyo Art Museum
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    Ibaraki Kuji-gun Daigomachi Sanuki 1920
    "An art museum in Okukuji Tea Village Park on Prefectural Route 205 in Sanuki, Daigo City, Kuji County. It displays more than 600 pieces by Yamaoka So, a washi paper doll maker. He created his work in the mountain hamlet of Daigo, with the belief that ""nature is the source of creation.” Hina dolls are also displayed during the Cha-no-sato Hina Festival held annually from February to early March."
  • Oarai Art Museum
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    Ibaraki Higashiibaraki-gun Oaraimachi Isohama Machi 8249
    "This art museum is located along OaraiKaigan-dori, in Oaraimachi-Isohamacho, Higashi-Ibaraki County. In addition to the permanent display of watercolor paintings by the businessman and intellectual, Hideo Shibusawa, there are also exhibitions for crafts and photographs held in the museum. Visitors can also enjoy “Fukeisoga, Landscape Window Painting,"" which looks like a landscape painting through the framed large window glass facing the sea. ."
  • Seal Carving Art Museum
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Koga-shi Chuocho 2-4-18

    古河駅から徒歩10分弱。 入館料は200円。古河文学館、古河歴史博物館との3館共通券は600円。館内撮影不可。日本で唯一の篆刻専門美術館。1920年築の商家の石蔵2棟を改修し、展示室として使用している。表蔵棟は古河市出身の篆刻家・生井子華の作品を中心とした展示。裏蔵棟では第14回許我篆書展が開かれており、現代書家が様々な書体で書いた「疫神」の書が展示されていた。 書をたしなんでいる人であれば、展示...

  • Hirosawa Art Museum
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    Ibaraki Chikusei-shi Otsuka 599
  • France Museum
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    Ibaraki Kasama-shi
  • Tatami Kogei Art Museum
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    Ibaraki Takahagi-shi Akahama 1915
  • Kado Memorial Art Museum
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    Ibaraki Hitachi-shi Bentencho 1-chome 3-11
  • Tokyo University of the Arts Daigaku Museum of Art Toride
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    Ibaraki Toride-shi Omonma 5000
  • Hyotan Art Museum
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    Ibaraki Omitama-shi Koiwato 1677
  • Tokyo University of the Arts Daigaku Museum of Art Toride
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    Ibaraki Toride-shi Omonma 5000
  • Nagayamahaku Memorial
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    Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Kaminechou 1-9-13
  • Tenkoku Art Museum
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    Ibaraki Koga-shi Chuocho 1-chome 4-19

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Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.

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