Ohara Museum of Art is the first western-style art museum in Japan. It is made up of 3 buildings, with 2 buildings side by side in the Kuranagi city Bikan Historical Canal. And another building is a little further away in Ivy Square. The main building of the Ohara Museum was built when the museum was founded. And is a display of art that is most highlighted There will be works by famous Western artists of various races and eras, such as Picasso, El Greco, Gauguin, Modigliani, Rodin, Klee, Pollock and Kandinsky. The building next door will display artists’ works. Asian side, such as Japanese artists Ancient objects from China and Egypt such as pottery, statues, paintings and fabric patterns, etc.
The final main building will be an art gallery by a Japanese artist named Kojima Torajiro, about 200 meters away at Ivy Square. Which has been included in the museum admission ticket In addition to Kojima, there will be exhibitions on display at this museum. Is also the purchaser of works at most of the main buildings in the main building on behalf of Talakahara Which later built this museum as a memorial to Kojima in the 1930s.
Name: Ohara Museum of Art
Address: Japan 〒710-8575 Okayama Prefecture, Kurashiki, Chuo, 1−１−15
Open Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed: Mondays and December 26-31.
Entrance fee: 1,300 yen
How to get there:
- Access Just north of the conservation area, about 10 minutes walk from Kurashiki train station.
