Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art (Nagi MOCA) is a famous contemporary art museum in Okayama Prefecture. Museum created and designed by the world-famous Japanese architect “Arata Isozaki”. The designer of the work must not be able to display anywhere else. The museum’s area consists of 3 main buildings as the Sun building, Moon building and Earth buildings, each with a completely different design. Causing all the exhibitions to be very different as well.
The exhibition rooms are clearly visible from the outside, and have a unique axis based on the natural conditions of the land. The axis of the “sun” is the north-south axis, and the flat wall of the “moon” points in the direction of 10:00 pm on the mid-autumn moon. From the coffee room facing the pond, you can see the sun, moon, and ground exhibition rooms as well as Mt. It is one of the highlights of the museum that its expression can be changed every day and every season. In each room, each individual can feel something for themselves with a whole body sense.
In addition to the permanent work exhibition room that the museum also has a gallery and municipal library. The gallery is used to hold workshops, cafe talks, and mainly exhibitions of contemporary art, as well as musical and dance events both inside and outside the building.
Name: Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art
Address: 441 Toyosawa, Nagi, Katsuta District, Okayama Prefecture 708-1323 Japan
Open hour: 9:30 – 17:00
Closed: Mondays and the day after the national holiday
Admission: Adults 700 yen, Children 500 yen
Attractions near Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art:
- Okayama Farmers Market North Village
- Japan Museum of Contemporary Toy & Hall of Music Box
- The Ginkgo Tree at Bodaiji Temple
How to get there:
Take the train to get to Tsuyama Station, then take the Chutetsu bus at the things between Tsuyama and Nagi. Get off at the NAGI-MOCA stop. It takes about half an hour. With running between 1-3 cars per hour.
