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Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum

8:01 Japan Travel
東京都水道歴史館


The Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum is a small, easily accessible, modern museum in Tokyo’s Bunkyo ward that presents the history of a public potable water supply in the capital.

The origins of Tokyo’s water supply go back to the year 1590 when the first Tokugawa Shogun, Ieyasu, having consolidated his authority over the nation at his stronghold in the township of Edo (now Tokyo), decreed the construction of a drinkable water supply as one of the first steps in building what became a city.

The Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum colorfully traces this history on two spacious floors of exhibits.


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Toyota Museum 豊田市美術館

13:31 Japan Travel
豊田市美術館

Toyota Museum, is Toyota city's premier museum with a number of modern art exhibits and installations set in striking, contemporary buildings.




The large, permanent collection includes works by both Japanese and foreign artists. Some of the art on display was produced by such names as Francis Bacon, Christo, Salvador Dali, James Ensor, Alberto Giacometti, Ida Shoichi, Kawai Kanjiro, Maeta Kanji, Takahashi Setsuro and others.

The museum has a recommended restaurant serving high-quality Japanese food, a cafe, museum shop and a Japanese tea ceremony house.

Toyota Museum
5-1 Kozakahonmachi 8-chome
Toyota
Aichi 471-0034
Tel：0565 34 6610
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:30
(entrance until 17:00)
Closed: Mondays
(except national holidays)
Admission: 300 yen

The museum is a 15-minute walk from Aichi Kanjo Railway Shin Toyota and Meitetsu Toyotashi stations (some subway trains on the Tsurumai Line of the Nagoya subway run to Toyotashi Station or, if not, change at Akaike).

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Gero Onsen Onsen Museum

16:31 Japan Travel
温泉博物館

The Onsen Museum is an interesting break from enjoy the hot springs in Gero. The museum displays a number of water samples from onsens from all over Japan, as well as hot spring paraphernalia - bath salts, onsen tamago and water pipes - some of the latter dating back to the Edo Period.

Gero Onsen Onsen Museum

You can learn how hot springs are formed and perform some simple experiments using the water from Gero's hot springs. For an extra charge there's even an ashiyu (footbath) out on the museum's veranda.

Gero Onsen Onsen Museum

The museum is open daily (except Thursday) from 9am-5pm. Adults 400 yen; children 200 yen.

Gero Onsen Onsen Museum

Gero Onsen Onsen Museum
Tel: 0576 25 3400

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Insho Domoto Museum of Fine Arts Kyoto

16:08 Japan Travel
Domoto Museum堂本印象美術館

A little bit of Barcelona lurks in northwest Kyoto.

Just across the main gate to Ritsumeikan University, a bit down the road from the Golden Pavilion, is one of the oddest buildings in Kyoto.

The Insho Domoto Museum of Fine Arts Kyoto was designed by the the great nihonga painter Insho Domoto, who was a painter and teacher in Kyoto until his death in 1975.

The museum, which has Gaudi like design elements on the outside and inside, is currently exhibiting nihonga works that feature Japanese women since the beginning of the twentieth century.

The exhibit runs from October 2 (Fri) until November 29 (Sun).

Most of the works are from the Taisho and Showa era, when clothing shifted from Japanese to Western styles and the "modern girl" (moga) appeared.

Some of the best works are scrolls and advertising posters for beer.

Fees

500 yen for adults

Access

26-3 Kamiyanagi-cho
Hirano Kita-ku
Kyoto
603-8355
Tel: 075 463 0007

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Last Admission at 4:30p.m.) Closed Mondays. Adults: 500 yen.

Access: The Insho Domoto is across the street from Ritsumeikan University's Main Gate. From JR/Kintetsu Kyoto Station take bus number 50. From Sanjo-Keihan, buses 12, 15, 59. Get off at Ritsumeikan Daigaku-mae.

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Nagoya Boston Museum of Fine Arts

18:11 Japan Travel
名古屋ボストン美術館

The Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which opened in 1999, is the sister museum of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA).

Nagoya Boston Museum of Fine Arts

The museum shows exhibitions from the collection of over 500,000 works of art in Boston and other world class exhibits. Located on the south side of Kanayama Station, the museum is located in a 31-story tower also containing the ANA Grand Court Hotel, Nagoya, and the Nagoya Urban Center.


Nagoya Boston Museum of Fine Arts

The Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts occupies three floors with gallery spaces, a shop and resource library.

Upcoming exhibitions including Gauguin and 100 years of Noritake Design. Recent past exhibitions include The World of Claude Monet and an exhibition of artifacts commemorating the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the lives of Commodore Perry and Townsend Harris in Japan in the mid-nineteenth century.


Nagoya Boston Museum of Fine Arts
1-1-1 Kanayama-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya
Tel: 052 684 0101
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 7pm;

Sat & Sun & public holidays 10am - 5pm;
Closed Monday

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Toyama Folkcraft Village

9:10 Japan Travel
富山市民俗民芸村

Toyama Folkcraft Village set in the forested hills of Mount Kureha above Toyama City is certainly worth a peek if you are in the area or visiting Toyama on a day trip from Takayama.

Toyama Folkcraft Village

Easy to get to on the free tourist shuttle or city bus, the Toyama Folkcraft Village, contains several museums dedicated to Toyama Prefecture's arts and crafts: particularly glass and medicines for which the area is well-known. There are also museums of local history and art plus an elegant tea ceremony room and a reference library.

Toyama Folkcraft Village

The Folkcraft Museum is very near to Chokeiji Temple and its 500 statues of rakan - enlightened Buddhist adepts.

Chokeiji Temple, Toyama

The Toyama Folkcraft Village
1118-1 Anyobo, Toyama, 930-0881
Tel: 076 433 8270
Admission: adults 630 yen for all facilities; children 320 yen
Closed: Mondays

Toyama Folkcraft Village is accessible on the free Toyama Museum bus from outside the CiC Building across from Toyama JR Station (ask the tourist office to stamp your brochure) or take a Toyama Chitetsu bus for Shin-Sakuradani, Kurehayama-Rojin-Center from JR Toyama Station and alight at Anyobo bus stop.

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Kyoto Heian Shrine Torii Gate

14:19 Japan Travel
Heian Shrine, Kyoto京都平安神宮の鳥居

In the Okazaki section of Kyoto, in the heart of the city's museum area, stands the massive torii gate leading to Heian Jingu Shrine.

The torii is one of the largest in Japan. It is 24.2 meters tall, and the supporting beams are 3.63 meters in diameter.

This torii is located on the road between the Kyoto Municipal Museum (behind the pine trees at the right of the photo) and, on the opposite side of the road, the Kyoto Museum of Modern Art.

The shrine itself was built in 1895 to celebrate the 1,100 anniversary of the founding of Heiankyo (the ancient name for Kyoto). The shrine itself doesn't compare to the better known temples and shrines littered throughout the city, but the gardens are worth a visit.

Heian Shrine's main claim to fame is that it plays host to the annual Jidai Matsuri Festival. Unless you have an interest in period dress - "Jidai Matsuri" literally means historical period festival - it is a rather tame affair. College students are hired to parade throughout the city in costumes representing various periods in the city's history.

In addition to the above museums, the Kyoto Zoo, the Miyako Messe (a large convention hall), the Hosomi Museum, and of course Heian Jingu Shrine are a short walk.

Access

From JR/Kintetsu Kyoto Station, take bus #5 from boarding area A1 headed for Iwakura Soshajo. Get off at Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae. From Hankyu Karasuma Station/Kawaramachi Station or Keihan Sanjo Station Kyoto City Bus No. 5 (headed for Iwakura Soshajo). Get off at Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae. Or a five-minute walk from the Higashiyama Station on the Tozai subway line

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Nagoya City Science Museum

19:22 Japan Travel
The Nagoya City Science Museum in Shirakawa Park in Fushimi is one of Nagoya's most popular museums and a fun half-day trip for parents and children.

Nagoya City Science Museum

The museum has three buildings: a Life Science Building, Science & Technology Building and an Astronomy Building with a planetarium.

The combined buildings have 19 floors of exhibition spaces with permanent exhibits on Electric Energy, Telecommunications, Communication Media, Dynamic Energy, Materials, Transportation, Disaster Prevention in the Science & Technology Building; Micro Life, Mechanisms Of Our Body, Food, Clothing, & Shelter, Environment - The Earth Of Tomorrow and a library and shop in the Life Science Building; plus the Planetarium, a Space Science floor and a Special Exhibition Hall in the Astronomy Building.

Astronomy Building, Nagoya City Science Museum

Many of the exhibits are hands-on and the excellent 450-seat Planetarium has regular showings throughout the day. Every weekend and on public holidays at 10am & 2.30pm there are special shows for children with stunning visual effects.

The extensive model railways on the third floor in the transport section (one of the largest in the country) and the children's play area on the ninth floor are particularly popular with kids.

The Astronomy Building opened in 1962, followed by the Science & Technology Building in 1964 and the Life Science Building later in 1989.

Nagoya City Science Museum
2-17-1 Sakae
Naka-ku
Nagoya
460-0008
Tel: 052 201 4486
Hours: 9.30am-5pm; closed Mondays
Admission: Museum & Planetarium adults 600 yen; junior high school children and younger free; Museum only adults 300 yen

Access

Nagoya City Science Museum is adjacent to the Nagoya City Art Museum in Shirakawa Park and a stroll from the Electricity Museum.
The museum is a short walk from Fushimi Station (Exit 5) on the Higashiyama and Tsurumai subway lines or Osu Kannon on the Tsurumai Line (Exit 1).


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Mizuki Shigeru Road & GeGeGe Kitaro

20:40 Japan Travel
水木しげる記念館

Mizuki Shigeru is a well known manga author known mostly as the creator of the popular GeGeGe Kitaro series of manga, TV shows and full-length movies. His work is populated with dozens of Yokai, supernatural beings that include monsters, ghosts, and goblins.

Mizuki Shigeru Road, Tottori

Born in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, his home town has honored him (and made a substantial income from tourism) with his own museum and street.

Mizuki Shigeru Road

The Mizuki Shigeru Road runs 800 metres from the main station to the Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum, and along both sides of the street are more than 100 sculptures of many of his yokai.

Mizuki Shigeru Road

As well as the bronze sculptures, yokai appear everywhere along the road. The street lights are giant eyeballs, the eyeball being Kitaro's father, the trains on the Sakai Line are decorated with yokai on the inside and out, there is a Yokai Shrine, and many of the gift shops along the road have their own yokai art adorning them.

Mizuki Shigeru Road

The giftshops sell just about any imaginable product with yokai designs.
The Museum itself has a large collection of Shigeru's material and includes 3 screens showing videos of animated yokai.

Mizuki Shigeru Road

The museum is open 9 – 5 (closed Tuesdays. If a National Holiday falls on a Tuesday then the next day is closed)
Adults 700 yen
Junior High & High School students 500yen
Elementary school students 300 yen
Mitsuki Shigeru Memorial Museum (in Japanese)
Tel: 0859 42 2171

Sakaiminato is located at the northern tip of Yumigahama Peninsular in west Tottori Prefecture, and is one of Japan's most important fishing ports.

It is served by nearby Yonago Airport, and is the terminal of the JR Sakai line which runs from Yonago.


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John Lennon Museum, Saitama

7:01 Japan Travel
ジョン・レノン・ミュジアム

The John Lennon Museum closed on 30 September, 2010


A couple of friends and I took advantage of the day off (National Foundation Day) to visit the John Lennon Museum in Saitama, about 45 minutes from Tokyo's Shinjuku district. We took the JR Saikyo Line to Akabane Station, and then changed to the JR Takatsuki Line to Saitama Shintoshin Station. It's only 3 minute's walk from the station.

The John Lennon Museum is housed in the very modern Saitama Super Arena, and shares the Arena's stylishness and spaciousness. Almost church-like in its atmosphere, the John Lennon Musuem is a meticuously detailed record of Lennon's life. The expertly presented displays take you on a fascinating tour through 9 phases of his existence, from "Childhood Memories," then "Rock and Roll," "The Beatles," "New York City," etc., culminating in "Househusband".

Did I say Lennon's life? Who could forget Yoko Ono? And this may as well be called the "John Lennon/Yoko Ono Museum" because of the almost inordinate amount of attention she gets - unsurprisingly, as the Museum was set up in 1980 (on what would have been Lennon's 60th birthday) with her co-operation, and most, if not all, of the memorabilia there belongs to her.

The Yoko Ono bias is so strong that her work and life even before she met Lennon gets a lot of coverage, while first wife Cynthia gets barely a mention.

Nevertheless, this in no way detracts from the Museum's excellence. It is professional to the nth degree, each of the multifarious displays demands attention, and the spaciousness and clean, modern lines of the Museum make it a pleasant space to be in. Perhaps most importantly, you don't have to be a Beatles - or Lennon, or Ono - fan to get something memorable out of it.

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Yumeminato Tower Sakaiminato

13:49 Japan Travel
夢みなとタワー

At only 43 metres in height, the Yumeminato Tower is dwarfed by most of Japan's observation towers, but with good weather the 360 degree view takes in Mount Daisen, the tallest mountain in the Chugoku region, Miho Bay, and the Nakauma Inland Sea with Daikon Island. If the weather is not so clear then the interior structure of the tower is fascinating in itself.

Yumeminato Tower, Sakaiminato, Tottori

Included in the entrance to the tower is entrance to the Pacific Rim Exchange Village, a kind of museum focusing on the traditional cultures of Japan's neighbors, China, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia etc.

Yumeminato Tower, Sakaiminato

The highlight for me is the large yurt that one can go inside. Mindful of the Japanese penchant for cosplay, there are traditional costumes from the different countries that can be tried on and be photographed in.

Yumeminato Tower, Sakaiminato

Also included in the admission fee is entrance to an exhibition of monsters, ghouls, and other supernatural beings that populate the work of manga author Mizuki Shigeru who was born in Sakaiminato.

Yumeminato Tower, Sakaiminato

Yumeminato Tower is open from 9 to 6 (April – Sep) and 9 to 5 (Oct – Mar)
Adults 300 yen, kids 150 yen.

Yumeminato Tower is closed on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

Sakaiminato is located at the northern tip of Yumigahama Peninsular in west Tottori Prefecture, and is one of Japan's most important fishing ports. The fishing boat arrested recently by the Russians came from Sakaiminato.

Yumeminato Tower, Sakaiminato

Sakaiminato is served by nearby Yonago Airport, and is the terminal of the JR Sakai line which runs from Yonago.

Yumeminato Tower (in Japanese)
Tel: 0859 47 3800

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Electricity Museum Nagoya

16:26 Japan Travel
でんきの科学館

Nagoya's Electricity Museum in Fushimi is an educational and fun visit especially for parents with young children.

The four-story modern building, maintained by Chubu Electric Power Company, has dioramas and hands-on equipment on all aspects of electricity: its production, transport and use. Kids (and their parents) can learn about the pioneers behind the development of electrical power including Thomas Edison and Alessandro Volta.

Electricity Museum Nagoya

The Ohm Theater has a large screen with interactive games and quizzes for the audience. Tours can be arranged in English if you reserve one week in advance.

There are similar museums dedicated to electricity throughout Japan and run by the regional electricity generating companies, including the TEPCO Electric Energy Museum in Shibuya.

Electricity Museum Nagoya

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Access

Electricity Museum
Sakae 2-2-5
Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0008
Tel: 052 201 1026
Hours: 9.30-5.30pm; closed Monday
Admission: Free

The museum is a short walk from Fushimi Station on the Tsurumai and Higashiyama subway lines. Take Exit #4 from Fushimi Station. The loop bus stops nearby at Hirokoji-hommachi.
The museum is close to the Nagoya City Science Museum and Nagoya City Art Museum in Shirakawa Park.

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Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum

17:27 Japan Travel
レトロでんしゃ館

The Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum near Akaike Station on the Tsurumai subway line is a favorite for parents and their train-loving kids, especially on weekends.


Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum

Besides the model railways, Play Station-style computer train simulators and a collection of old subway and tram carriages (ideal for reading a book or newspaper, while the kids play on the trains and ring all the bells) - there are some interesting black and white photographs of Nagoya in the 1960s, when the last trams were still running in the city.

Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum

The trams in Nagoya were finally phased out in 1974 as the subway system began to cover much of the city.

Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum
Tel 052 807 7587
Hours: 10am-4pm

Walk north from Akaike Station Exit 2 down the hill, cross Route 153 and you will see two giant subway drills. The museum is here. Admission free; closed Wednesdays.

Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum

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Meteor Plaza Shichirui

17:00 Japan Travel
メテオプラザ

There were violent thunderstorms along the Shimane coast near Mihonoseki on the night of December 10th 1992, so when Mr. Matsumoto and his family in Sozu village heard a loud noise they thought nothing of it. A little later they were amazed to discover a hole running through their house from the roof down through 2 storeys and the floor. Next morning under their house they discovered a 6.8 kilogram rock that is now officially named as the Mihonoseki Meteor.

Meteor Plaza Shichirui, Shimane

The meteor is on display in its own museum, part of the Meteor Plaza complex in nearby Shichirui. The unusual building, designed by Shimane architect Shin Takamatsu, houses an indoor seawater swimming pool, a 500 seat auditorium, and the terminal for ferries to the Oki Islands as well as the museum.

Meteor Plaza Shichirui, Shimane

The ovoid-shaped structure represents the meteor and inside it is a cavernous cinema that shows a couple of videos on the meteor. The narrow cone represents the trajectory of the meteor's descent to earth, and inside it the meteor itself is on display in an other-worldly blue light. The actual museum is quite small and has lots of photos, maps, and press clippings as well as sections of the roof, tatami etc from the house that the meteor passed through.

Meteor Plaza Shichirui, Shimane

The museum does not get many visitors. The ferry terminal is busy with daily ferries to the Oki Islands, the swimming pool is made good use of by all the local schools, but the auditorium is rarely used. The building is already showing wear and tear and is starting to look quite drab.

Meteor Plaza Shichirui, Shimane

Worth visiting if you are particularly interested in modern architecture or meteors, or if you have time to kill while waiting for a ferry, but otherwise not worth making a special trip.

Meteor Plaza
Matsue-shi, Mihonseki-cho, Shichirui 3246-1
Tel: 0852 72 3939
Open: Thur – Tue, 9am to 5pm
Entrance: 600 yen adults

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Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Puppet Museum

18:03 Japan Travel
飯田市川本喜八郎人形美術館

The Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Puppet Museum in Iida, southern Nagano Prefecture is the town's must-see attraction and a world class museum. During the Edo period, this old castle town was known for its two performing puppetry troupes - the Kuroda and Imada groups - as well as its delicious apples.

Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Puppet Museum

In 1979 the Iida Puppet Carnival (now the Iida Puppet Festa) was established to preserve Iida's puppet heritage and quickly became Japan's biggest puppet event. Puppet animator Kawamoto Kihachiro visited the festival in 1990 and his animated films received an enthusiastic welcome. In response, Kawamoto donated 200 of his puppets which make up the core of the exhibits on display in the modern facility.

Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Puppet Museum

Many of the puppets are taken from Kawamoto's two NHK television dramas: Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Tale of the Heike.

One of Kawamoto's short films is shown in the media center at regular intervals during the day.

Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Puppet Museum (in Japanese)
Nagano Prefecture
Iida City
Motomachi 1-2
Tel: 0265 23 3594
Admission: Adults 400 yen

Access: Iida can be reached by train from Nagoya via Toyohashi on the JR Iida Line (2 hours, 30 minutes). There are also highway buses from Tokyo (4 hours) and Nagoya (2 hours). By car, exit the Chuo Expressway at the Iida interchange.

Here are a list of Kawamoto Kihachiro films available from Amazon: The Book of the Dead, The Exquisite Short Films of Kawamoto Kihachiro, and New Animation: Works of Kihachiro Kawamoto.

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Nagoya City Art Museum

17:30 Japan Travel
名古屋市美術館

Nagoya City Art Museum in Fushimi, not far from the Hilton Hotel, has a small permanent collection of contemporary western and Japanese art.

Nagoya City Art Museum

Located across Shirakawa Park from Nagoya's Science Museum, Nagoya City Art Museum opened in 1988. The permanent collection includes works by foreign artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Frida Kahlo and Maurice Utrillo. Japanese contemporary art is represented by Shusaku Arakawa, Tsuguharu Fujita and Tadaaki Kuwayama. The collection is rotated four times a year.

The facility also includes works by local artists, a temporary exhibition gallery, a library, auditorium, cafe and shop.

Nagoya City Art Museum

Nagoya City Art Museum
17-25, Sakae 2-chome
Naka-ku, Nagoya
460-0008
Tel: 052 212 0001

Admission: 300 yen

A short walk from Fushimi Station (Exit 5) on the Higashiyama and Tsurumai subway lines or Osu Kannon on the Tsurumai Line (Exit 1).

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Toba Minato Machi Bunka Kaikan & Edogawa Ranpo

19:19 Japan Travel
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.

Toba Minato Machi Bunka Kaikan

The museum is the preserved former residence of local artist and writer Junichi Iwata and displays manuscripts, letters and every day items from the lives of Iwata and his literary friend Edogawa Ranpo. Iwata drew illustrations for Edogawa Ranpo's stories and the two shared the house for a while, when Ranpo was living and working in Toba.

Toba Minato Machi Bunka Kaikan

Also on show are photographs dating back to 1936, many featuring the famous women divers (ama) of the area.

The subsequent fame of Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965), aka Taro Hirai, far outweighs that of his associate Junichi Iwata, and it is the personal effects of the noted mystery writer, including his trademark beret and round glasses, on display at the museum, that attract most interest.

Toba Minato Machi Bunka Kaikan

Ranpo was an admirer of western thrillers and mystery tales, especially those of Edgar Allan Poe. Among Ranpo's best known works are: Phantom of the Universe, Phantom of the Circus and Vampire.

Ranpo and Junichi Iwata also collaborated on researching the hidden history of Japanese homosexuality - nanshoku - and Iwata published the book Honcho Nanshoku Ko on the subject.
Iwata (1900-46) died at a young age, only 45, in Tokyo, but the museum is a fitting tribute to an energetic, young artist of the time.

Toba Minato Machi Bunka Kaikan
Toba 2-5-2
Tel: 0599 26 3745
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-3pm; Sat-Sun 10am-4.30pm
Admission: Free

Walk south from Toba Station past the entrance to the remains of Toba Castle, at the next signal bear right and the museum is on your right.

There are Kinstetsu trains to Toba from Osaka and Nagoya (1 hour, 35 mins) and there are overnight highway buses from Ikebukuro via Kuwana and Tsu to Toba.

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IdcN Design Museum Nagoya

5:24 Japan Travel
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.

IdcN Design Museum Nagoya

Many of the exhibits are housed in revolving "Collection Towers" - press the button to see a variety of industrial and commercial design standards appear - telephones, vacuum cleaners, radios and a number of American Art Deco classics.

IdcN Design Museum Nagoya

There are also a number of interactive computer consoles outlining the history of design and an interesting display of iconic posters.

IdcN Design Museum Nagoya

The museum has explanations in both Japanese and English. There is a small bar and shop selling upmarket design products and wines from around the world.

IdcN Design Museum
Nadya Park Design Center Bldg. 4F
3-18-1 Sakae
Naka-ku
Nagoya
460-0008
Tel: 052 265 2106
www: idcn
Hours: Open 11am-8pm; closed Tuesdays

Access: A short walk west from Yaba-cho Station on the Meijo Line (Exit 5 or 6) or south from Sakae Station on the Meijo and Higashiyama lines of the Nagoya subway.

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