Description
A museum exhibiting works of art under the theme of pumpkins, with a focus on the work of world-famous artist Yayoi Kusama. The museum also has a cafe.
[Yayoi Kusama] A painter, avant-garde sculptor and novelist born in Nagano. She began painting pictures based on hallucinations she had in her early childhood. She went to the USA in 1957 and stayed in New York for 18 years, and has also represented Japan at Venice Biennial in 1993. After her retrospective exhibition tour around the US, she held a large-scale, one-woman exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, in 1999. In 2001, she won the Asahi Prize. Her work has appeared at the Yokohama Triennale.
Access:
From Yugawara Station, take the bus headed to Okuyugawara or Fudo-Taki for about 5 minutes
We are five minutes' walk from the Shogakko-Mae bus stop
Location Information
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- Address
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97-2, Miyakami, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa, 259-0314
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- Nearest Station
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Yugawara Station
･ JR Tokaido Main Line
･ JR Ueno Tokyo Line
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- Hours
- 9:30am - 5:00pm
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- Closed
- Tuesday
*Closes the following day when a regular closing day and national holiday coincide
*Café closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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- Public Site
- Official Site
Recommended Spots in Area
- Visiting
- Lodgings
