[20 selections] Recommended museums and art spots in Aichi Prefecture

Art museum

Aichi

掲載日：2021.08.30

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Kuwayama Art Museum (Nagoya)

Kuwayama Art Museum is located in a quiet residential area in the eastern part of Nagoya City.
It exhibits the collections, modern Japanese paintings, tea utensils after the Meiji period, and also Japanese Western paintings and contemporary ceramics. The theme exhibition is changed three times a year.

In the garden, flowers such as cherry blossoms, peonies, wisteria, and azaleas are in full bloom from spring to early summer. Maples turn red in autumn, and several kinds of camellias add color to the cold winter.
In addition, the strolling garden is dotted with lanterns of various shapes, so you can enjoy a short stroll.

【Kuwayama Art Museum】
http://www.kuwayama-museum.jp/

The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art (Nagoya)

The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art is a French art museum directly connected to Shin-Sakae-machi Station in Nagoya Municipal Subway. The collection is formed from a view of the flow of French art from the 18th century to the 20th century.

In addition to paintings from the Rococo era to the École de Paris, the permanent exhibition includes crafts such as glass and furniture by Emile Gallé, a representative glass artist of Art Nouveau, Tiffany lamps, Baccarat chandeliers, and Majorelle furniture.

The glass and acrylic panels have been removed from the frames to allow visitors to enjoy the works.

【The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art】
http://www.mazak-art.com/index.shtml

Yokoyama Art Museum (Nagoya)

Nagoya used to be a major production base for ceramics exported overseas. "Yokoyama Art Museum" mainly exhibits export ceramics (homecoming products) produced in the Meiji and Taisho eras.

You can enjoy a number of breathtakingly detailed and bold works, such as exported ceramics produced in the Nagoya area, Old Noritake - Japan's first Western-style ceramics, and Sumida ware, which is rarely seen in a large group.

【Yokoyama Art Museum】
https://www.yokoyama-art-museum.or.jp/

The Dai-1 Museum of Art (Nagoya City, Aichi)

The Dai-1 Museum of Art is a glass art museum located in Nakamura Ward, Nagoya City. This is a corporate museum run by pachinko maker Daiichi Shokai. Permanent exhibition centering on the Art Nouveau works of Emile Gallé and Daum brothers, as well as the works of Dale Chihuly. Special exhibitions are also held from time to time.

On July 20, 2021, the Honorary Consulate of Hungary in Nagoya was established in the building.

【The Dai-1 Museum of Art 】
https://www.daiichi-museum.co.jp/

Menard Art Museum (Komaki City)

Menard Art Museum is an art museum located in Komaki City, Aichi. It was constructed based on the art collection collected mainly by Daisuke Nonogawa, the founder of Japan Menard Cosmetics, and his wife, Misuko Nonogawa.

Post-impressionist Western paintings such as Manet, Van Gogh, Redon, Ensor, Seurat, and Moreau. The collection includes approximately 1,400 pieces of modern and contemporary art such as Japanese paintings, Western paintings, prints, sculptures, crafts, and antiques by Japanese artists such as Shoen Uemura, Korin Ogata, and Ryusei Kishida after the Meiji era.

【Menard Art Museum】
https://museum.menard.co.jp/

Meito Art Museum (Nagakute City)

Meito Art Museum is a private art museum located in Nagakute City, Aichi. Modern Japanese paintings by Taikan Yokoyama, Gyokudo Kawai, and Ikuo Hirayama are collected. Among them, the collection of bijinga is full of works by Shoen Uemura, Kiyokata Kaburagi, and Shinsui Ito, who are called "three masters of bijinga".

Many of the works of painters representing Japanese paintings are in the collection, and you can see the flow of Japanese paintings since the modern era.

【Meito Art Museum】
http://www.meito.hayatele.co.jp/

KAWARA MUSEUM・LIBRARY of Takahama City, a Hometown of Ceramics (Takahama City)

Takahama City in Aichi Prefecture is the center of production of Sanshu Kawara, boasting the largest production volume in Japan. "TKAWARA MUSEUM・LIBRARY of Takahama City, a Hometown of Ceramics" is the only art museum in the world with the theme of "kawara". Focusing on roof tiles and pottery from Japan and around the world, it has collected works of art related to them (including paintings, prints, ukiyo-e, calligraphy, and photographs), and introduce them through permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions.

It also holds special exhibitions on various themes, including kawara, pottery, original picture book illustrations, art brut, subculture, and peace.

【KAWARA MUSEUM・LIBRARY of Takahama City, a Hometown of Ceramics】
http://www.takahama-kawara-museum.com/index.html

The World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki (Okazaki City)

"The World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki" is a participatory experience museum for children located in Okazaki City, Aichi. It is an art museum for children, which is rare in the world. The museum consists of three functions: THINK, SEE, and DO. While relating each zone, there is a permanent exhibition of works from the childhood of famous artists, folk crafts, toys, and picture books from various cultural spheres around the world, centering on children's paintings from around the world.

In addition, the parent-child modeling center attached to the center offers daily hands-on classes such as painting classes, clay classes, craft classes, and EB classes. There are also walking trails and a large playground.

【The World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki】
https://www.city.okazaki.lg.jp/1200/1251/1242/p010841.html

Kariya City Art Museum (Kariya City)

"Kariya City Art Museum" was established with the aim of becoming a museum where people can deepen their familiarity and understanding of art and nurture a richness of mind. The museum houses a large number of works based on four themes: local art, mainly by artists related to Aichi Prefecture, post-war Japanese art, contemporary art, and original picture book illustrations.

In recent years, many exhibitions of picture books and illustrations have been held. At Sakichi-an, a tea room surrounded by a quiet garden, you can casually enjoy authentic matcha green tea.

【Kariya City Art Museum】
https://www.city.kariya.lg.jp/museum/

Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History (Toyohashi City)

"Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History" is a museum that opened in Toyohashi Park, where Yoshida Castle is located, in 1979 (Showa 54) as a project to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the municipal system.

The collection includes 2,000 works of local art, including Masayoshi Nakamura's "Ushiro no Hito" and Hiroshi Noda's "Black Scenery". Historical materials related to archeology, folklore, and Yoshida Castle are mainly collected and displayed. Free admission to permanent exhibitions and general galleries.