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Fine Art.Art museum Tour

Enjoying the art and culture of Okayama

You can feel the brilliance of local artists’ creations in various museums in Okayama Prefecture. They are fadeless and maintain their brilliance.

Walk slowly, enjoy the season and encounter fine art.
Culture
The Culture of Okayama-upheld and highly esteemed over a long period of history.
Okayama developed long ago as a hub of traffic and communications in the Chugoku and Shikoku Districts. Many artists arose from the artistic atmosphere created in that period of timeless history.
Encounter a culture of sensitivity, blossoming from a period of tranquility.
The culmination of many talented artists in Okayama. Versatile artists, including Yumeji Takehisa, an artist in the early 20th century, and Denchu Hiragushi, a maestro of modern sculpture, came into the world.
Art
An array of excellent artwork, stimulating intellectual curiosities.
Scattered museums featuring works of various genres, from pictures and sculptures to the modern arts, deliver the culture of Okayama throughout Japan.
Visit to encounter impressive artwork, preserved by diligent forefathers.
There are various impressive fine arts also exhibited in various museums in Okayama Prefecture, including at the Ohara Museum of Art, the private and first western art museum in Japan.

We invite you to these museums’ tours to stimulate your intellectual curiosity.

Fine Art of Bizen
People from all over Japan are aware of our “Culture Zone” in which many art museums are scattered within a compact urban area.
Art in Bicchu
In addition to the Ohara Museum of Art, there are art museums spot-lighting the work of artists from local Okayama as well.
Art in Mimasaka
There are several unique art museums that you may not see in other places; an art museum constructed around a concept of amalgamating art and architecture.
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
Excellent works from artists connected with local Okayama. The art collections cover a broad range of arts, including Japanese and western style paintings, rare antique paintings and sculptures.
Ohara Museum of Art
Ohara Museum of Art
This is the first Japanese private art museum. It was established in 1930 by Magosaburo Ohara, a business person based in Kurashiki who took an active role as a tycoon in industry and who was aiming to collect arts mainly from western countries, as well as to honor the memory of Torajiro Kojima, an artist passed away a year before the establishment of this museum.
Tsuyama Wonder Museum
Tsuyama Wonder Museum
A museum of natural science in which approximately 22,000 articles, including stuffed specimens and samples of rare animals and fossil remains, are exhibited.

Okayama Prefectural Museum
Okayama Prefectural Museum
Arts and crafts from ancient time up through the modern years are exhibited in this museum, including historical materials, swords, and Bizen Pottery.
Okayama Astronomical Museum
Okayama Astronomical Museum
This museum consists of a planetarium room, a solar observation room, and an exhibition room, allowing for people to feel familiarity with the cosmos.
Tsuyama Archives of Western Learning
Tsuyama Archives of Western Learning
In this library of archives, a lot of data, documents, and literature of academics from the local district who studied Western Studies and who played active roles from the end of Edo period (later half of 19th century) to the beginning of Meiji period are exhibited.

Okayama Orient Museum
Okayama Orient Museum
This is one of the few oriental art museums in Japan focused on collecting oriental art work from western Asia, including Iran, Iraq, and Syria, and including pieces from ancient times to the modern day.
Kurashiki City Art Museum
Kurashiki City Art Museum
Excellent fine art, mainly of Yohson Ikeda, an artist of Japanese-style painting, but also featuring other artists who have connections with local Okayama, are collected and exhibited here. The art collections cover a broad range, including both Japanese and western style paintings, watercolor paintings, engravings, sketches, sculptures, and crafts.
Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art
Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art
This museum creates an impressive atmosphere as it integrates the works of a world-famous architect, Arata Isozaki, and three other groups of artists and the building.

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Must-see sights

Tsuyama Cherry Blossom Festival

Tsuyama Cherry Blossom Festival

【Mimasaka Area】 Tsuyama city

Tsuyama Cherry Blossom Festival

This festival is the spring time tradition at Tsuyama Castle (Kakuzan Park) which is famous as one of the best cherry blossom watching spots.

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English pamphlet of Okayama Prefecture

A pamphlet about Okayama in English can be provided in a form of digital data.
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