The 10 Best Art Museums in , Chugoku

June 22, 2021 Roseanne Arnett

Discover the best top things to do in , Japan including Shimane Art Museum, Adachi Museum of Art, Hamada Chilren's Museum of Art, Anno Art Museum, Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, The Sand Museum, The Izumo Museum of Quilt Art, Chiisana Yume Art Museum, Mizunokuni, Imai Art Museum.
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1. Shimane Art Museum

1-5 Sodeshicho, Matsue 690-0049 Shimane Prefecture +81 852-55-4700 http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp
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4.5 based on 286 reviews

Shimane Art Museum

The museum on the shores of Lake Shinji, which is designated as "100 Japanese Sunsets in Japan," is the largest museum in San-in. Collect excellent works of each field such as paintings, sculptures, crafts, photographs as permanent exhibitions. It is also acclaimed that a large number of paintings with the theme of “water” will be exhibited.

Reviewed By delphine95 - Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

First the architecture of the museum in front of the lac is amazing. Inside permanent exhibition has very important western and japanese master piece as an enormous sculpture Victor Hugo by Rodin. You will find a gallery with great suite and black pictures from the artiste Teiko Shiotani. Twilight temporary exhibition gathers paintings from Impressionist european painters and japanese painters of the same century very beautifull and interesting to see the connexion between these two cultures. What ever the kind of art you like i really recommend to take 90 minutes to enjoy Shimane museum.

2. Adachi Museum of Art

320 Furukawacho, Yasugi 692-0064 Shimane Prefecture +81 854-28-7111 http://www.adachi-museum.or.jp/
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4.5 based on 1,045 reviews

Adachi Museum of Art

Reviewed By nigelf938 - London, United Kingdom

One of the most beautiful formats for a gallery, mixing framed views of perfect, unscaleable Japanese garden design with traditional exhibitions of more recent Japanese artists from 19th and 20th centuries. Feels a bit off the beaten track but don’t miss it!

3. Hamada Chilren's Museum of Art

859-1 Nobaracho, Hamada 697-0016 Shimane Prefecture +81 855-23-8451 http://www.hamada-kodomo-art.com/
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4.5 based on 9 reviews

Hamada Chilren's Museum of Art

4. Anno Art Museum

60-1 Ushiroda, Tsuwano-cho, Kanoashi-gun 699-5605 Shimane Prefecture +81 856-72-4155 http://www.town.tsuwano.lg.jp/anbi/anbi.html
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4.5 based on 43 reviews

Anno Art Museum

5. Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography

353-3 Sumura, Hoki-cho, Saihaku-gun 689-4107 Tottori Prefecture +81 859-39-8000 [email protected] http://www.houki-town.jp/ueda/
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4.5 based on 64 reviews

Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography

"Ueda Shoji Photography Museum is a private art museum of photographer Shoji Ueda located in Sakai-cho, Nishikori-gun, Tottori Prefecture. Shoji Ueda is one of the most watched Japanese photographers in the world. The hotel is located at the foot of Oyamayama, which is rich in nature, and from the hall designed by architect Takamatsu Shin, you can enjoy the "upside-down Oyama" reflected on the water surface. "

6. The Sand Museum

2083-17 Yuyama Hukubecho, Tottori 689-0105 Tottori Prefecture +81 857-20-2231 http://www.sand-museum.jp/
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4.5 based on 633 reviews

The Sand Museum

The Sand Museum in Tottori Sand Dunes is the only indoor museum exhibited sand sculpture specially. We exhibit the highest quality sand sculptures every year by the executive producer and the professional sculptor from all over the world.

Reviewed By Cierrann - Seattle, United States

This was definitely something new for me! Right next to the sand dunes, this museum puts up a new display every year. We were lucky enough to see the 2019 one, right after it opened. The sculptures are incredible. Just thinking about carving in sand, sent shivers of anxiety up and down my back. They have explanations, and the final product was mind blowing. Even more amazing (to the US mind), was the lack of barriers around the sand. I thought it was a mistake, but my guide said no. Japanese don't touch. There was a little sadness there, for me. As the Japanese welcome so many tourists, things are going to change. I found the Japanese like to have some things untouchable and unknowable - while my upbringing made me really want to touch one of those sculptures! (I didn't, of course.) The sculptures themselves are planned and done by an international team, which was also pretty cool.

7. The Izumo Museum of Quilt Art

330 Fukudomi Hikawa-cho, Izumo 699-0642 Shimane Prefecture +81 853-72-7146 [email protected] http://www.yawatagaki.com/index2.html
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4.5 based on 18 reviews

The Izumo Museum of Quilt Art

The Izumo Quilt Museum is the only quilt museum in the country. The hall features a 200-year-old Izumo style mansion as the exhibition hall, with works mainly produced by quilt artist Hachiwakigaki Reiko set up in the hall with seasonal flowers and trees, good old Japanese traditional beauty, and hall You can see installation by theme such as the art of the pond. Please experience the work that gives an overwhelming presence and the installation every season.

8. Chiisana Yume Art Museum

1-8-4 Kinkai-Cho, Yonago 683-0825 Tottori Prefecture +81 859-31-1262
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4.0 based on 2 reviews

Chiisana Yume Art Museum

9. Mizunokuni

2025 Sakuraecho, Sakamoto, Gotsu 699-4505 Shimane Prefecture +81 855-93-0077
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Mizunokuni

10. Imai Art Museum

472-1, Sakuraecho Kawado, Gotsu 699-4226 Shimane Prefecture +81 855-92-1839 http://www.imai-art.jp/
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Imai Art Museum

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