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Hosomi Museum

About Hosomi Museum

A museum showcasing the private collection of the Hosomi family, including over one thousand pieces from the Yayoi to Edo Periods (1603-1867). The collection spans a huge variety, including scrolls, paintings, lacquerware, tea ceremony utensils, Buddhist sculpture and others.

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Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design

in Okazaki Park, Kyoto

Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design - formerly the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts (Fureaikan) - is an incredibly detailed free museum featuring beautiful examples and explanations of a range of different local crafts. Local artisans offer demonstrations of differing techniques, with different crafts on show each day of the week.

Kinkakuji

in Northern Kyoto, Kyoto

Kinkakuji - The Golden Pavilion - is Kyoto’s most iconic World Heritage site. A Zen temple covered with gold leaf set in beautiful traditional garden.

teamLab Borderless

in Odaiba, Tokyo

One of the best known digital art installations in Japan, teamLab Borderless covers 10,000 square meters. Hundreds of computers and projectors produce an interactive and immersive multi-sensory art experience.

The installation is incredibly popular, so tickets are best booked online in advance.

National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

in Okazaki Park, Kyoto

Established in 1963, MOMAK, as it’s known, is dedicated to showcasing and preserving twentieth century art from Japanese, European and American artists. It hosts a number of exhibitions each year, plus around 20 different exhibitions from the museum’s own extensive collection.

It places particular emphasis on artists from Kyoto and the Kansai area. The building itself was designed by notable Japanese architect, Fumihiko Maki.

Heian Jingu Shrine

in Okazaki Park, Kyoto

Dedicated to the first and last emperors from Kyoto, it was built in 1895 to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of Kyoto’s appointment as the capital of Japan.

Heian Shrine Gardens

in Okazaki Park, Kyoto

Nestled behind the Heian Jingu Shrine, this beautiful Japanese garden is a popular place in cherry-blossom season.

Hosomi Museum

In Brief

About Hosomi Museum

Nearby & Related

Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design

Kinkakuji

teamLab Borderless

National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Heian Jingu Shrine

Heian Shrine Gardens