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In Karuizawa, visitors can experience various genres of art, both historical and modern.
Why don't you get inspired by the art you can touch in Karuizawa?
You may want to immerse yourself in a space that you cannot feel in everyday life.
*This is not a model course.

SPOT 1

A.C.Shaw Memorial House

A.C.Shaw Memorial House

Hours: 9:00 - 17:00 (9:00 - 18:00 from July to September)
Closed: Thursday
Open daily from July 15 to September 15
(Closed from November 4 to March 31 of the following year)
Admission: Free

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SPOT 2

Saisei Muroo Memorial Hall

Saisei Muroo Memorial Hall

Saisei Muroo was a leading poet and novelist of Japanese literature active from the Taisho period to the mid-Showa period. This memorial hall is a renovated villa built in 1931, where Saisei spent every summer until 1961, the year before his death. In this house, Saisei had many interactions with many writers, including Hori Tatsuo, Tsumura Nobuo, Tachihara Dozo, Kawabata Yasunari, and Shiga Naoya.

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SPOT 3

Karuizawa Small Karuta Museum

Karuizawa Small Karuta Museum

The museum is small, but fortunately the karuta and cards are not that large, so many varieties can be seen by our customers.
Although the museum is still in its infancy as a resource center, we hope that visitors will feel familiar with various types of Hyakunin Isshu, local karuta, hanafuda, playing cards, card games, and other unusual items.

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SPOT 4

Trick Art Museum Karuizawa

Trick Art Museum Karuizawa

Trick Art Museum Kyu-Karuizawa is a trick art museum where visitors can have a three-dimensional visual experience. Visitors can experience trick art by seeing, touching, and photographing psychological illusions and tricks! In trick art, the way you see the work changes depending on where you look at it. You can try looking at it from various angles to see if it is three-dimensional or flat, up, down, left, or right, and touch the work to see if it is real! Photography is allowed inside the museum, so bring your camera and take lots of fun pictures! Of course, you are free to take pictures. Parking is free for 90 minutes, so please use the parking lot to explore the surrounding area.

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SPOT 5

Wakita Art Museum

Wakita Art Museum

The universe of Wakita's paintings, with their poems of the heart and soul, and his penetrating view of nature and life, is often compared to a chamber music with clear tones. The elegant "music of colors" is alive in the green grove of the Wakita Art Museum. The museum houses approximately 1,000 oil paintings, drawings, prints, and other works by Wakita Kazu, a representative of the contemporary Western-style painting world, and exhibits a complete picture of the artist from his period of study in Germany in the 1920s to his current works after the end of World War II. The museum is also actively developing art programs that seek to connect with the present day, creating a refreshing cultural image in the Karuizawa area.

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SPOT 6

Karuizawa New Art Museum

Karuizawa New Art Museum

The planned exhibitions will include not only the world's leading contemporary Japanese artists and their group exhibitions, but also overseas artists, with a fresh approach that will meet the expectations of art fans from both Japan and abroad.
The museum also plans to actively collect works by Japanese avant-garde artists, including works by avant-garde artists who belonged to the "Gutai Art Association," whose international reputation has been growing remarkably in recent years.

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SPOT 7

Karuizawa Kataezome Museum

Karuizawa Kataezome Museum

The Karuizawa Museum of stencil dyeing was built by the late Kyoko Kobayashi, who devoted more than 40 years to stencil dyeing under the tutelage of the late Keisuke Serizawa, an intangible cultural asset and living national treasure.
The museum and art works were donated to the town in 2000, and the exhibits in the museum are changed each year according to a different theme.
Visitors can see katae dye works full of vivid colors and exoticism, and on the second floor, folk crafts from around the world collected by Kyoko Kobayashi are on display, giving visitors a sense of the unique atmosphere that she must have given to her works.
～The second floor also features folk art objects from around the world that Kyoko has collected during her travels around the world, giving her works a unique atmosphere.

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SPOT 8

Small Art Museum Karuizawa Soka-kan

Small Art Museum Karuizawa Soka-kan

This is the private museum of Ishikawa Koichi, an artist who loved and painted Karuizawa's flowers and plants.
The museum has over 3,000 sketches (950 species) of flowers and plants native to Karuizawa and more than 100 oil paintings, and holds various special exhibitions every year.

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SPOT 9

Karuizawa Ando Art Museum

Karuizawa Ando Art Museum

This private museum exhibits only the works of the painter Tsuguharu Fujita. The museum has a collection of about 200 works, mainly paintings of "Girl," "Cat," and "Madonna and Child," which provide visitors with a perspective on Fujita's artistic career, which was marked by a number of strange fates. The "Milky Underground" works that swept Europe are also on display. A café for the "HARIO" brand of coffee utensils is also located here.

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SPOT 10

Karuizawa Hiroshi Senju Art Museum

Karuizawa Hiroshi Senju Art Museum

This museum exhibits a valuable collection of about 50 works by world-renowned Japanese-style painter Hiroshi Senju, from his early works to his latest creations. The interior of the museum, designed by architect Ryue Nishizawa, is filled with natural light, creating a bright and open exhibition space. Other facilities include a color leaf garden with approximately 60,000 plants and more than 150 varieties of flowers and grasses, Boulanger Asanoya, a museum store, and more.

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SPOT 11

Mitsuhiko Asami Memorial Hall

Mitsuhiko Asami Memorial Hall

Opened in April 2016, the museum was established to pass on to future generations for generations to come the achievements and intentions of Yasuo Uchida, a Karuizawa-based writer who set his works all over Japan and wrote about the scenery and emotions of people in various regions. The museum exhibits items related to Uchida's works, including Mitsuhiko Asami, the famous detective created by Yasuo Uchida, as well as the author's handwritten manuscripts and personal effects. There are also a variety of photo spots. Visitors can sit at the desk in the study that Yasuo Uchida actually used, or play the role of a famous detective or a corpse at the corpse discovery site. ...... There are many ways to enjoy yourself!

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SPOT 12

Beniko Fukazawa Wild Flower Museum

Beniko Fukazawa Wild Flower Museum

A two-story wooden Western-style building built in 1909.
It used to be the central building of Ginza-dori in Old Karuizawa and a place for villa residents to exchange information.
In May 2008, it was designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.

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SPOT 13

Paine Art Museum

Paine Art Museum

A boy and a lovely girl in a mountain high hat, always cuddled up together. French painter Raymond Peynet is well known around the world for his "Peynet's Lovers" series. Original paintings, lithographs, and his favorite painting materials are on display.

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SPOT 14

Karuizawa Highland Library

Karuizawa Highland Library

Karuizawa Kogen Bunko opened in August 1985 on the shores of Lake Shiozawa with a splendid view of Mount Asama in order for visitors to experience the rich world of literature.
The villa that Tatsuo Hori loved was moved from the former Karuizawa and is open to the public. The villa where Tatsuo Arishima died of love, "Jogetsuan", and the study of Yayoko Nogami were also moved to the site.
A monument to the poetry of Tachihara Dozo stands in the front yard, and a monument to the literature of Nakamura Shinichiro stands in the back yard.

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SPOT 15

Eltz Toy Museum, Karuizawa (Moose Forest)

Eltz Toy Museum, Karuizawa (Moose Forest)

This museum collects and exhibits high-quality European educational toys that provide good play and wooden toys that have been handed down for more than 300 years in the Erz region of Germany by meisters (craftsmen who pass on advanced skills). At the "Wooden Toy Shop," visitors can purchase traditional wooden crafts directly imported from the Erz region of Germany. The "Picture Book Shop" offers nostalgic picture books, Western picture books, and original goods.

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SPOT 16

Karuizawa Picture Book Forest Art Museum (Moose Forest)

Karuizawa Picture Book Forest Art Museum (Moose Forest)

This museum specializes in picture books, exhibiting rare original illustrations and first editions of picture books, mainly European and American picture books. There are seasonal exhibitions and a picture book library with a collection of approximately 1,500 books, and a permanent exhibition of "Peter Rabbit™" in the third exhibition hall. Visitors can immerse themselves in the nostalgic world of picture books. 　The "Picturesque Garden," which connects the museum to the surrounding forest, was created by British landscape designer Paul Smither. Enjoy the changing nature of Karuizawa as it changes with the seasons.

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SPOT 17

Le Vin Museum

Le Vin Museum

The museum opened in 1997 in a nearly exact replica of the Bunka Gakuin building founded and designed by Isaku Nishimura in Surugadai, Tokyo in 1921. At a time when school buildings looked like barracks, the delightful architecture and gardens designed by Isaku Nishimura in the style of English cottages were the talk of the town at the time. We hope to make this museum a place where more people can understand the Bunka Institute, which aims to educate students to develop natural and unique personalities and to form people with an artistic fragrance. In the permanent exhibition, we plan not only to remember the past, but also to show how Bunka Gakuin is changing into the form of a new era while inheriting its philosophy, the dream and winds of the Taisho era. In the exhibition room, we plan to introduce works by artists who are active in various fields every year.

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SPOT 18

Former Mikasa Hotel, Important Cultural Property (closed for renovation)

Former Mikasa Hotel, Important Cultural Property (closed for renovation)

Designed and built by Japanese, this is a purely Western-style wooden hotel from the late Meiji period. The hotel still retains the appearance of having been visited by famous people who built the Meiji and Taisho eras. In May 1980, it was designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The former Mikasa Hotel is currently closed for conservation and repair work, including seismic reinforcement. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and ask for your understanding. The hotel is scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2025.

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SPOT 19

Minamigaoka Art Museum (Sangoso Museum)

Minamigaoka Art Museum (Sangoso Museum)

The museum exhibits art and culture from all ages and cultures. The museum consists of the main building, which houses the art museum floor, and the museum archives, which is an old private house, Sangoso (a registered national tangible cultural property), which is a relocated house of a wealthy farmer from the late Edo period in Shioyama City, Yamanashi Prefecture, open to the public.

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SPOT 20

Karuizawa Museum of Contemporary Art

Karuizawa Museum of Contemporary Art

Under the theme of "Painters Across the Sea," the exhibition focuses on works by Japanese artists who are highly acclaimed overseas, including Yayoi Kusama, Yoshitomo Nara, Takashi Murakami, and Ayako Rokkaku. Visitors can enjoy contemporary art in a quiet space surrounded by green trees. Artworks are also available for purchase in the adjoining gallery. The museum store offers a wide range of raisonné and goods from the exhibiting artists. The sketchbooks that customers can draw freely on the large table in the store are also very popular.

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SPOT 21

museum of historical folklore

museum of historical folklore

This facility preserves and exhibits materials related to the cultural history of the road, including earthenware from the Jomon period and the history of the inns along the Nakasendo Highway, as well as materials introducing the development of the area as a vacation home after the Meiji period and daily utensils that supported life in the high-cool region.
　Chinese ceramics from the collection of the late Mr. Saburo Yoshizawa are also on display, and in the garden by the entrance is a monument to Midoriko Sugiura that was relocated from a villa in Nakakaruizawa.
Please also see "History and Folklore Museum News" on the related website.

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SPOT 22

Former Villa of Fumimaro Konoe (Ichimura Memorial Hall)

Former Villa of Fumimaro Konoe (Ichimura Memorial Hall)

The memorial building was built in the Taisho era (1912-1926) by Amerika-ya, a Western-style house building company, and was purchased by Fumimaro Konoe from Genjiro Nozawa as his villa in 1926. In 1932, Ichimura Imachizo, a political scientist and friend of Konoe, purchased the house, and it was moved to Minamihara the following year. Later, in 1997, it was moved to its current location, at the east end of Amamiya Pond, and was donated to the town by the bereaved family of the Ichimura family. 　The museum exhibits materials related to Fumimaro Konoe, Imachizo Ichimura, who devoted himself to the development of Minamihara as a vacation home, and his wife, Kiyoji, and Keijiro Amamiya, who became honorary residents of the town. The building was designated as a Karuizawa Town Cultural Property (Designation No. 19) as of May 24, 2008. During the seismic reinforcement and other construction work in FY 2009, some of the exterior walls were repainted, and the appearance of the building at the time of its relocation to Minamihara was restored. Admission Adults 400 yen (groups 300 yen) Children 200 yen (groups 150 yen) (Shared with the museum.　Groups of 20 or more people are required.) Admission is free for those with a physical disability certificate, rehabilitation certificate, or health welfare certificate for the mentally disabled and one accompanying caregiver upon presentation of the certificate.

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SPOT 23

Sezon Museum of Contemporary Art

Sezon Museum of Contemporary Art

The collection consists of more than 500 works, representing the European art stream from Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, the originators of abstraction at the beginning of the 20th century, through Dadaism and Surrealism to Informel and Nouveau Réalisme. In the U.S., the collection is characterized by the inclusion of artists from the 1980s, such as Kiefer and Clemente, as well as works by leading postwar Japanese artists, in addition to the currents of abstract expressionist artists Jacques Pollock and Mark Rothko, Neo-Dada and Pop Art. The museum is currently closed for renovation (until April 2026 *scheduled).

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SPOT 24

Tasaki Museum of Art

Tasaki Museum of Art

Kosuke had a studio in Mikasa, Karuizawa since 1966, and left numerous works in Tateshina, Yatsugatake, Myoko and Lake Nojiri, with Asama and Shirakaba lakes in the background. He also had many friends during his lifetime who were artists and writers, and it is said that his works alone represent the history of the art world from the early days to the present day. The museum is an art museum that permanently exhibits his posthumous works and materials on his cultural and cultural associations, while at the same time providing a venue for public exhibitions, lectures, research meetings, and other cultural and social activities.

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SPOT 25

Oiwajuku Folk Museum

Oiwajuku Folk Museum

The Oiwajuku Folk Museum was opened in July 1985 to maintain and preserve the unique local culture of Oiwajuku, which flourished as an inn town during the Edo period, and the western part of Karuizawa Town. It is located at the east exit of Oiwajuku, in a lush green environment adjacent to Sengen Shrine and Oiwake Park. The exterior of the building is made in the style of an inn, and the interior is constructed in the wooden style, creating a relaxed atmosphere of the Edo period. The museum exhibits materials related to the history and culture of Oiwake from the primitive and ancient times to the present day, focusing on Oiwakejuku in the early modern period under the theme of "History and Culture of the Highway: From the Primitive and Ancient Times to the Present Day in Oiwake," as well as a corner where visitors can listen to the traditional folk song "Oiwambushi" of Karuizawa, a restored section of the Masugata teahouse Tsugaruya that still stands today, and dioramas and models of inns, side main lodges, inns, etc. The exhibition also features a diorama and models of the inn, its side main lodges, and inns, and introduces the history of the inn and the region in an easy-to-understand manner.　　　　　　 In addition, the museum holds special exhibitions related to Oibu every year, as well as educational lectures and summer concerts in the summer.

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SPOT 26

Hori Tatsuo Literature Memorial Hall

Hori Tatsuo Literature Memorial Hall

Born in Tokyo in 1905, Tatsuo Hori, a writer active in the early Showa period, visited Karuizawa in 1923 at the age of 19. Since then, he has visited the area every year and left numerous works set in Karuizawa. He settled in Oibu from 1944 and died in 1953 at the age of 49 in a house he built here. 　This memorial hall is a literary museum that exhibits and stores materials related to Tatsuo Hori, a writer who loved Karuizawa very much. The museum has an exhibition room where visitors can learn about the life and literary background of Tatsuo Hori, with manuscripts, letters, first editions, and beloved items on display, a residence where Tatsuo spent the last years of his life, and a library where his favorite books are stored. In the reading room, visitors can browse through books related to Tatsuo Hori. Visitors can also enjoy walking in the area around the museum, which is associated with Tatsuo Hori.

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SPOT 27

Nakasendo 69th Street Museum

Nakasendo 69th Street Museum

This museum exhibits materials related to the history, geography, and literature of the Nakasendo route, as well as pictures, photographs, and ukiyoe prints that make it easy to understand. Visitors can experience a journey as they tour 69 inns from Edo's Nihonbashi to Kyoto's Sanjo Ohashi Bridge. The director's stories are also interesting! In the garden of the museum, there is a promenade that recreates the 69th road from Edo to Kyoto, and visitors can enjoy a 15-minute walk along the road.

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