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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 big, so many varieties can be seen by 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 (Japanese playing cards), 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!
Trick art changes its appearance depending on the position from which it is viewed. 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, photography is free. Parking is free for 90 minutes in the attached parking lot, so please use it to explore the surrounding area.

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SPOT 5

Wakita Art Museum

Wakita Art Museum

The universe of Wakita Kazu's paintings, with their poems of the mind spreading out in a spacious manner and his penetrating view of nature and life, is often compared to chamber music with clear tones.
The Wakita Museum of Art is surrounded by a green grove of trees, where the elegant "music of colors" is alive. 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 Second World War. 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 special exhibition will include not only the world's leading contemporary Japanese artists and their group exhibitions, but also overseas artists, with an innovative 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 grown remarkably in recent years.

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SPOT 7

Karuizawa Kataezome Museum

Karuizawa Kataezome Museum

The Karuizawa Kataezome Museum was built by the late Kyoko Kobayashi, who studied under the late Keisuke Serizawa, an intangible cultural asset and living national treasure, and devoted over 40 years to kataezome.
The museum and artwork were donated to the town in 2000, and the museum's exhibits change each year according to a different theme.
In addition to the vivid colors and exoticism of katae dye, the second floor displays folk art from around the world that Kyoko collected during her travels, allowing visitors to feel the unique atmosphere that she must have given to her work.

～What is katae dye?
The pattern is engraved on astringent paper (Japanese paper coated with persimmon astringent to make it stronger), the paper pattern is placed on a piece of Japanese paper or cloth, and dyeproof glue is applied to the pattern.

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SPOT 8

Small Art Museum Karuizawa Soka-kan

Small Art Museum Karuizawa Soka-kan

This is a private museum of Ishikawa Koichi, a painter who loved and painted flowers and plants in Karuizawa.
The museum has a collection of more than 3,000 sketches (950 species) of flowers and plants native to Karuizawa and more than a hundred oil paintings.

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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 belongings.
There are also plenty of photo opportunities. You can sit at the study desk actually used by Yasuo Uchida, or play the role of a famous detective or 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 1911. It used to be the central building of Ginza-dori in Old Karuizawa and a place for villa residents to exchange information. Designated as a National Tangible Cultural Property in May 2008.

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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 literary world. The villa loved by Tatsuo Hori 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. In the front yard, there is a monument to the poet "Dozo Tachihara" and in the back yard, there is a monument to the literature of Shinichiro Nakamura.

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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 English 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 would like to make this museum a place where more people can understand the Bunka Institute, which aims to educate people to develop natural and unique personalities and to form people with artistic fragrance.
The permanent exhibition will not only remember the past, but will also show how the Bunka Gakuin is changing into the form of a new era while inheriting its ideas, the dreams and winds of the Taisho era. In the exhibition room, works by artists active in various fields will be planned and introduced each 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 this may cause and ask for your understanding. The museum 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. Visitors can also purchase artworks at the gallery attached to the museum. In addition, a complimentary snack will be served with the admission fee. ◆To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, regular tea service is suspended.

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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, such as 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 tools that supported life in the high-cool climate.

　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, which was moved from after her 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 exhibit includes materials on Fumimaro Konoe, Imachizo Ichimura and his wife Kiyoji and Keijiro Amamiya, who were instrumental in the development of Minamihara as a vacation home and became honorary townspeople.

As of May 24, 2008, it was designated as a Karuizawa Town Cultural Property (Designation No. 19).

The painting of some exterior walls was changed during seismic reinforcement and other work in FY 2009, restoring the appearance of the building to its original state at the time of the Nanbara relocation.

admission fee
Adults 400 yen (group 300 yen)
Children 200 yen (group 150 yen)
(Shared with the museum.　Groups must be at least 20 people.)
*Free for infants and toddlers
*Persons with a Physical Disability Certificate, Rehabilitation Certificate, or Mental Disability Certificate and one accompanying caregiver may enter free of charge 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, including works by Wassily Kandinsky, the originator of early 20th century abstraction, and Paul
From Clay through Dadaism and Surrealism to Informel and Nouveau Réalisme.
European art currents that lead to. In the United States, abstract expressionist artists Jaxun Pollock and Mark
The flow from Rothko to Neo Dada and Pop Art, with Kiefer, Clemente, and others from the 80's.
The collection also includes works by leading postwar Japanese artists.
Characteristics.
Closed for renovation (until April 2026 *scheduled)

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SPOT 24

Tasaki Museum of Art

Tasaki Museum of Art

From 1966, HIROSUKE had a studio in Mikasa, Karuizawa, and left behind many works including Tateshina, Yatsugatake, Myoko and Lake Nojiri, with Asama and Shirakaba lakes in the background. He also had many friends during his lifetime who lived through the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras, and it is said that the history of the art world from its inception to the present day can be seen in his materials alone.
While the museum is a permanent collection of HIROSUKE's posthumous works and materials on his cultural and social activities, it is also a place for cultural and social activities such as public exhibitions, lectures, and research meetings.

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SPOT 25

Oiwajuku Folk Museum

Oiwajuku Folk Museum

The Oiwajyuku Local History Museum was opened in July 1985 to maintain and preserve the unique local culture of Oiwajyuku, which flourished as an inn town during the Edo period, and the western part of Karuizawa Town.
Located at the east exit of Oiwakejuku, it stands 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 a wooden style, creating a calm atmosphere of the Edo period.


Guide to the Museum
The museum also exhibits a corner where visitors can listen to "Oiwambushi," a traditional folk song of Karuizawa, a restored part of a Masugata teahouse "Tsugaruya," which still remains today, and dioramas and models of the inn, side main camps, and inns, to introduce the history of the inn and the local area in an easy-to-understand manner. The dioramas and models of the inns, side main camps, and inns are on display to introduce the history of the inns and the region in an easy-to-understand manner.

The museum also holds special exhibitions related to Oibu every year, and in the summer, it holds a cultural class and a summer concert.

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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 in 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 preserves 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, as well as the residence where Tatsuo spent the last years of his life and a library containing his favorite books. In the reading room, visitors can browse through books related to Tatsuo Hori.

The area around the museum is also associated with Tatsuo Hori, and visitors can enjoy walking around the area.

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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 talk is also interesting!
In the garden of the museum, there is a promenade that recreates the 69th street from Edo to Kyoto, a 15-minute walk along the street.

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