Hakone Art Museums AREA HIGHLIGHTS -KANAGAWA NOW JAPAN

Narukawa Museum of Art

This museum of modern Japanese art is located on a hill overlooking Hakone and Lake Ashinoko. There are about 4,000 works of art, including those by Kyujin Yamamoto and Ikuo Hirayama. The exhibition is changed four times a year.

Tel 0460-83-6828

Take a bus from Odawara sta. on the JR Tokaido line or Odakyu line or from Hakone Yumoto sta. bound for Hakone machi, or take an Izu Hakone bus or a Hakone Tozan bus and get off at Motohakoneko.

http://www.narukawamuseum.co.jp/index.html (Japanese)

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Hakone Museum of Art

This museum exhibits lots of the ancient ceramic-ware of Japan and other Oriental countries.

9:30a.m.~4:30p.m.(Apr.~Nov.)
9:30a.m.~4p.m.(Dec.~Mar.)
Closed:Thursdays and Dec.25~31, Jan.6~12
Adults ¥900 / Senior(65 years up) ¥700
College and high schoool students ¥400
Junior high school students and school children Free

Tel 0460-2-2623

10min. walk from Gora Sta. or 1min. walk from Koenkami Sta.

> Two-day, one-night course in Hakone

http://www.moaart.or.jp/japanese/top.html (Japanese)

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Gora Park Crafthouse

This is a hands-on crafthouse in the grounds of Gora Park. Here you can try glass blowing, sandblasting, pottery, dry-flower arranging etc. You can find a unique souvenir at the shop or take a look at the artists gallery which changes its exhibits every month. There is always something new here at the crafthouse!

Tel: 0460-82-2825

Get off at Gora sta. on the Hakone Tozan line.

> Two-day, one-night course in Hakone

http://www.hakone-tozan.co.jp/gorapark/index.html (Japanese)

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Hakone Open-Air Museum

The Hakone Open-Air Museum was opened in 1969 to create a harmonious balance between nature and art. You can enjoy all the attractions of an open-air museum, showing its changing faces with different seasons and weather. The Museum shows the philosophy of Henry Moore "Sculpture is an art of the open-air" against the background of Hakone's great natural beauty.

Tel 0460-82-1161

Get off at Chokoku no Mori sta. on the Hakone Tozan line, or get off at Hakone Yumoto sta.
on the Hakone Tozan Railway and take the Hakone Tozan bus to Ninotaira Iriguchi.

> Two-day, one-night course in Hakone

http://www.hakone-oam.or.jp/ (Japanese)

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Hakone Glass Forest

Here, located in spacious grounds, there is a museum, shop and cafe. This is a museum not to be missed, with displays of about 100 pieces of Venetian glassware that so enchanted the royalty of the Middle Ages. Enjoy the eternal history of this art.

Tel: 0460-86-3111

Get off at Odawara sta. on the JR line, Odakyu line etc. or Hakone Yumoto sta. on the Odakyu line and take a Hakone Tozan bus bound for Togendai and get off at Hyoseki/Hakone Glass no Mori Mae.

> Two-day, one-night course in Hakone

http://www.ciao3.com/top.htm (Japanese)

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Pola Museum of Art

This museum has a collection of about 9,500 pieces, centred on about 400 Western modern pictures by the likes of Renoir, Monet and Picasso. You can enjoy the diverse array of other exhibits such as Oriental potteries, glass works and cosmetic utensils.

Tel: 0460-84-2111

Get off at Gora Sta. on the Hakone Tozan line, 13 minutes by Sightseeing shuttle bus to Pola Museum of Art bus stop.
From Odawara Sta. on the JR line, Odakyu line,etc, or Hakone-Yumoto Sta. on the Odakyu Line, take the bus to Kojiri/Togendai and get off at Senkyoro-mae bus stop. 2 minutes by Sightseeing shuttle bus to Pola Museum of Art bus stop.

[By car]
Approximately 20 minutes to Sengokuhara and Kozuka from the Higashi Gotenba IC via Otome-toge.
Approximately 30 minutes to Sengokuhara and Kozuka from the Seisho Bypass Hakone IC.

http://www.polamuseum.or.jp/index.php (Japanese)

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Lalique Museum, Hakone

This museum dedicates itself to the collection of Rene Lalique, the French master of jewellery and glass design. The salon car used on the Orient Express, decorated by Lalique, is also on display.

Tel 0460-84-2255

Get off at Hakone Yumoto on the Hakone Tozan line, and take a Kojiri / Togendai bus for about 30 mins. to Sengoku Annaijomae.

> Two-day, one-night course in Hakone

http://www.lalique-museum.com/index.html (Japanese)

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