HIMEJI CITY MUSEUM OF ART (079-222-2288)
Himeji City's Museum of Art, formerly an army warehouse, is a much-loved red brick building, set against the background of Himeji Castle (a National Treasure). In addition to permanent exhibitions of works from the collection, special exhibitions take place six times a year.
"The Kawase Hasui Exhibition:
Landscape woodblock printmaker of the Taisho and Showa Periods"
- DATE:
- Sep.21 (Sun.) ~ Nov.3 (Mon./Hol.)
- FEES:
- First period: Sep.21 (Sun.) ~ Oct.13 (Mon./Hol.)
Second period: Oct.15 (Wed.) ~ Nov.3 (Mon./Hol.)
*All exhibits will be changed between the first and second periods 800 (Adults) / 500 (Univ. & hi. sch. stus.) / 200 (Jr. hi. & elmt. sch. stus.)
"The 25-year History of Himeji City Museum of Art, retraced through its collections I - Painters illustrating modern Japan"
- DATE:
- Nov.11 (Tue.) ~ Dec.14 (San.)
- FEES:
- 600 (Adults) / 300 (Univ. & hi. sch. stus.) / 200 (Jr. hi. & elmt. sch. stus.)
- HOUR:
- 10:00~17:00 (Enter by 16:30)
- CLOSED:
- Mondays (Closed on Tuesday if Monday is a holiday.), Dec.24 ~ Jan.5
- ACCESS:
- 20-min. walk from Himeji Stn. on the JR and Sanyo Line. (adjacent to the Himeji Castle), Himeyama Koen-minami/Iryou Center/Bijutsukan mae stop on Shinki Bus (Lines 3, 4, 61, 62, 64 or 81) (7 minutes).
Himeji Castle loop bus service available on every day (100)
Himeji Castle (The World Cultural Heritage) is a wooden castle structure of incomparable worth in the world, and that the whole structure including towers, stone ramparts, and earthern walls are the best preserved. Himeji Castle was constructed in the early 17th century.