The Tamesaburo Memorial Museum
Open: 10:00 am
Open: 10:00 am
The Furukawa Museum of Art focuses on exhibits of Japanese paintings from the early 1900s to the present.
There are about 2,800 works including those by Uemura Shoen and Yokoyama Taikan.
The works on display change five to six times a year, so check the website if you are interested in a particular work.
古川美術館
The Tamesaburo Memorial Museum, an annex of the museum, is a mansion built in 1934 by Tamesaburo Furukawa, builder of the Furukawa Museum of Art, as his final home.
Many of the Japanese paintings in the Furukawa Museum collection originally were housed here.
The four buildings and two gates are all registered as Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan.
For a separate fee, you can watch a demonstration of Karakuri dolls. Just make a reservation through the website. https://karakuri-nagoya.jp/
The Tamesaburo Memorial Museum
Sukiya Cafe is a tea-ceremony room located inside the Tamesaburo Memorial Museum, a branch of the museum, built in the traditional Japanese sukiya style.
A green tea set (with seasonal and special Japanese sweets), using matcha bowls by artists associated with the museum, and coffee are on the menu. Enjoy your time relaxing at Sukiya taking in the Japanese garden and the beauty of the four seasons.
The cafe can only be entered with a museum admission ticket.
To maintain the protection of cultural properties, please refrain from entering the museum barefoot (socks or other foot coverings are required).
*For more information about the tea ceremony fee, please refer to "Opening Hours and Tea Ceremony Fee" on the Furukawa Museum website.
Opening hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed: Mondays, closed the following day, if Monday is a national holiday, and when exhibitions are changed (please check the website)
Admission: Adults ¥1,000, High school and university students ¥500, Junior high school students and younger free
*This ticket includes entry for both the Furukawa Museum and the Tamesaburo Memorial Museum
Website: https://www.furukawa-museum.or.jp/
Address: 2-50 Ikeshita-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 464-0066
Tel: (+81) 52-763-1991
Fax: (+81) 52-763-1992
*For other inquiries, please contact the Furukawa Art Museum.
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