A Fairy Tale Wonderland! Must-Visit Guide to Hakone Glass Forest Museum Near Tokyo
Hakone Venetian Glass Museum (Glass Forest)
by yiink
Jul 24, 2025
by yiink
Jul 24, 2025
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An art museum specialising in Venetian glass in the lush green Hakone Sengokuhara. In addition to the "Venetian Glass Museum of Art", "Contemporary Glass Museum" and "Glass Experience Workshop", there are gardens, cafes, restaurants and museum shops with a panoramic view of Owakudani.
The "Venetian Glass Museum of Art" echos the Art Nouveau style, including the "Goblet with Coloured Flower Pattern Lid" and "Goblet with Lace Glass Lid" made from the 16th to the 17th centuries, the golden age of Venetian glass. Giuseppe Barovière's "Glass that flutters in the wind" will remain in the history of glass crafts as the first Venetian glass
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