[Summer trip to Nasu] A stone museum designed by Kengo Kuma

[Nasu Ashino Stone Museum]

📍Location: 2717-5 Ashino, Nasu-machi, Nasu-gun, Tochigi Prefecture

《Access》
Bus stop: Ashino-Nakacho / 1 minute walk from Kanto Expressway Bus Stop
Bus stop: Ashino Branch Office / 5 minutes walk from Kanto Expressway Bus Stop

🕰️Opening hours: 10:00-17:00

Closed days Tuesday, Wednesday

Admission fee
Adults (high school students and above)
¥1,000
Elementary and junior high school students
¥500
Under elementary school age
Free

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Nasu is a hot topic as an art town

Contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara, shadow artist Seiji Fujishiro, young architect Junya Ishigami
Wonderful art that blends into nature
is scattered here and there.

This is an art museum by Kengo Kuma, who is active worldwide, that makes use of a stone storehouse that was left in Nasu.

Stone teahouse. Stone cooler. The arrangement of stones that look like patterns due to the shadows.

A space woven by stone, water and light💕💕
It was wonderful.

A room where light shines through the stones, highlighting the artworks

A stone object with light shining through it💕💕

Replicas of artworks built in various places are on display in the museum, and I felt the greatness of Japan's proud artists.

There is also a cafe and shop, so you can take your time to appreciate them.

It was raining, so the stone storehouse was reflected in the pond. It's a shame I couldn't take a picture of the blue sky and the stone storehouse😭

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