Archive4 Hours Trips

Option A: Art Tour

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Admission: 360 yen. Extra for special exhibitions)

The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art in Hijiyama Park opened in 1989 in a signature building designed by noted architect Kisho Kurokawa. Its distinctive blend of European and Asian influences evoke such diverse structures as an colonnade, agora and an old-fashioned Japanese storehouse. The building rises from a stone base to exhibit increasingly light and modern materials as it rises higher, symbolizing the ascent of civilization. The first public art museum in Japan devoted exclusively to contemporary art, its collections focus on important pieces produced since World War II, works exploring the connections between Hiroshima and modern art, and the works of promising young artists.

For directions to the museum and other information, please visit the English website:
http://www.hiroshima-moca.jp/main_e/

Address
1-1 Hijiyama koen Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 732-0815
Access
Take the street car from Hiroshima Station to Hijiyama-shita: 10 minutes. From there, it’s another 7 minute walk to the museum.

Hiroshima Museum of Art (Admission: 1,000 yen)

The Hiroshima Museum of Art was opened in 1978 in a distinctive building in Hiroshima Central Park that features a circular gallery building surrounded by colonnades that form interior gardens. The collection consists of modern European paintings, mainly by French Impressionists, and Japanese oil paintings from the 19th century to the present. The Museum also offers special exhibitions.

For directions to the Museum and other information, please visit the English website:
http://www.hiroshima-museum.jp/en/

Address
3-2 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 730-0011
Access
Take the streetcar from Hiroshima Station to Kamiya-cho Higashi: 15 minutes. From there, it's another 3 minute walk to the museum.