Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

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Open for visits only on Tue/Thu/Sat, three sessions a day by booking, one group at a time.

Isamu Noguchi chose Mure for his studio because of aji, the local stone quarried here for centuries: the museum that bears his name, opened in 1999 after his death, shows the sculptures together with the studio where he worked, the garden and the house where he lived. In 2004 it was visited by the Emperor and Empress of Japan. You can only go in on a guided tour, one group at a time, lasting about an hour.

Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), a Japanese-American sculptor and designer, settled in Mure, drawn by the thousand-year-old tradition of working Aji stone. The museum, established by the foundation that bears his name, opened in 1999, eleven years after his death, to preserve the studio and the works exactly as he had left them.

ℹ️ Open only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, by booking through the form on the official website (until December 2024 bookings were made by postcard, fax or email). Guided tours of about an hour, three sessions a day (10:00, 13:00, 15:00) from January to June and from September to December, two sessions (10:00, 11:30) in July–August. Ticket 3,300 yen, free up to high school. About 20 minutes' walk from Yakuri Station (Kotoden, Shido Line).

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Sources: ja.wikipedia.org

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