Otsuka Museum of Art

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Over 1,000 Western masterpieces on ceramic, full-size, from 26 different countries.

Eight floors, five of them below ground, occupy a hill in Naruto Park: inside, over a thousand paintings (from the Sistine Chapel to Leonardo's Last Supper and Monet's Water Lilies) are reproduced on large fired ceramic panels, at original size, with a technique designed not to fade for over two thousand years. You walk through the rooms as if on a tour of the world's museums, with the Sistine Chapel recreated in its real proportions.

Opened on 21 March 1998 inside Naruto Park, it reproduces on fired ceramic panels, at original size, over a thousand masterpieces of Western painting from 26 countries: from ancient frescoes to modern paintings. The building spans 5 underground floors and 3 above ground, with a total floor area of 29,412 m².

ℹ️ Open 9:30–17:00 (last entry 16:00), closed on Mondays (the following day if it is a public holiday). Tickets: adults ¥3,300, university students ¥2,200, elementary/junior high/high school ¥550. By car: ~10 minutes from Awaji Island South IC; direct bus from Kobe (~1 hr 30 min) and Osaka (~2 hr).

🚉 Otsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan-mae (Otsuka Museum of Art) · 7 min walk

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