2014/02/13
The Hakone Museum of Art is a sister museum of MOA Museum of Art.
Mokichi Okada (1882-1995), the founder of MOA Museum of Art founded the Art Preservation Society of Tomei (now Mokichi Okada Art and Culture Foundation) in 1952 and opened The Hakone Museum of Art in Gora district of Hakone.
The Hakone Museum Art focuses on displaying medieval Japanese ceramics from the Jômon period (10.000B.C-200B.C) through to the Edo period (1615-1867).
The museum also has a Japanese-style garden where you can enjoy beautiful natural scenes throughout the year.
Basic information
| Name | The Hakone Museum of Art |
|---|---|
| Address | 1300 Gora, Hakone-machi, Kanagawa-prefecture |
| Business hours |
9:30-16:30, April to November (last entry at 16:00) Closed: Thursday and new year holidays. |
| Admissions | 900 yen for adults, 400 yen for high school or university students, free for junior high school and younger children |
| Parking lot | Available |
| Contact | Phone: 0460-82-2623 |
| Getting there |
Take a Shinkansen bullet train or JR Tokaido line from Tokyo and get off at Odawara Station, or take an Odakyu Romance-Car train from Shinjuku and get off at Hakone-Yumoto Station. |
| Website | http://www.moaart.or.jp/hakone/en/index.html |
* Please make sure the info you see is the latest info before visiting the place.
