Hiroshige Museum
(1 vote, 100.00% worth checking out) 
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Nasu-gun
Bato
Tochigi 324-0613
Japan
coordinates: 36.7390938,140.1709595
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Building names(s): Hiroshige Museum / Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum of Art
Architect/Designer: Kengo Kuma
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Completion date: 2000
function(s): gallery, museum
address in Japanese:
〒324-0613 栃木県那須郡那珂川町馬頭116-9
website: www.hiroshige.bato.tochigi.jp (English & Japanese)
admission cost: 500 yen
opening hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (depending on exhibition – check website for details)
getting there:
By Train and Bus
From the JR Utsunomiya Station, walk to the nearby Miyanohashi Kita bus stop, and take the Toya Bus going to Bato. The bus takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Get off the bus at the Bato Yakuba Mae bus stop.
From the Tobu Utsunomiya Station, take the Toya Bus going to Bato. The bus takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes. Get off the bus at the Bato Yakuba Mae bus stop.
From the JR Ujiie Station, take the Toya Bus going to Bato. The bus takes about 50 minutes. Get off the bus at the Bato Yakuba Mae bus stop.
From the JR Karasuyama Station, take the JR Bus going to Bato (the Jono route). The bus takes about 40 minutes. Get off at the Batomuromachi bus stop.
By Car
One hour from the Naka Interchange on the Joban Expressway.
50 minutes from the Yaita Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.
50 minutes from the Utsunomiya Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.
2 comments/reviews
Kengo Kuma on The Ando Hiroshige Musem roof design says:
Aug 24, 2011
In my roof designs I used louvers before, but horizontally. I thought horizontality could evoke a sense of continuity. In Hiroshige Museum I used louvers vertically for the first time. I was inspired by Ando Hiroshige’s beautiful painting “People on a Bridge Surprised by Rain.”
Kengo Kuma on The Ando Hiroshige Musem says:
Aug 19, 2011
“The word ma in Japanese means space or sense of place, and it is as important for reading architecture as buildings that relate to it. In all of my works the void is very important. It connects and organizes various elements. In my design for the Museum of Ando Hiroshige it is the void that connects the city with the mountain behind the museum building.”