Hosomi Museum — Attraction in Kyoto

1. Access from Tokyo Take Tokaido Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Kyoto Station, about 2 hours. 25 minutes by bus from Kyoto Station.
2. Cost Shinkansen about 1400 yen, admission fee 1800 yen
3. Review The museum displays the collection of the Hosomi family, who have been collecting Japanese art works for three generations, father and son. Kei The architecture of the museum is also worth seeing. From the entrance on the ground floor, visitors go down to the second basement level to admire the collection. Basement The atrium structure gives a sense of openness even on the second basement floor. The exhibition on display in July 2013 features folding screens and picture scrolls. The changes in the depiction of Kyoto's rakuchu and rakugai areas over the years are also interesting. This is an event where visitors can enjoy the art of...

細見美術館（ほそみびじゅつかん）は、京都市左京区岡崎にある日本の古美術を中心とした私立美術館です。公益財団法人細見美術財団が運営しています。 大阪の実業家、故 細見良(初代 古香庵)にはじまる細見家三代の蒐集をもとに、平成6年、文部省（当時）の認可により財団法人細見美術財団が設立され、平成10年3月、細見美術館が開館しました。平成24年4月、内閣府により公益財団法人への移行が承認され、現在は公益財団法人 細見美術財団となりました。 細見美術館が収蔵する約1000点に及ぶ日本美術コレクションは、日本の美術工芸のほとんどすべての分野・時代を網羅するもので、なかでも平安･鎌倉時代の仏教・神道美術、室町水墨、根来や茶の湯釜、桃山の茶陶や七宝工芸、そして琳派や若冲など江戸時代の絵画に優品が多く、いずれの分野でも内外屈指のコレクションとして知られ、重要文化財指定物件、重要美術品認定物件を多数含むでいます。 細見美術館の、京都の町家のモチーフをとりいれた現代建築の建物は、大江匡（おおえただす）設計。地下2階から地上3階まで吹き抜けとなった中庭、カフェ・レストラン、屋上庭園、茶室などが憩いの空間を形成しています。 美術館では、年間にわたり数回の企画展を開催するほか、セミナーやレクチャーなどにより伝統文化の普及を行っています。常設展は設けず、折々のテーマで企画展を開催しています。（出典：美術館・展覧会情報サイト アートアジェンダ） The Hosomi Museum of Art is a private museum located in Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, focusing on ancient Japanese art. It is operated by the Hosomi Art Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation. The Hosomi Art Foundation was established in 1994 with the approval of the Ministry of Education (at the time) based on the collection of three generations of the Hosomi family, beginning with the late Hosomi Ryo (the first Kokoan), an Osaka businessman, and the Hosomi Museum of Art opened in March 1998. In April 2012, the Cabinet Office approved the transition to a public interest incorporated foundation, and the museum is now known as the Hosomi Art Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation. The Hosomi Museum of Art's collection of Japanese art, which totals approximately 1,000 pieces, covers almost all fields and periods of Japanese art and crafts, with many excellent pieces including Buddhist and Shinto art from the Heian and Kamakura periods, Muromachi ink paintings, Negoro and tea kettles, Momoyama tea ceramics and cloisonné art, and Edo period paintings by Rinpa and Jakuchu. The collection is known both domestically and internationally as one of the finest in each field, and includes many pieces designated as Important Cultural Properties and Certified Important Fine Arts. The Hosomi Museum of Art's modern building, which incorporates the motif of a Kyoto townhouse, was designed by Oe Tadashi. The courtyard, which has an atrium that stretches from the second basement floor to the third floor, as well as a cafe and restaurant, a rooftop garden, and a tea room create a relaxing space. The museum holds several special exhibitions throughout the year, and also promotes traditional culture through seminars and lectures. There is no permanent exhibition, but instead special exhibitions are held on various themes. (Source: Art Agenda, an art museum and exhibition...

Very badly exhibited for foreigners. They had some amazing artifacts, but you could hardly see them. The shop is very good and I think that is what they are interested in. In fact you can see the exhibts best in the shop on postcards. They had a tea shop, but you could not go in and the staff did not know when it would be open. There is a print block museum, very close by, I would recommend there. Beautiful pictures, very kind staff. There is no entrance fee, but I guess they would like you to buy a picture, which is not a problem as they...