Kirishima Open Air Museum — Attraction in Yusui

As of February 2024, there are 23 large art installments in the Kirishima Open Air Museum. It was a fun two hours or so trying to find all the art pieces. Especially trying to look for the eight black dogs. (Was only able to find up to 5.) There are also other installments without numbers that are interesting as well and are shown on the map. Most of the artwork seems to have been placed in 1999 or 2000, so they are over 20 years old…with that being said, they are being kept nice and clean. The newest piece was placed in 2012, so we could be expecting more pieces to be added...

Located on top of Kirishima National Park is this fantastic museum dedicated to great contemporary art. You need a car to get there or take a tour but worth the trip. Just 320yen to enter. The exhibition hall has exhibits that rotate and outside has grand installations. It was raining when I visited but I will definitely return. The whole area of Kirishima is worth spending a...

Unfortunately, I would suggest to skip this place. If you have time to combine it with Krishima Mt./Shrine, then it can be a nice addition. But this place feels a bit in the need of being updated: lack of art, food facilities, etc. There are many open air museums/art museums/gardens in Japan/Kyushu that will be better to inculde in...