OSAKA
“When Japan’s Tea Ceremony Artisans Meet Minpaku’s Collections: Creative Art in Perspective”
Museum of Ethnology (Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutukan)
Thru Jun 2
Osaka Monorail Banpaku Kinen Koen stn. Inside Expo ’70 park • Open: 10am – 4:30pm, Closed Wed
• Admission: ¥1,200/¥900
TEL:06-6876-2151
DRAFT Exhibition: Branding and Art Directors
ddd Gallery
Thru Jun 5
Subway Yotsubashi line, Yotsubashi stn/Subway/Kintetsu Namba stn
• Open: 11am–7pm • Closed Sun/Mon/Hol • Admission: free
TEL:06-6110-4635
Shotokutaishi Exhibition
Osaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 8
JR/Subway Tennoji stn • Open: 9:30 – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/ ¥900 TEL:06-6771-4874
Yanagi Soetsu Exhibition: Leader of Mingei (folk crafts) Movement
Osaka Nihon Mingeikan
Thru Jul 12
Osaka Monorail Banpaku Kinen Koen stn. Inside Expo ’70 park • Open: 10am – 4:30pm, Closed Wed
• Admission: ¥700/¥450
TEL:06-6877-1971
Modern Japanese Artists and their Aesthetic Sense
Osaka Shiritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Shinsaibashi Tenjishitsu
Thru Jul 5
Subway Shinsaibashi Stn, Idemitsu Nagahori Bldg 13F • Open: 11am – 6:30pm Closed Wed • Admission: ¥500/¥300 • TEL:06-6615-0654, Closed Wed • Admission: ¥1,200/¥900 • TEL:06-6876-2151
Ando Tado Exhibition “Aqua Metropolis Osaka”
Suntory Museum
Thru Jul 12
Subway Chuo line, Osaka-ko stn
• Open: 10:30am–7:30pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1.000/¥700/
¥500 TEL:06-6577-0001
Korean Ceramics collected by Asakawa Noritaka
Osaka Shiritsu Toyo Toji Bijutsukan
Thru Jul 20
Keihan/Subway Yodoyabashi Stn.
• Open: 9:30am – 4:30pm Closed Mon & May 7 • Admission: ¥500/¥300 TEL:06-6223-0055
KYOTO
Ceramicist Hamada Shoji Exhibition
Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Sanso Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 7
JR Yamazaki/Hankyu Oyamazakis stn • Open: 10am–4:30pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥700/500/free for children TEL:075-957-3123
Ceramics Collection Exhibition
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto-shi Bijutsukan)
Thru Jun 15
City bus #5, Kyotokaikan & Bijutsukan-mae stop • Open: 9:30am – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥200 TEL:075-771-4107
The World of White
Hosomi Museum
Thru Jul 5
Tozai Line, Higashiyama stn., exit 2
• Open: 10am – 5:30pm (Closed Mon) • Admission: ¥1,000/¥800
TEL:075-752-5555
Art Loved by the Shirakaba Group
Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan
Jun 6 – Jul 20
Subway Karasuma-Oike/Hankyu Karasuma stn. • Open: 10am – 5:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/¥500 TEL:075-222-0888
Kyoto Studies: City of the Avant-Garde – Modernism in Kyoto 1895-1930
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Jun 9 – Jul 20
JR/Kintetsu Kyoto stn or Hankyu/Keihan Karasuma stn, take Kyoto city bus 35 to Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae • Open: 9:30am–5pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/¥800 TEL:075-761-4111
On the Trail of Texts Along the Silk Road: The Russian Expedition’s Discovery of Manuscripts in Central Asia
Kyoto National Museum
Jul 14 – Sep 6
Keihan Shijo stn • Open: 9:30am–5:30pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,300/¥900/¥400 TEL:075-525-2473
Amish Exhibition
Shibunkaku Bijutsukan
Thru Aug 2
Keihan Demachiyanagi stn, Hyakumanben • Open: 10am – 5pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥800/¥500/¥300 TEL:075-751-1777
HYOGO
“Ryo you no me” (Eyes of the East and West) Exhibition
Amagasaki-Shi Sogo Bunka Center Bijutsu Hall
Thru Jun 7
Hanshin Amagasaki stn. • Open: 10am – 5:30pm (closed Tue)
• Admission: ¥800/¥600
TEL:06-6487-0806
Portraits of Bacchants in Prints: Paris & London
Itami Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 14
Itami’s Public Art from the museum collection • JR/Hankyu Itami stn • Open: 10am – 5:30pm (closed Mon, & May 7) • Admission: ¥500/¥250 TEL:0727-72-7447
Exhibition on local art and history
Ashiya Shiritsu Bijutsu Hakubutuskan
Thru Jun 28
Hanshin Ashiya Stn. • Open: 10am – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥300/¥200 TEL:0797-38-5432
Spring Exhibition of Sasabe Shintaro, collector of cherry trees
Sake Museum
Thru Jun 29
Hanshin Nishinomiya stn. • Open: 10am – 4:30pm (closed Tue)
• Admission: ¥500/¥250 TEL:0798-33-0008
Shuki (Sake Cups) Exhibition
Itami Shiritsu Kogei Center
Thru Jul 5
JR/Hankyu Itami stn. • Open: 10am – 4:30pm (closed Mon) TEL:0727-72-5557
Landscape Exhibition from the Museum Collection
Hyogo Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jul 12
Hanshin Iwaya stn. • Open: 10am – 5:30pm (closed Mon) • Admission: ¥500/¥400/¥250 TEL:078-262-0901
Travels with Authors
Otani Memorial Art Museum Nishinomiya City
Thru Aug 2
Hanshin Koyouen stn • Open: 10am – 5pm (closed Wed) TEL:0798-33-1699
Nara
Display of Landscape and the Buddhism Paintings from Japan
Yamato Bunkakan
Thru Jun 28
Kintetsu Gakuen-mae stn • Open: 10am – 4pm (closed Mon) • Admission: ¥600/¥300 TEL:0742-45-0544
An Invitation to Surrealism
Nara Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Jun 6 – Aug 30
Kintetsu Nara stn • Open: 9am – 4:30pm Closed Mon • Admission: ¥400/¥250/¥150 TEL:0742-23-3968
Sacred Ninbo, Gateway to 1300 Years of Japanese Buddhism
Nara National Museum
Jul 18 – Aug 30
Kintetsu Nara stn inside Nara Park
• Open: 9:30am–5pm • Closed Mon • Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/¥500 TEL:0742-22-7771
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