OSAKA
Marie Laurencin
Suntory Museum
Thru May 11
Subway Chuo line, Osaka-ko stn
Open: 10:30am–7:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,100/¥800/¥500
Tel:06-6577-0001
Photos of Light: Fujita
Kazuhiro Exhibition
Graf Media GM
Thru May 25
Subway Yotsubashi line, Higobashi stn
Open: 12–8pm. Closed Mon
Admission: free
Tel: 06-6459-2082
Hair Styles in the Floating
World Exhibition
Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum (Museum of Osaka Prints)
Thru May 25
Nipponbashi/Namba stn 7min walk
Open: 11am – 6pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥500/¥300
Tel:06-6211-0303
Tensho-in Atsuhime Exhibition
Osaka Museum of History
Thru Jun 1
Subway Tanimachi line, Tanimachi 4-chome stn, exit 9
Open: 9:30am – 5pm. Closed Tue
Admission: ¥1,000/ ¥750
Tel:06-6946-5728
The Profound Earth-Ethnic
Life and Crafts of China
National Museum of Ethnology
Thru Jun 3
Monorail Banpaku Kinen Koen stn
Inside Expo'70 Park
Open: 10am – 4:30pm. Closed Wed
Admission: ¥420/¥250/¥110
Tel:06-6876-2151
Treasures from three temples
related to Shotoku Taishi
Osaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 8
JR/Subway Tennoji stn
Open: 9:30am-4:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥900
Tel:06-6771-4874
Eureka! Art as Traces & Lines
Osaka Shiritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Shinsaibashi Tenjishitsu
Thru Jun 8
Subway Shinsaibashi stn Idemitsu Nagahori Bldg 13F
Open: 11am–6:30pm. Closed Wed
Admission: ¥500/¥300
Tel:06-6615-0654
Textiles: The Soul of India
Osaka Nihon Mingeikan
Thru Jul 6
Monorail Banpaku Kinen Koen stn. Inside Expo'70 Park
Open: 10am – 4:30pm. Closed Wed
Admission: ¥700/¥450
Tel:06-6877-1971
Dinosaur Exhibition
Osaka Shiritsu Shizenshi Hakubutsukan
Thru Jun 29
Subway Midosuji line, Nagai stn, exit 3
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,100/¥600
Tel:06-6697-6221
KYOTO
Kyosai Exhibition
Kyoto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Thru May 11
Keihan Shichijo stn
Open: 9:30am–5:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/¥400
Tel:075-525-2473
Akino Fuku Retrospective
Kyoto Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan
Thru May 11
Okazaki Park
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥900/¥500
Tel:075-761-4111
Short Swords of the Daimyo
and Merchant: Masterpieces
From the Late Edo and Meiji
Periods Exhibition
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum
Thru May 25
JR/Kintentsu/Subway Kyoto stn, take bus 206 heading to Kitaoji terminal, get off at Kiyomizu-michi stop
Open: 10am–5pm. Closed Mon & Tue
Admission: ¥500/¥300/¥200
Tel:075-532-4270
Dream and Light of Edo
Paintings: Jakuchu and
Hokusai Exhibition
Hosomi Museum
Thru Jun 1
Subway Tozai line, Higashiyama stn
Open: 10am–6pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥800
Tel:075-752-5555
The Millennium of The Tale
of Genji
The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan)
Thru Jun 8
Subway Karasuma Line, Karasuma-Oike stn
Open: 9am–4:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,300/¥900/¥500
Tel:075-222-0888
Spring Special Exhibition –
Tea Ball collections
Nomura Museum
Thru Jun 8
Kyoto city bus 5 to Nanzenji Eikando-michi
Open: 10am–4:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥700/¥300/¥200
Tel:075-751-0374
Renoir + Renoir
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
May 20–Jul 21
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: ¥1,500/¥1,100/¥700
Tel:075-761-4111
HYOGO
Nishinomiya related artists
exhibition
Nishinomiya-shi Otani Kinen Bijutsukan
Thru May 11
Hanshin Koroen stn.
Open: 10am–4:30pm. Closed Wed
Admission: ¥500/¥300/¥200
Tel:0798-33-0164
Astonishing Jomon -
Beauty in Early Civilization
Hyogo Togei Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 1
JR Fukuchiyama line, Aino stn, bus to museum
Open: 10am–6pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥900/¥700/¥500
Tel:079-597-3961
Color & Color - works with
the theme of color from the
museum collection
Itami Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Jun 8
JR/Hankyu Itami stn
Open: 10am–5:30pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥300/¥200
Tel:0727-72-7447
What is Nanga? An Aspect
of Modern Japanese-Style
Painting
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Thru Jun 8
Hanshin line, Iwaya stn, 8 min walk
Open: 10am–6pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥900/¥500
Tel:078-262-0901
Tezuka Osamu's Five Divisions:
Eternal Stories and
Unfinished Works Exhibition
Takarazuka City Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum
Thru Jun 29
JR/Hankyu Takarazuka stn
Open: 9:30–5pm. Closed Wed
Admission: ¥500/¥300
Tel:0797-81-2970
Paul Poiret & Mariano
Fortuny Exhibition: Adventures
with Corsets
Kobe Fashion Museum
Thru Jul 1
Rokko Liner, Island Center stn
Open: 10am–5:30pm. Closed Wed
Admission: ¥500/¥250
Tel:078-858-0050
A Beauty of Grasslands:
Mongolian Traditional
Clothes Exhibition
Japan-Mongolia Folk Museum
Thru Jul 15
JR Toyooka stn, take bus to Shogenji
Open: 9:30–5pm. Closed Wed
Admission: ¥500/¥300
Tel:0796-56-1000
Nara
Pegasus and the Heavenly
Horses: Thundering Hoofs on
the Silk Road
Nara National Museum
Thru Jun 1
Kintetsu Nara stn, inside Nara
Park Open: 9:30am–5pm. Closed
Mon Admission: ¥1,000/¥700
Tel:0742-22-7771
Landscapes that Remain in
the Heart The World of
Chikkyo Ono Exhibition
Shouhaku Art Museum
Thru Jun 1
JR Nara line, Gakuen-mae stn, take bus 2 to Obuchibashi stop
Open: 10am–5pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥500
Tel:0742-41-6666
Shiga
Akeppiroge Crafts Exhibition
Various locations, Akeppiroge arts community, Shiga
May 9 – 11
JR Kosei line, Adogawa stn (1 hour from Kyoto stn). A car is the best way to get from studio to studio as they are spread out over approximately 15km of countryside in Takashima.
Anyone wishing to make a weekend of it could stay at one of the campsites nearby, rent bicycles to tour at a more leisurely pace, add in some hiking to Yatsubuchi waterfalls, or picnic on the sandy beaches of Lake Biwa.
Open: 10am–6pm Admission: free
Contact: Mr. Yamaguchi (non-Japanese speakers by fax only, please) at Tel:0740-33-0179
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