Family Travelogue: Hakone Open-Air Museum March 2016 (Part 2)

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Hakone Open-Air Museum March 2016 (Part 2)

continued from Hakone Open-Air Museum March 2016

The Hakone Open-Air Museum is a Harmony of Sculpture and Nature. It was opened in scenic Hakone in 1969, the first museum in Japan devoted to sculpture in the open air.

The museum is situated in 70,000 sqm of parkland and has distant vistas of mountain and sea that change with the changing seasons.

In 2014, around 300 works of Picasso were added with the over 120 works displayed in the open. Picasso's works are placed inside and photography is prohibited.

Museum staff members check the status of the sculptures daily and carry out any necessary conservation to preserve their beauty and original condition. The staff also focuses on landscaping and planting. The sculptures are placed to balance and harmonize with the terrain of the surrounding mountains.

Figure I (1969)

1969 Figure I by a Swiss artist, Hans Aeschebacher (1906~1980)

Spheric Theme (1976)

1976 Spheric Theme by a Russian-American artist, Naum Gabo (1890~1977)

Sturm (1980)

Stainless steel 1980 Sturm by the German artists, Martin Matschinsky (1921~ ) and Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff (1923~ )

Wind's Impression (1979)

1979 Wind's Impression by a Japanese artist, Masayuki Nagare (1923~ )

Intersecting Space Construction (1978)

1978 Intersecting Space Construction by a Japanese artist, Ryoji Goto (1951~ )

Grande Racconto (2004)

white Carrara marble 2004 Grande Racconto by an Italian artist, Giuliano Vangi (1931~ )

Both Arms

1969~1970 Both Arms by an English artist, Kenneth Armitage (1916~2002)

La Victoire de Villetaneuse (1965)

Bronze 1965 La Victoire de Villetaneuse by a French artist, Cesar Baldaccini (1921~1998)

Aurore (1981)

1981 Aurore by a French artist, Eugene Dodeigne (1923~ )

Rupture (1969)

1969 Rupture by a Japanese artist, Atsushi Imoto (1915~1984)

How to get there:

From Gora: Take the Tozan train and alight after one stop at Chokoku-No-Mori Station.
follow the signs to the Open Air Museum.

Getting to the Hakone Open-Air Museum

From Shinjuku, we took the Romance Car to Hakone Yumoto.
From Hakone Yumoto Station, we went down across the road and took the Bus 2 bound to Moto Hakone Ko and Hakone Machi Ko. We alighted at Moto Hakone Ko.
From Moto Hakone Ko, we joined the Lake Ashii Cruise to Togendai Ko
From Togendai Ko, we took the Ropeway to Ubako station
From Ubako station, we took the Bus to Sounzan station
From Sounzan Station, we took the cable car to Gora station
We had our lunch near Gora station before we went to the Open-Air Museum by the Tozan Railway train.
A separate post for our Hakone trip March 2016.

I'll be posting more of the art works at the museum.... Hakone Open-Air Museum Part 3

Check out the other art works displayed at Hakone Open-Air Museum: