Lalique Museum, Hakone

From brilliant jewelry to gorgeous glass art

Tomoko Kamishima Apr 17, 2013 - 1 min read

<p>Lalique Museum and the beautiful nature of Sengokuhara, Hakone</p>

<p>Lalique’s glass hood ornament on this classic car</p>

<p>Special exhibition of Lalique’s glass panels are shown in a salon car cafe of The Oriental Express (needs a reservation)</p>

<p>Enjoy coffee after the exhibition!</p>

<p>Butterfly designed brooch (photo from Museum leaflet)</p>

<p>Winter scene designed brooch (photo from Museum ticket)</p>

<p>Inside of Lalique Museum, Hakone (photo from Museum pamphlet)</p>

<p>René Jules Lalique (photo from Museum leaflet)</p>

The Lalique Museum always exhibits 230 pieces of stunning jewelry and glass art of René Jules Lalique (1860-1945), a prominent French artist who started his career doing jewelry design and glass art, and then later interior and architectural ornamentation. The museum has collected over 1500 items of his lifetime works, and rotates the displays twice a year. In the beautiful nature of Sengokuhara, Hakone, please soak in Lalique’s sublime artwork. An index of "Hakone's seven nice museums" series is here.

Tomoko Kamishima @tomoko.kamishima

Japan is a small island nation, but we have a huge number of surprising things to discover here. Many of these delights can be found when you step off the main street onto small side paths. I really enjoy studying about and researching various aspects of traditional Japanese culture, and then sha...