The Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, also known as TAD, showcases its world-class collections and bridges art and design in interesting ways. Every visit offers a new experience and perspective of their exhibits.
In addition to having an in-house collection of works, TAD visitors can enjoy views of Kansui Park and the Tateyama Mountains. The rooftop deck is especially popular with guests. While you’re here, be sure to engage your creativity in one of their many interactive artistic experiences.
Their permanent collection features many works by world-famous artists, including Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Toulouse-Lautrec. There are also many works by famous Japanese artists that show mastery of color, line, and a true Japanese feeling.
The library will offer you a chance to learn more about art while the kids' room lets children express themselves in artistic ways. Admission to the museum is free, however, to enter the exhibition rooms, visitors must pay a fee.
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See the nearby Kansui Park and the Tateyama Mountain Range from the museum's rooftop park, which also features artwork installations.
A 10-minute taxi ride from Toyama Station; or a 15-minute walk.
Many international hotel chains have a presence in Japan, and a newly opened branch of the Doubletree by Hilton in Toyama is the company's first foray into the Hokuriku region.
Easily found by its impressive and unique exterior architecture, the Toyama City Glass Museum in Toyama Prefecture houses over 350 glass works. Toyama City itself has something of a history with glass. Being well known for its pharmaceuticals and early glass bottle productions in the Meiji era. And then in 1985, the city opened the Toyama City University Glass Craft Course—in an attempt to revive the glass industry of the area. This was further expanded in 1991 when the only public glass artistry training institution in Japan opened called the Toyama City Glass Molding Research Institute. It wasn’t until 2015 that the Toyama City Glass Museum opened its doors. The permanent exhibitions include a glass collection, glass art passage, and glass art garden. The collection exhibit features works by contemporary glass artists brave enough to work in the fragile medium.
A special exhibition at the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art will explore works on loan from Hakone's Pola Museum of Art. The pieces on display during the event are from impressionists like Monet and Renoir, post-impressionists such as Cezanne and Van Gogh, and more.
This leisure cruise starts from Kansui Park all the way to the port town of Iwase. If you can understand Japanese, you can also know more about the history of the canal as there is a guide who introduces you to the scenes as you pass through.
