Kurita Museum Kurita Museum
Spot information
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| Address |
〒329-4217
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1542 Komaba-cho, Ashikaga City |
| Phone number | 0284-91-1026 |
| Access | 20 minutes by car from Tobu Ashikaga Station 15 minutes from Ashikaga Interchange on the Kita Kanto Expressway 15 minutes from Sano Fujioka Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway |
| Business hours | ９：３０～１７：００ |
| Regular holiday | Mondays (if Monday falls on a public holiday, the next day) Year End and the New Year (28th December to 2nd January) |
| Web site | http://www.kurita.or.jp/ |
| Tourist association details page | https://www.ashikaga-kankou.jp/spot/kurita_museum |
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Description
One of the largest museums of ceramics with Imari and Nabeshima collections in the world.
Here, on the outskirts of Ashikaga, on 24.5 acres chosen for its picturesque scenery and taking advantage of nature, is a garden of mainly wild grass. In the garden is the main museum building, a historical building, a memorial church for unknown potters, and the pottery hall as well as the main gate, and the Holland Hall.
A large feature of the museum is that it displays only Imari and Nabeshima pottery wares of the Edo period (1603 to 1867) created by the Nabeshima clan.
These works are born from Japan's beautiful traditional culture and lifestyle.