The Hakone Open-Air Museum

We started the day with a 2.5 hour bus trip to the Hakone Open-Air Museum opened in 1969, is Japan's first open-air museum. It is located in Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Hosting over 1,000 pieces, it includes artworks by Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Taro Okamoto, Yasuo Mizui, Churyo Sato, Susumu Shingu, Constantin Brâncuși, Barbara Hepworth, Rokuzan Ogiwara, and Kōtarō Takamura, among others. About 120 sculptural works are on permanent display across the park. The museum is affiliated with the Fujisankei.

The grounds are excellent and so much to see moving structures,
A star shaped maze was created by arranging different geometric shapes at various angles, while we were there a little boy got lost in it and his dad had to get him.
A foot hot spa you could sit and have lunch while soaking your feet.
A Picasso museum full of his works and other copies.

A symphonic tower which had 95 stairs to get to the top and amazing stained glass surrounding the interior and a nice bed of the open areas and many other unusual exhibits.

A great place for a nice lunch, best to buy elsewhere and sit in the grounds and enjoy your surroundings.Читать далее