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A new building displaying the contemporary art of “COMICO ART MUSEUM YUFUIN” has opened, and the architecture is Kengo Kuma.

2022.07.05

The new building of the Yufuin Museum of Contemporary Art “COMICO ART MUSEUM YUFUIN”, which opened in 2017, opened on July 1, 2022 (Fri). The exhibition area will be doubled, and works by contemporary artists Yayoi Kusama, Tatsuo Miyajima, Mariko Mori, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Kohei Nawa, Hiroshi Sugimoto and others will be exhibited.

Kengo Kuma, who is also known for the design of the National Stadium, which became the main stadium of the Tokyo Olympics as well as the main building, is in charge of the construction of the expanded area. The black-based exterior and the design that incorporates water that reflects the rich nature are also utilized in the extension.

Two galleries facing each other over the basin on the 1st floor of the main building (photographed in 2017) © Yoshitomo Nara 2017

In the existing gallery on the 1st floor of the main building, more than 20 two-dimensional works such as Yayoi Kusama’s “Pumpkin” and “Infinity Net” will be exhibited in two rooms facing through the glass across the basin. In addition to Yoshitomo Nara’s “Your Dog”, Mariko Mori and Kohei Nawa’s three-dimensional works will be exhibited in the open gallery on the second floor overlooking Mt. Yufu.

2nd floor open gallery (photographed in 2019) © Yoshitomo Nara 2017

The three-dimensional works of the open gallery on the 2nd floor of the main building were created according to the land rich in nature while being visited by various people called Yufuin. The time to face the work in the rich nature creates a special experience that can only be experienced here.

COMICO ART MUSEUM YUFUIN

Opening hours: 09:30 – 17:30
Closed days: Every other Wednesday
Admission fee: ・General: ¥1700 (online reservation: ¥1500)
・University student: ¥1200 (online reservation: ¥1000)
・Middle and high school students: ¥1000 (online reservation: ¥800)
・Elementary school student: ¥700 (online reservation: ¥500)
・Disability certificate presentation: ¥1200 (online reservation: ¥1000)
・Free for children

>COMICO ART MUSEUM YUFUIN
* All prices shown include consumption tax.
* Advance reservations are required. Please make a reservation online before visiting.
* Closed days may change due to facility maintenance. Please see the reservation calendar on the homepage for details.

Simple lodging "COMICO ART HOUSE YUFUIN"

©NHN JAPAN Corp.
©NHN JAPAN Corp.

“COMICO ART HOUSE YUFUIN”, a simple lodging facility adjacent to the museum that opened in October 2021, is a private villa with an open-air bath and a garden, which provides special time and healing to everyone visiting the hot spring resort Yufuin. I am.

COMICO ART HOUSE YUFUIN

Location: 2995-1 Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu-shi, Oita 879-5102
TEL: 0977-76-8166

>COMICO ART HOUSE YUFUIN

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©NHN JAPAN Corp.

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