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The 10 Best Museums in Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki
Discover the best top things to do in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan including Arita Local Museum Mandarin Orange Museum, Koyasan Reihokan Museum, Minakata Kumagusu Museum, Hiromitsu Ochiai Baseball Hall, Old Kayano Family House, Kii Fudoki No Oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore, Pile Fabrics Resource Center, Star Zoo, Misato Astronomical Observatory, Gobo City Museum of History and Folklore, Taiji Whale Museum.
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1. Arita Local Museum Mandarin Orange Museum
2. Koyasan Reihokan Museum
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4.5 based on 161 reviews
Koyasan Reihokan Museum holds numerous treasures of Koyasan: a total of over 28,000 objects designated either as National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties, and over 50,000 of non-designated issues. These treasures are displayed over 4 exhibitions in the course of one year.
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
Koyasan recently celebrated it 1200th anniversary, and some of the treasures in this museum are that old, loaned from some of the 100 monasteries on this mountain. The museum is small and so displays at any time only about 100 carefully selected artworks of the 28,000 objects it stores that are designated national treasures or important cultural properties (out of some 50,000 holdings) with rotating exhibitions. Built out of wood, and opened in 1921, the museum's entrance hall is styled after Byodoin Temple in Uji. The scroll depicting the "Reclining Sakyamuni Buddha on His Last Day" and the two enormous tankhas (one a replica) are particularly impressive, as is the gold and silver calligraphy of sutras on indigo blue paper. Photography prohibited.
3. Minakata Kumagusu Museum
4. Hiromitsu Ochiai Baseball Hall
5. Old Kayano Family House
6. Kii Fudoki No Oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
7. Pile Fabrics Resource Center
8. Star Zoo, Misato Astronomical Observatory
9. Gobo City Museum of History and Folklore
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
