The 8 Best Art Museums in Akita Prefecture, Tohoku

April 22, 2022 Carley Gatson

Akita Prefecture (秋田県, Akita-ken) is a prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita.
Restaurants in Akita Prefecture

1. Hirafuku Memorial Art Museum

4-4, Kakunodatemachi Omotemachi Kamicho, Semboku 014-0334 Akita Prefecture +81 187-54-3888 http://www.city.semboku.akita.jp/sightseeing/hirafuku/
Excellent
13%
Good
54%
Satisfactory
33%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 24 reviews

Hirafuku Memorial Art Museum

Reviewed By WarnerL_12 - Pasadena, United States

At the north end of the samurai houses sit this nice park area with building sitting to the rear, I did not know it was open for viewing the artist exhibited, but the grounds are great.

2. Akita Senshu Museum of Art

2-3-8 Nakadori, Akita 010-0001 Akita Prefecture +81 18-836-7860 [email protected] http://www.city.akita.akita.jp/city/ed/ss/senshu-art/
Excellent
11%
Good
59%
Satisfactory
25%
Poor
5%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 44 reviews

Akita Senshu Museum of Art

3. Akita Museum of Modern Art

62-46, Akasaka Tomigazawa Inside Akita Furusato Mura, Yokote Akita Prefecture +81 182-33-8855 http://www.pref.akita.jp/gakusyu/public_html/
Excellent
20%
Good
40%
Satisfactory
35%
Poor
5%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 20 reviews

Akita Museum of Modern Art

4. Akita Museum Of Art

1-4-2 Nakadori, Akita 010-0001 Akita Prefecture +81 18-853-8686 http://www.akita-museum-of-art.jp/
Excellent
39%
Good
37%
Satisfactory
20%
Poor
3%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 225 reviews

Akita Museum Of Art

Reviewed By StrangeTrout - Exeter, United Kingdom

I wrote a review about this amazing gem of a museum when I first visited but it's gone so I am reiterating my love now because I think it's worth it. The guide book gave this a rating of 'underwhelming' and 'provincial' - the first inaccurate, the second snobbish, there's nothing wrong with not being in a metropolis. This museum is firstly an extraordinary building which wows from the first step inside. The concrete and steel staircase could be cold and functional but is a thing of striking beauty which, try as I might, I just could not capture in my photos and the view from the cafe with its long low windows is a view I could look at all day. On our visit, there were three exhibitions which were all interesting and beautiful in different ways - 1. A gallery of photographs of local people, art and events which was fascinating and joyous and a celebration of life lived 'provincially' which I thought was wonderful and we spent a great deal of time here; 2. Kisling. WOW! An artist I didn't know and whose beautifully staged paintings stole my heart; and 3. Tsuguharu Foujita's Events in Akita is astonishing in the flesh. This is what we had travelled to see and it was definitely worth it - there are two levels from which to view the painting, one at eye level from a mezzanine gallery so as to take in the entire 20m length and from the floor looking up at it's glorious vibrancy. All-in-all this is a wonderful museum, small but oh so perfectly formed. If you want big and flashy and crowded and to see the exhibits through the lens of your camera phone, then this is not the place for you but if you want to wander through the beautiful galleries of an extraordinarily well-thought out art gallery, dive in because you won't regret it.

5. Preservation Folklore Village Amasagi Village

4, Iwaki Shimohebida Takashiro, Yurihonjo Akita Prefecture +81 184-74-2500 http://www.city.yurihonjo.lg.jp/bunka-sport/bunka/c1337/7194
Excellent
14%
Good
29%
Satisfactory
43%
Poor
0%
Terrible
14%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 7 reviews

Preservation Folklore Village Amasagi Village

6. Omura Art Museum

39-1 Kakunodatemachi Yamanemachi, Semboku 014-0300 Akita Prefecture +81 187-55-5111 http://www007.upp.so-net.ne.jp/lalique/museum/about.html
Excellent
0%
Good
50%
Satisfactory
50%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 2 reviews

Omura Art Museum

7. Kamaitachi Museum of Art

67-3 Tashiro Fumoto, Ugo-machi, Ogachi-gun 012-1241 Akita Prefecture
Excellent
0%
Good
0%
Satisfactory
100%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

3.0 based on 1 reviews

Kamaitachi Museum of Art

8. Tenma Art Museam

19-1, Nonaka Mizunashi, Ugo-machi, Ogachi-gun Akita Prefecture +81 183-62-0008 http://www.tenma-art.jp/

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