Museums

The museum exhibits local materials of Ota City and permanently exhibits “Magome Writers’ Village”; it organizes various events such as special exhibitions and hands-on experience workshops.

Tsuneko Kumagai is known as the first modern female kana calligrapher. The museum exhibits her works and other materials such as former study and mementoes.

It is the museum of Ryushi Kawabata, a great master of Japanese painting. The hall was designed by himself, and his former residence, atelier, and garden (Ryushi Park) are also open to the public (Limited hours).

Soho Tokutomi is a publisher of Kokumin no Tomo, Japan’s first general-interest magazine. The entrance and second-floor study of his former residence are preserved, and his manuscripts, letters, and other materials are exhibited.

Shiro Ozaki is famous for his works such as Jinsei Gekijo. He was one of the leading figures in the Magome Writers’ Village and lived almost whole of his writing life in Ota City.
His study was reproduced in his former residence site where he lived to the very end of his life.
A site tour with a curator is offered from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. on the first Saturday every month. No reservation required. Meet at the hall during the designated time.

The gallery exhibits drawings under annual themes, such as by “motif” or “artist.”
Visitors can enjoy various drawings since the exhibits are seasonally changed.

Tamagawadai Park has a cluster of Kofun tombs, such as government-designated historic site “Kamenokoyama Kofun” and Tokyo-designated historic site “Horaisan Kofun” and “Tamagawadai Kofun-gun,” with the exhibition room offering comprehensive explanation about the Kofun tombs in the area of Den-enchofu.

It is Japan’s only museum devoting to nori (seaweed lavers). Visitors can learn the history and techniques of nori making in Omori area that has been flourished with the nori industry since the Edo period.
Valuable exhibits, such as nori boats and tools, are nationally designated as important tangible folk-cultural properties.
Nori made in Omori is well known as a local specialty, and it was reportedly used as a gift to the shogunate in the Edo period.
It organizes hands-on experience events and sells nori products inside.

The museum shows the life of the people in general in Showa using a former private residence built in 1951.

It is a gallery at the 17th floor of Aroma Square where TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION has headquarters.
It exhibits the valuable cultural assets possessed by the company, such as the incense burners made by the designated Living National Treasures and the balm and incense bottles from all over the world.

Masudaya, a general trading firm of sumi (charcoal), has the gallery to disseminate a new sumi culture. It exhibits various sumi products, including Binchotan, leading-edge products, sumi for tea ceremony, and hibachi (charcoal brazier).

The gallery operated by Kinyosha Printing Co., Ltd. exhibits 120 LPs on flat display shelves and 12 special packages in cubic display stands, including valuable LPs and CDs. Themes are changed every three months.

Kenji Igarashi is a founder of Hakuyosha and a pioneer of dry cleaning in Japan. The library exhibits his mementoes and books, and visitors can learn the history of the cleaning industry.

The treasures brought to Ikegami Honmonji Temple are open to the public, including “Kabutogi Collection,” research materials about the Lotus Sutra collected by Shōkō Kabutogi.

It is an art & culture promotion facility operated by TOYOKO INN Co., Ltd.
The renovated building of former warehouse in Jonanjima has an art exhibition space and studios (atelier) for artists.