MOA MUSEUM OF ART Photo Spot
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At the MOA MUSEUM OF ART, you can enjoy not only art appreciation but also visiting photo spots. There are plenty of attractive spots for taking photos both inside and outside the museum, such as the escalator, the circular hall, Moore Square, the tea garden, and the bamboo forest. Feel free to drop...
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The museum is built on a 230,000m2 hill in Atami, and you can see beautiful views of Izu Oshima and Hatsushima from the main lobby and Moore Square. The facility also features a garden that changes with the seasons, with cherry blossoms and azaleas in the spring, fresh greenery in early summer, and autumn leaves in the fall. Enjoy a relaxing resort-like experience while savoring art and nature. The museum opened in 1982, and 36 years later, from 2016 to 2017, it underwent renovation work to revamp the exhibition space and update the facilities. The lobby area and exhibition space were designed by the New Material Laboratory, which is headed by internationally renowned contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto together with architect Tomoyuki Sakakida. We tackled the question of how to reconstruct and pass on the materials and techniques used in ancient, medieval, and early modern times in the present day, and through various attempts, we created a modern space using traditional Japanese materials, embodying the new MOA MUSEUM OF ART.
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- escalator
- Circular Hall
- Moore Square
- Main Lobby
- Single-sided lacquer door
- Tea Garden
- Bamboo forest
The MOA MUSEUM OF ART of Art is not only a place to appreciate art, but also a place where you can casually enjoy visiting photo spots. When you enter the museum, you will be greeted by the "escalator" where you can enjoy a magnificent view, and the beautiful "circular hall" where light and shadow are woven. The "main lobby" where modern and traditional blend together will captivate all visitors. Outside the museum, the open space of "Moor Square" offers a view of Sagami Bay. We also recommend taking a stroll through the "tea garden" and "bamboo forest" where you can face nature in silence. Just by touring the inside and outside of the museum with a camera in hand, you can enjoy a special day. Be sure to discover the new charms of the MOA MUSEUM OF ART of Art while taking photos!
escalator
The open cut method using box culverts was used to create a trench on the slope, and after constructing a passageway using reinforced concrete, the mountain was restored to its original state by piling up soil. There are eight escalators, each about 25m to 35m high, which take you to Moore Square in about 10 minutes.
Circular Hall
It is a dome-shaped hall built underground, with a diameter of approximately 20m and a height of approximately 10m. The dome ceiling is designed with 230 pieces of GRC (glass fiber concrete) arranged in the shape of petals, and displays one of the world's largest kaleidoscopes, produced by Yoda Mitsuru and Yoda Yuriko. The walls and floor are made of marble. The floor is made of marble collected from six countries - Italy, Portugal, India, Iran, Cuba and Greece - arranged in geometric patterns.
Moore Square
The bronze statue "King and Queen" by Henry Moore, a leading 20th century sculptor, is on display here. From here, you can enjoy the magnificent view of Sagami Bay, making it a great photo spot.
Main Lobby
The bright and open lobby is 8m high and 32m wide, with a full glass ceiling that stretches from the first floor to the second floor. The ceiling height is slightly lower as you approach the opening, so that the ocean view looks even more beautiful. The legs of the sofas in the main lobby are made of optical glass, which is also used in camera lenses. It is a highly transparent glass with uniformity in refraction and dispersion of light.
Single-sided lacquer door
This collaborative work by contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto and Living National Treasure Kazumi Murose makes use of the black and red designs of the Momoyama period.
Tea Garden
This garden includes the teahouse "Ippakuan" and the Korin residence. There are 150 maple trees and seasonal flowers planted here.
Bamboo forest
Bamboo is used as a pure plant in Shinto rituals such as New Year's Kadomatsu and ground-breaking ceremonies, and it appears in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" as a plant that is home to divine spirits. In recent years, the sunlight that pours through the gaps in the bamboo forest has become a popular healing spot with a Japanese atmosphere.
The museum is built on a 230,000m2 hill in Atami, and you can see beautiful views of Izu Oshima and Hatsushima from the main lobby and Moore Square. The facility also features a garden that changes with the seasons, with cherry blossoms and azaleas in the spring, fresh greenery in early summer, and autumn leaves in the fall. Enjoy a relaxing resort-like experience while savoring art and nature. The museum opened in 1982, and 36 years later, from 2016 to 2017, it underwent renovation work to revamp the exhibition space and update the facilities. The lobby area and exhibition space were designed by the New Material Laboratory, which is headed by internationally renowned contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto together with architect Tomoyuki Sakakida. We tackled the question of how to reconstruct and pass on the materials and techniques used in ancient, medieval, and early modern times in the present day, and through various attempts, we created a modern space using traditional Japanese materials, embodying the new MOA MUSEUM OF ART.
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