The Nakasendo Hiroshige Museum of Art is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM (last entry at 4:30 PM), closed on Mondays and national holidays. Adult admission is 800 yen, students 400 yen, and children under 15 are free when accompanied by adults.
To reach Nakasendo Hiroshige Museum of Art from Tokyo, take the JR Tokaido Line to Kozu Station, transfer to JR Gotemba Line to Matsuda Station, then take the Odakyu Odawara Line to Shinjuku or take a local bus. The museum is located in Ena City, Gifu Prefecture, about 2 hours from central Tokyo.
Nakasendo Hiroshige Museum of Art features the world's largest collection of Utagawa Hiroshige's ukiyo-e woodblock prints, including his famous 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido' series. The museum displays rotating exhibitions of Edo period art, traditional Japanese landscapes, and works related to the historic Nakasendo trail.
Yes, Nakasendo Hiroshige Museum of Art is worth visiting for art enthusiasts and culture lovers exploring Japan. The museum offers an authentic experience of traditional Japanese art along the historic Nakasendo route, featuring rare Hiroshige prints and providing insight into Edo period travel culture and artistic traditions.
Nakasendo Hiroshige Museum of Art offers museum shop selling art books and souvenirs, free parking, wheelchair accessibility, audio guides in Japanese and English, climate-controlled galleries, and rest areas. The museum also provides educational programs and special exhibitions throughout the year for visitors interested in Japanese art history.
Exposition and architecture are very nice. Even if it is a small museum, it is a must do experience in Ena.
The people working here are so kind, and they will guide you through the experience of making your own print.
I visited the museum as part of my SDG project with NUCB. A beautiful, modern museum located in a quaint town that yearns to grow. We met with the museum’s director and had time to create our own wood block prints. I hope more people get to visit once the shinkansen station is built nearby!
Absolutely fantastic little art gallery. I was so grateful that the wood block printing process was explained in English, too. I just wish the explanatory texts for each picture had been translated as well. The educational videos were also very informative. Even though I am a fully grown adult, I still enjoyed the opportunity to make my very own wood block print in the gallery and though it is far from perfect, I will take it home with me and treasure it.
Fantastic museum! Very interactive, you get to expirament and make your own paintings, great guides inside help you through the process, have an English film about the special process of curving and printing, and a lovely gallery of the beautiful paintings (: highly recommended!
