About Goto art museum

♦You can see the whole museum building from the observatory lounge.
Its span roof present a beautiful contrast with a whilte wall.
In a spacious display room, numerous works of art can be enjoyed mainly with French Barbizon School, glass handworks of Galle and Daum, pottery engraving, Rodin's carving, and the works of British artists Joseph Mallord William Turner.
After enojoying the arts, let's take a break at the lounge overlooking the building.



Details Goto art museum



Address:2982-3 gotoh art museum, Yamagata city, Yamagata
Telephone:023-695-2010
Opening hour:9:10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed:Mondays (between Dec.30 and Jan. 3)
Entrance fee:800 yen, 600 yen for group of more than 20 people
Parking:(free) 10 cars

Access to Goto art museum

Access:5 minuites on foot from JR Gotoh art museum station. *By car: 20 minutes from Yamagata highway Yamagata north IC via R13, toward Tendo.


Sightseeing in Yamagata
Spring:Cherry blossoms are at their best from April.
Summer:Hot. Visiting hamlet is recommended.
Fall:Beauty of the leaves when turned in autum. Imoni festivals everywhere!
Winter:Freezing cold with snow, and the trees will be coverd with them and ice.
Snow:Cold, but not as delicous as shaved ice.


Gotta eat them!
Cherries:70% of cherries in Japan are produced in Yamagata Prefecture.
La France pears:The queen of the fruits is also Yamagata's best production.
Yonezawa Beef:As known as "Matsuzaka" of the west, and "Yonezawa" of the east.
Imoni:One of the local dishes of Yamagata which beef soup and taro roots are boiled and seasoned together.
Soba:Buckwheat noodles.
Cold ramen:Yamagata is the birthplace for cold ramen; the chinese noodle.


About Yamagata info. About Yamagata info.
Yamagata info is the web site to introduce Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, mainly about the tourist attractions and hot springs which may help those who are planning on a trip to Yamagata.
The place where beautiful Japanese nature and unique culture still remain.


Map of Yamagata Japan.
Map of Yamagata Japan.


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