About Hiroshige art museum

♦The art museum of Japanese woodblock print stand in Tendo hot spring town.
A famouse Japanese woodblock print artist, Hiroshige Utagawa made a group of works called "Tendo Hiroshige". They were done by the request of a member of Tendo clan who had a relationship with Hiroshige.
The museum opened in 1997, managed by Takinoyu Hotel, displaying the works of four successive generations including "Tendo Hiroshige".



Details Hiroshige art museum



Address:1-2-1 Kamata town, Tendo city, Yamagata
Telephone:023-654-6555
Opening hour:8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. from November to March)
Closed:Tuesdays
Entrance fee:600 yen
Parking:(free) 15 cars

Access to Hiroshige art museum

Access:10 minutes on foot from Tndo station toward Tendo hot spring town.


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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