KITANOMARU PARK
Kitanomaru Park contains several functional buildings
including the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Science Museum
Tokyo and the Nippon
Budokan, plus open park land and cherry blossom in spring time. Kitanomaru Park
connects to the
Tokyo Imperial Palace East Garden and a convenient way to get to
Yasukuni Shrine.
Kitanomaru Park Cherry Blossom
Tokyo National Museum of
Modern Art
The Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art (東京国立近代美術館, tōkyō kokuritsu
kindai bijutsukan) is the foremost collecting and exhibiting museum of
contemporary Japanese art. Located in a building designed by Taniguchi
Yoshirô in Kitanomaru Park, it was originally establed in 1952 in the
Kyōbashi area of Tokyo. It has been in its current location since 1969. The
collection contains many notable Japanese artists since the Meiji period as
well as a few contemporary Western prints. In 1977, the museum opened an
annex, the Crafts Gallery, that displays modern textiles, ceramics,
lacquers, and other Japanese crafts.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - Picture
by
Lombroso
 Nippon
Budokan
Nippon Budokan functions as a venue for big musical events,
its primary purpose is for Japanese martial arts. It contains three
halls, the largest of which holds 14,000 people.
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