Ohara Museum of Art

Through Sunday, September 27: ARKO 2025–2026 Mayuko Kose Exhibition. Works created during a three-month stay in Kurashiki include a monumental 5-meter piece.

Until 9/27 (Sun) ARKO 2025–2026: Mayuko Kose Exhibition A five-meter masterpiece created during a three-month stay in Kurashiki

ARKO 2025–2026 Mayuko Kose: “Between Wildlife and Humans,” painted in Kurashiki by Japanese painter Mayuko Kose

ARKO2025-2026 Mayuko Kose “Between Wildlife and Humans,” Painted in Kurashiki by Japanese-Style Painter Mayuko Kose

Special Exhibition “The Kurashiki Ohara Family and Chinese Painting”

Until 6/7 (Sun) Special Exhibition: “The Ohara Family of Kurashiki and Chinese Painting” An exhibition exploring history through the Ohara family’s collection of Chinese paintings

Overall view of the venue

Special Exhibition Commemorative Symposium “The Kurashiki Ohara Family and Chinese Painting” (held May 9, 2026) A day to experience the appeal of Chinese painting. Discover the depth of the “Ohara Family Collection” in Kurashiki

Exterior of the Ohara Museum of Art

Ohara Museum of Art to reopen on April 25, 2026 Renovations to the facilities will create a comfortable space that is kinder to both artworks and visitors

What Is This? DAYS Roundtable Discussion

Nannan DAYS 2025 Roundtable Discussion (held on November 23, 2025) Looking back on new initiatives to make museums more accessible and considering challenges ahead

Easy Japanese Tour

Nannan DAYS 2025 (held on November 15 and 16, 2025) A first-time initiative aimed at making the museum accessible to everyone. I took part as a person with a hearing impairment.

1925 Symposium & Architecture Tour “Opening Up 1925 Through Architecture—Opening It Further to Archaeology, Mingei, and Art” (held on November 29, 2025) Connections between architecture and culture 100 years ago

1925 Symposium & Architecture Tour: “Opening Up 1925 Through Architecture—Further Exploring Archaeology, Mingei, and Art” (held November 29, 2025) Connections Between Architecture and Culture 100 Years Ago

Kojima Torajiro Memorial Gallery’s first year-end cleanup. Grand opening in April 2025. This is “the Year of Kojima Torajiro.”

Kojima Torajiro Memorial Gallery holds its first year-end cleanup Grand opening in April 2025. This is the “Year of Kojima Torajiro”

Scenes from the lecture event

Ohara Museum of Art 95th Anniversary Lecture: “Modern Kurashiki Seen Through Bank Architecture” (held November 5, 2025) Tracing the footsteps of the architect who designed the Ohara Museum of Art

1925 Roundtable Discussion “Out of Mingei and the Sweet Potato Vine: 1925” (held on November 2, 2025) The nexus of knowledge and beauty in “1925,” connected by old books

1925 Roundtable Discussion: “Out of Mingei and the 1925 Sweet Potato Vine” (held on November 2, 2025) Rare books connect the nexus of knowledge and beauty in “1925”

Memorial Symposium “Director Shuji Takashina and the Ohara Museum of Art” (held on October 17, 2025): Reflecting on the Life of a Giant of Knowledge

Memorial Symposium “Director Shuuji Takashina and the Ohara Museum of Art” (held on October 17, 2025) Reflecting on the Life of a Giant of Knowledge