Yamagata Museum of Art

It was an impressive collection and even though the museum is small it is actually much larger than other art museums I have been to in Japan. The current temporary exhibit about Kawase Hasui is very extensive and amazing. It showcases the beauty of Japan!

An impressive calligraphy exhibit fills the majority of the museum. There is also a room of mixed artists paintings that are lovely.

Amazing collection, walked in on a whim and saw some great works by Renoir, Monet, Picasso and van Gough. They also had a special exhibit upstairs featuring modern Japanese artists, including some Yayoi Kusama. Worth stopping by!

If you're looking for a rather unusual museum in the somewhat small city of Yamagata that happens to have a rather large amount of famous impressionists' paintings, you have found it here at the Yamagata Museum of Art. I kid you not, you will find some lovely paintings by Monet and Van Gogh here at this tiny little museum. You will also find different exhibits depending on when you are there. Enjoy!

800¥ to go inside, and maybe you could spend 20-30 minutes. The collection was donated by Hasegawa family for Japanese Art side of the museum. The Modern French Art collection was loaned by Yoshino Gypsum, a very big building materials company. They have very beautiful Monet’s paintings: Water-Lillies & Undergrowth in Saint-German Forest, which I was truly mesmerized by those two. They have some Picasso as well.