Towada Art Center

The museum was opened in 2008 as the central facility of the city's art-based local cityscape project. Many of the works are large three-dimensional works in which the entire space becomes the work of art, rather than paintings. The art square across from the museum, as well as the streets surrounding it, are scattered with artworks, transforming the entire town into an open-air contemporary art museum.

The Towada Art Center was designed by Ryue Nishizawa. The museum's distinguishing feature is that each exhibition room displays a single artwork and is connected to the other rooms by a glass corridor. The museum and the Art Square feature works by leading contemporary Japanese artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Yoshitomo Nara, as well as other high-impact artworks that visitors will not forget.

To get there by public transportation, take a bus from Hachinohe Station or Shichinohe-Towada Station. Please keep in mind that buses are infrequent.