Kita Kyushu Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Fukuoka
Kitakyushu Shiritsu Bijutsukan (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum) is known for having introduced the first system in Japan under which volunteers offer visitors explanations of the museums collection, a service introduced with the opening of the museum in 1974. At present around 80 volunteers, each of whom has completed several years of training, are actively engaged on a rotating basis in guiding museum visitors every day. The works held by the museum include: pieces by Ryusei Kishida, a Western-style painter, among them Jiga-zo (Self-portrait) and T-no Shozo (Portrait of T.); ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Katsushika Hokusai and others; and works by overseas artists including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Georges Rouault, and Frank Stella.'
Information
Address: 21-1 Nishi-Sayagata-machi, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka
Admission Fee: 150 yen (permanent exhibition)
Closed: Mondays, New Years holidays'
[Bus]JR Tobata Stn./Bus/15-min. ride/Bijutsukan iriguchi Stop/15-min. walk
