Edward Gorey (1925-2000) is a picture book author with a profound fan base worldwide, known for his unique worldview and meticulous monochrome line drawings. Recently, his works such as The Doubtful Guest and The Hapless Child have been introduced one after another in Japan. Apart from his primary books, where he worked on both the text and illustrations, Gorey also exhibited his diverse talents in illustrations, stage and costume design, and posters for theatre and ballet.

This exhibition reconfigures about 250 works and documents around themes such as "Children" "Real and Imagined Creatures" and "Performing Arts" from past exhibitions held at the Gorey House, the final residence turned memorial museum. Hold in an old house on the East Coast peninsula in the past, the exhibition probably invites visitors to Gorey's enigmatic world, characterized by his detached and cool perspective on life and death. 

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Yokosuka Museum of Art opened in 2007. The concept is that "the entire environment is an art museum." Surrounded on three sides by the lush forest of Kannonzaki, it opens onto Tokyo Bay. The building was designed by Riken Yamamoto. The outside of the steel building is covered with glass, creating a unique nested structure where open spaces and closed spaces to protect the artwork coexist. The height of the building is kept low to harmonize with the surrounding environment. The interior of the museum, which makes extensive use of an atrium, is an open space with soft light streaming in through the round windows on the exterior walls.  The museum has a collection of approximately 4,500 pieces of modern and contemporary Japanese art, mainly paintings and sculptures, and the "Rokuro Taniuchi Museum" where visitors can enjoy "Shukan Shincho Cover Painting."

The Aqua Mare is an Italian restaurant produced by Chef Yoshimi Hidaka of Ristorante Aqua Pazza, which has its main restaurant in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo. Using fresh local ingredients, visitors can enjoy an original menu only available at the Yokosuka Museum of Art.

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