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Shoo Museum of the Arts was established to honor the contribution of local artists and writers to Japan's art and cultural scene during the Meiji to Showa periods. The museum's collection is based on the former local art museum, which was renovated and opened to the public in 1983. The museum showcases regular special exhibitions and events, alongside a permanent collection of artworks and materials. Gallery space provides a platform for local artists to showcase their work and encourages artistic creativity in the community. Moreover, the museum organizes outreach programs and workshops to make art accessible to the local community.

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The Nariwa Museum opened in 1953 as Okayama Prefecture's first municipal art museum to honor the legacy of Torajiro Kojima, a Western-style painter born in Nariwa town. Designed by architect Tadao Ando, visitors can enjoy the beautiful scenery of harmony between the concrete walls and the surrounding trees. 

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Kurashiki City Art Museum was originally built as the main building of Kurashiki City Hall. It was designed by the famous architect Kenzo Tange in 1960. When a new city hall was built, the museum's building was redesigned into a municipal art museum when a Kurashiki-born artist, Yoson Ikeda, donated his works to the city. The museum opened at the same time with the Kurashiki City Library and the Kurashiki Museum of Natural History in 1983, forming a joint cultural zone.

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Breathing new life into the ruins of a former copper refinery, Inujima Seirensho Art Museum was built around the idea of "using what exists to create what is to be". Exhibited here are works created by Yukinori Yanagi who used Yukio Mishima as a motif, a vocal critique of Japan's modernization, together with the remodeled architecture designed by Hiroshi Sambuichi. By using the existing smokestacks and karami bricks from the refinery as well as solar, geothermal, and other natural energies, the architectural design minimizes the construction's environmental impact. The building also employs a sophisticated water purification system that makes use of the power of plants. The project truly embraces the concept of a recycling-based society through its focus on industrial heritage, architecture, art, and the environment.

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Hayashibara Museum of Art is located in the area of the inner moat of Okayama Castle. This area was a part of Ninomaru annex of the castle, where there was a guesthouse during the Edo period. Since the Meiji era, Lord Ikeda used it as his administrative headquarters. On this site, Hayashibara Museum of Art was inaugurated on October 1, 1964, as per the wishes of the late Hayashibara Ichiro (1908 -1961), a business person of Okayama.

Hayashibara Ichiro inherited the company that was established by his grandfather, and their specialization was the manufacturing of starch syrup. He later succeeded in making the company one of the biggest Japanese firms of its kind. Alongside his professional responsibilities, he showed an active interest in traditional artwork. Throughout his school days, he devoted a significant amount of time to the study of antique swords. With this growing passion for the arts, he bought the treasures that had been handed down from the Ikeda family, the feudal Lord of Bizen Province, a part of Okayama Prefecture of today. At the same time, he started to collect Japanese and other oriental art pieces.
Regrettably, he passed away in April, 1961 at the age of 52. Three years later, according to the wishes of Hayashibara Ichiro, the bereaved family founded Hayashibara Museum of Art. The project was then endorsed by Miki Yukiharu, the governor of Okayama at the time.

The building was constructed on 6,300m² premises and was designed by Maekawa Kunio, a renowned architect who was a disciple of Le Corbusier. He created the building that was completely harmonized with the cultural environment around Okayama Castle. The museum houses approximately 10,000 pieces of art composed of swords, armors, pottery, Noh costumes and masks, furniture, paintings, calligraphies and lacquer work. The collection comprises 3 national treasures and 26 masterpieces, classified as important cultural property of Japan.

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The museum collects and exhibits outstanding works of art related to Okayama, and holds exhibitions and workshops to introduce domestic and international artistic activities. The museum was "created with the people of the prefecture” to contribute to the development of local art and culture as a place to "create, learn, gather, protect, and connect."

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On October 1, 2015, "Bizen Ware Traditional and Contemporary Art Museum" was reopened as the Bizen pottery Museum. Traditional old Bizen ware, works of the modern potters such as the Living National Treasures, and documents concerning Bizen ware are in the collection and displayed.

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