The Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan, brings unique sculpture and breathtaking landscape together, creating a most glorious outdoor park. With more than 1000 sculptures and artwork masterpieces (Picasso included), a walk around the outdoor museum on a warm summer day quiets the mind and calms the soul.
The Hakone Open-Air Museum
Ninotaira 1121, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture 250-0493
Getting there:
Take a train from Hakone’s main Odawara Station. The museum is a 2-minute walk from Chokoku-no-Mori station.
Tickets:
Museum is open 9-5 every day of the year. Be sure to get your discount tickets online.
Images by Leslie Hodgin.