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北のアルプ美術館

北のアルプ美術館Kitano Alpes Museum

Art museum

★ 4.655 reviews

The name "Kita no Alp Museum of Art" was taken from the mountain literary magazine "Alp." "Alp" is a literary magazine launched in 1959 (Showa 33), led by the philosopher Magoichi Kushida, and centered on the poet Kihachi Ozaki, the printmaker Umetaro Azechi, the writer Kyuya Fukada, the photographer Kosaku Uchida, and others. For the next 25 years, it consistently aimed at a world of "a hymn to nature," continuing to publish paintings, photographs, and travel writings by about 600 artists and writers who loved mountains. Differing in direction from a mere mountaineering magazine, "Alp," which for a quarter of a century held to "a sense of awe toward nature," continued to influence readers across the country as a highly spiritual magazine, loving nature…

  • Japan, 〒099-4114 Hokkaido, Shari District, Shari, Asahimachi, 11-2 アルプ通り
  • Today · 10 am–5 pm
    • Friday: 10 am–5 pm
    • Saturday: 10 am–5 pm
    • Sunday: 10 am–5 pm
    • Monday: Closed
    • Tuesday: Closed
    • Wednesday: Closed
    • Thursday: 10 am–5 pm
  • +81 152-23-4000
  • alp-museum.org

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Kyle Statley2 years ago
★★★★★

I went here yesterday and it was wonderful :) beautiful post cards and wood block paintings , they gave me a cup of coffee while I looked at nice art very fancy I would definitely go again if I'm ever again in Shari 😁

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Li koon1 years ago
★★★★★

It is a museum about a travel magazine. Fascinating place. Free entry. Quiet. We had the entire place to ourselves.

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yamanishi5 months ago
★★★★★

I think it's quite clean and easy to view among facilities of this type. It's free, but there is a donation box in the back room on the 2nd floor. As for the volume of exhibits, for those interested in nature or art, 1 hour won't be enough. 2 hours might be just right. By the way, there is also an exhibit related to the recently popular famous confection "snow," so it seems people of a wide range of generations could be interested. It was a museum I want to support.

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tekoてこ1 years ago
★★★★★

I was surprised that such a tasteful, beautiful museum exists in a land at the far end of the world. I visited on the introduction of an acquaintance who lives nearby. The building is beautiful, and the exhibits were wonderful too. There once was a literary magazine about mountains called "Alp," and I hear this museum was created through the efforts of a photographer who was captivated by it to preserve it. Every issue from the first to the last of "Alp" is on display, and there was also a room that was said to be a reconstruction of the workroom of Magoichi Kushida, the editor-in-chief. The building is said to be a renovated employee dormitory of Mitsui Norin. It also felt like the house of Satsuki and Mei from Totoro. The museum staff served coffee and tea. I'm grateful. I was told admission is free, but there was a donation box, so I contributed a small amount. After viewing the exhibits, moving around the building, being offered coffee, and sitting in a chair looking at the garden, I felt I could stay for hours.

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小白的小旅行1 years ago
★★★★★

Visited in June 2025 This is a very cute art museum, the space is small, but the content is very substantial, on the 2nd floor each piece displays different artworks and books, on the first floor, besides the exhibition space, there are also books for you to read, when I went in, a staff member introduced it very kindly and gently, highly recommended if you pass by, slowly enjoy this time that seems to stand still. Outside there is a garden where you can stroll leisurely. There is no admission fee. If you want to show your support, you can make a donation, the donation box is on the second floor.

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