Museum · Kyobashi / Amijima

Fujita Museum of Art 藤田美術館

A private museum of Japanese and Chinese treasures, rebuilt in 2022 as a glass-fronted pavilion with a free tea-and-dango stand; home to one of only three yohen tenmoku tea bowls in the world, a National Treasure.

About

The Fujita family, Meiji-era industrialists, built one of Japan's great private art collections, including nine National Treasures and dozens of Important Cultural Properties. The old storehouse museum closed in 2017, and in 2022 a new building opened on the same site by Kyobashi, with a transparent glass front, an open lobby with a tea counter selling matcha and freshly grilled dango, and a single dark exhibition room where a small rotating selection is shown with great care. The most famous piece is the yohen tenmoku tea bowl from Southern Song China, whose iridescent spots are like a starry sky; it is displayed on a rotating basis. The garden around the building preserves the familys old tahoto pagoda and stone lanterns.

Highlights

• Yohen tenmoku tea bowl, one of three in the world (shown in rotation)
• Glass-fronted 2022 building with a free lobby
• Matcha and grilled dango at the lobby tea counter
• Garden with a historic pagoda

Tips

• The lobby, garden and tea stand are free; the dango are the local favourite.
• Check which treasures are on view; the exhibition changes often.
• Combine with a walk across to Osaka Castle via Kyobashi.

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Nearby

• Don Quijote SakuranomiyaUnique Store · 350 m away
• Sakuranomiya Bridge (Ginbashi)Bridge · 360 m away
• Old Sakuranomiya Public Hall (Former Mint Entrance)Photo Spot · 440 m away
• Japan Mint Museum and Cherry Blossom PassageMuseum · 470 m away
• Kawasaki BridgeBridge · 480 m away
• Kema Sakuranomiya ParkPark · 510 m away
• Gokurakubashi Bridge (Osaka Castle)Photo Spot · 600 m away
• Coin Lockers · Keihan Kyobashi StationLuggage Storage · 750 m away