Visiting Okada Museum of Art

About Okada Museum of Art

This museum displays Japanese, Chinese and Korean art, from ceramics to folding screens, across several floors. Its facade carries a huge mural of the wind and thunder gods, and outside is a long footbath where you can soak your feet with a drink.

Tip: Even without visiting the galleries, the footbath café in front of the mural is a pleasant stop.

Plan your visit

• Time needed: 1.5–2 hours.
• Cost: Expensive.
• Book ahead: not usually needed; buy on arrival.
• Where: Kowakudani, resort hotels and the Okada Museum on a plateau between Miyanoshita and Lake Ashi.

Best time to visit Okada Museum of Art

Okada Museum of Art is indoors, which makes it a good plan for the wettest months:

• June: 22°C (72°F) highs, about 15 rainy days, moderate crowds.
• July: 26°C (79°F) highs, about 15 rainy days, busy crowds.
• September: 23°C (73°F) highs, about 14 rainy days, moderate crowds.

When to visit Hakone has the full month-by-month picture.

Fit it into your trip

Okada Museum of Art is not on our short itineraries, so plan it as an extra once you have seen Hakone Open-Air Museum and Ōwakudani.

• No. 12 of the 18 sights in our Hakone things-to-do list.
• One of the picks in museums in Hakone.
• One of the picks in hakone on a rainy day.

If you like Okada Museum of Art

• Pola Museum of Art — Sengokuhara, 2 hours
• Lalique Museum Hakone — Sengokuhara, 1.5 hours
• Tenzan onsen — Hakone-Yumoto, 1.5–2 hours

Staying near Okada Museum of Art

Stay in Kowakudani ($$$) to walk here: resort hotels and the Okada Museum on a plateau between Miyanoshita and Lake Ashi. All areas to stay in Hakone.

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