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| artwork at the approach |
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| entrance |
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| special exhibit |
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| inside artwork |
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| legacy from the power plant days |
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| on the hill behind the museum |
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| museum seen from the hill |
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| scenery around the museum |
Tucked in a small community where the sky is large, this unique power station-turned art museum was built thanks to the passion of the then town mayor. The town did not have any art museums and the mayor thought it was a pity. The Hokuriku Power Company kindly donated the defunct power station building after the new one was built and when the original one was about to be dismantled.
Three times a year, the museum holds special exhibitions and during these periods only, you are admitted into the museum.
This time, finally, I managed to come with a younger friend of mine who have often been with my past explorations.
The art by Florian Claar was fantastic; the museum building felt history; and above all we were part of the GHIBLI outlook of the world. We saw the sprawling rice field and thought of where we came from and where we go.
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