Visitor Information Museum requests all the visitors to have an appointment by return-post. Please indicate preferable date and time. Dates and hours for the museum tours: At 10 a.m., 1p.m., and 3 p.m. on every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (We close during August 13-16, and December 28 - January 7. 2007) (We close during August 13-16, and December 27 - January 5. 2008) [Extra open: May 3rd, May 5th, August 11th at 10:00a.m. ,11:30a.m. , 1:00p.m. and 3:00p.m.] Admission: Adults and College Students for 2,100 yen (tax in), High School Students for 1,050 yen (tax in), Junior High and Grammar School for free.
			Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Japan 3519 Mure, Mure-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-Ken, 761-0121 Japan Phone +81 87 870 1500 Facsimile +81 87 845 0505

		'Energy Void' (1971) Black granite, 3.6meters high

View of the stone circle					Yoshio Taniguchi (Architect) I have been friends with Isamu since my childhood and also later he became a wonderful creative partner when we designed the Ken Domon Memorial building in Sakata. He was not only a sculptor but a unique artist and a special designer who always paid great attention to space when he was designing environments or buildings. Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Japan in Mure contains his individual works, but it is in itself his environmental work, landscaped to improve the natural beauty of the surrounding scenery, further enriched with authentic Japanese architecture, to harmonize with this rustic site. The museum has retained its authentic atmosphere, to the extent the visitors may almost anticipate meeting the artist himself, walking in his garden.
	Hiroshi Teshigawara (Motion picture director & Sogetsu school IemotoIII) "Certain mistakes nature forgives " I still remember Isamu saying so, almost to himself. Each time I recall this phrase, I try to understand what he might have meant by that. In front of me stood a rock, marvelous in shape and fused with rusty earth. I could visualize how happy he should have looked when he ran into it in the mountain. On the surface of it a sharp, vertical scar made itself visible in pale black color. It was his work, of course. He had a shy smile on his face when I turned around to confront him. Co-existence of modesty and fierce confidence in him made Isamu a beautiful man in his late life.
	Living room in 'Isamuya', relocated 'Merchant-house'		Issey Miyake (Designer) Mure, where Isamu-san lived and worked, is a place I often visit in my mind. No matter where I am in the world, the vision of the clouds which float overhead and the feeling of the wind upon my face are indelibly stamped upon my senses. The space embodies and responds to the principle rules of nature and of the universe. After awhile, you begin to have the sensation that you too are drifting, weightless through space. A journey to Mure is a passage. It is a sanctuary for his superb sculptures, and is a place ideally suited to the discovery and pursuit of one's self.
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