Oita Prefecture is warm, scenic, and rich in natural beauty, and has a soft, gentle prefectural character. Oita Prefecture has accepted and absorbed different cultures from Asia and the West, blending them into its traditions and customs.
A "Museum of Encounters and the Five Senses" was created in the heart of Oita City, named after Oita's unique cultural climate.
Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Shigeru Ban (, the museum is a unique and unique space that is both a place of encounter and a place of the senses. The highly transparent, flexible, changeable and exhilarating space is truly a "museum that constantly changes and grows.
While approaching the heritage of art from all over the world and Japan, the museum introduces and nurtures Oita's proud artists and traditional culture, creating a meeting place between different things, global and local, traditional and modern, contemporary.
We will appeal to the five senses through the expansion and infinite vitality of art, through the intermingling of different genres, and through the imagination of nature and literacy rooted in our bodies and lives.
Together with you, we will create a completely new and unique artistic experience and creative space for the 21st century, "Oita World Centrism".
大分県立美術館