Sekisui Museum, Tsu

Name: Sekisui Museum
Address: Tsu, Japan

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Sekisui Museum is a registered museum in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. First established as Sekisui Kaikan in 1930, the museum was registered in accordance with the Museum Act in 1975, reorganized as a "public interest incorporated foundation" under its present name in 2010, and in the following year relocated from Marunouchi to Tarumi, reopening in new premises nestled in a wooded area of Mount Chitose in May 2011. The collection includes tea utensils, paintings, books, historical materials relating to the merchants of Ise Province, and items relating to potter and founder Kawakita Handeishi. ()

Coordinates: 34°41'52"N, 136°30'18"E

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Sekisui Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Matsuura Takeshirō Memorial Museum, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Yūki Shrine, Jin guan yin.

3.8 miS
Museum
Matsuura Takeshirō Memorial Museum, Matsusaka
98 min walk • Matsuura Takeshirō Memorial Museum opened in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan in 1994. It is dedicated to the life and work of local scion and explorer Matsuura Takeshirō, who travelled to Ezo six times at the end of the Edo period, penning many volumes of diaries and producing many maps.
2.6 miN
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu
66 min walk • Mie Prefectural Art Museum opened in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 1982. The collection has a particular emphasis on yōga.
0.6 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Yūki Shrine, Tsu
15 min walk • Yūki Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Its main festival is held annually on May 1, 2 and 3. It was founded in 1879, and enshrines the kami of Yūki Munehiro. It is one of the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration.
1.6 miN
34°43'15"N • 136°30'47"E
Jin guan yin, Tsu
42 min walk • Temple
3.4 miN
Museum
Mie Prefectural Museum, Tsu
86 min walk • Mie Prefectural Museum opened on a new site in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 2014. Also known as MieMu, it replaced the former Mie Prefectural Museum which opened in 1953 and closed in 2014.
3.5 miN
Universities and schools
Mie University, Tsu
90 min walk • Mie University is a national university in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. As with other national universities, Mie University has been a National University Corporation since April 2004, when state-funded universities were partially privatised.
3.6 miN
Universities and schools
Tsu City College, Tsu
91 min walk • Tsu City College is a public junior college in Tsu, Mie, Japan. It was founded in 1952.