This form… That’s right, you may have seen it on the wrapping paper of Mitsukoshi department store, right? Coasters using one part of the design are used in the museum café.

The 2nd floor exhibition room displays the artist’s favorite items and collectibles. From a paint stained apron to used candles… you can hear the breath of days lived. (The contents change every time the exhibition is changes).

This is cafe MIMOCA mentioned a moment ago when introducing the coasters. The pieces of furniture within the store are by Mr. Inokuma’s friends and artists from the same period: Isamu Noguchi, Hans Wegner, Sori Yanagi, and others.
The cafe is filled with the air that “an art museum is a place where one can come into contact with good things”.

The last photograph was taken on the museum’s opening anniversary on November 23rd.

An event is held every year on this day and it is filled with people. Visitors can play with the objects and attend workshops. From children to adults, the visitors had a fun time while coming into contact with real art.
At the “station-front museum” in Marugame, the concept of “everyday life with art museums” has become a reality.
If you pay a visit to MIMOCA, you too may fall more in love with art♪
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art:

Address: 80-1 Hama-machi, Marugame city, Kagawa prefecture
Open: 10.00-18.00 (Entrance until 17.30)
Closed: End of year from Dec. 25th to Jan. 31st and occasionally on other days during the changing of exhibitions
Tel: 0877-24-7755

Hompage: https://www.mimoca.org/ja/ (Japanese) http://www.mimoca.org/en/ (English)

Setouchi Finder Photo-writer: Izumi Yoshikawa