# MOA Museum of Art

> A private museum on the hill above Atami Station with about 3,500 works of mostly East Asian art, three of them National Treasures. Ogata Korin's Red and White Plum Blossoms screen is shown only for a few weeks each year, timed to the plum season around February. Admission is 2,000 yen.

- Prefecture: Shizuoka
- Type: Museum
- Address: Atami, Shizuoka, Japan
- Opening hours: Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun 09:30–16:30
- Closed: Thursdays (open when Thursday is a national holiday), and on exhibition changeover days.
- Hours note: Last admission 16:00.
- Admission: 2000 yen
- Official site: https://www.moaart.or.jp/

The visit starts with a climb that nobody has to walk. From the entrance, seven escalators carry you about 200 meters through the hillside and roughly 60 meters up, past a round hall about 20 meters across. At the top the windows face Sagami Bay. The museum opened in 1982 to show the collection of its founder, Okada Mokichi (1882 to 1955), and the galleries were redone by the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto and architect Tomoyuki Sakakida before reopening in February 2017. Of about 3,500 works, three are National Treasures, and the one people come for is Ogata Korin's Red and White Plum Blossoms, two folding screens with a dark stylized stream between a red and a white tree. Japanese paintings are shown for short spells to protect them, and this one comes out once a year, in a show of the museum's best pieces timed to the plum garden next door, usually for a few weeks somewhere between late January and mid-March. Outside that window you will see other things. There is also a full-size reconstruction of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Golden Tea Room, a Noh stage and a tea garden. Admission is 2,000 yen, steep for a single visit, and the museum shuts on Thursdays.

## FAQ

### When can I see the Red and White Plum Blossoms screen?

Only during the museum's yearly show of its best pieces, timed to the plum blossoms, usually for a few weeks between late January and mid-March. Check the exhibition schedule on the official site before you go, because at other times the screen is in storage.

### How much is admission?

2,000 yen for adults and 1,400 yen for high school and university students; junior high school students and younger are free. Groups of 20 or more pay 1,800 and 1,200 yen. The senior discount ended on March 31, 2025.

### How do I get there from Atami Station?

Take the MOA Bijutsukan bus from stop 8 at the station bus terminal to the last stop, about 7 minutes for 200 yen, or a taxi, also about 7 minutes. Walking means a long, steep climb through residential streets.

### Is there somewhere to eat?

Yes. There is a soba restaurant, a kaiseki restaurant that takes reservations only, a patisserie, a cafe and a tea room serving matcha.

---
Source: MOA Museum of Art — Japan Voyage