There is Tadao Ando design museum in a compound with an original Oyamasaki villa. They exhibit antique, and Western modern art. The view from the cafe from the second floor of the villa is splendid. It is in the North part of Japan 20 minutes from Kyoto. There is a huge designed garden both western and Japanese style that visitors are freely walking around.
You need to pay the fee to go inside of the museum, but just to visit the garden is free of charge, so mothers with children were picnicking and playing around the garden at the bottom of the villa.
Around the area, there is an old temple that store very important Buddhist statues.
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| Red Thunder the cargo train I don't normally see, so I took it from the JR train. |
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| After a while passing of Osaka station, the train passed in a mountain area. |
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| I went across the railway to the other side. |
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| An old map of Tennouzan mountain. |
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| It said entrance to the Tennozan mountain. |
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| A map tennozan mountain. |
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| If I had more time, I would be crazy exploring in the odd recycle store. |
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| Not sure it could call cearn display or not?!!! |
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| Edo period area map. |
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| A gate to the Oyamasaki villa. |
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| The gate had a nice design. |
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| The cottage was hidden behind trees. |
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| There was a koi pond and there was some building with a tower inside the garden. |
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| The building over the pond is private property and I could not go in. |
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| Nice arch design. |
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| I should have asked to somebody, but there were two sheep installation in the garden. |
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| Here is the close-up view with the tower. |
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| My favorite reflection sky. Ando Tadatoshi architecture. |
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| Looking up the villa's balcony from the back garden. It was where I drank coffee at a cafe. |
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| This is information center before the villa. |
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| Houseki-ji temple near by. |
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| Just took it, because it has the same name with a idol Japanese singer Tatsuya Yamaguchi. |
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| Niozou. "A" 阿 |
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| Niouzou, "Un うん" |
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| Houseki-ji temple sign |
