Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum

Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum is the only museum in Japan that exhibits the works of Minoru Nakahama, an artist known for his ink paintings of cats.

The museum exhibits a total of 120 ink paintings of cats, both large and small, including a huge 30-meter-long picture scroll, "Nekohama Monogatari" (Tales of Nekohama).

Visitors can also experience creating their own works of art at the ink painting class. This is an art museum on Awaji Island that cat lovers and those interested in ink painting can enjoy.

This article provides some tips for sightseeing as well as the charms of Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum as I actually visited the museum.

Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum Tourist Attractions

Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum has the following three tourist attractions.

• The only museum in Japan that collects ink paintings of cats
• Nekohama Monogatari", a huge 30-meter picture scroll
• Sumi-e painting class held on the second Monday of every month

Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum is the only museum in Japan that gathers together the works of Minoru Nakahama, the leading ink painting artist of cats. It is recommended not only for cat lovers but also for lovers of sumi-e and art.

The huge 30-meter-long picture scroll "Nekohama Monogatari (Tales of Nekohama)" is especially impressive as it depicts the story of a cat and the emperor who was exiled to Awaji Island in sumi-e ink painting.

Exhibits at Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum

On the first floor of Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum, various cat art is on display, including a 20-meter "Machinai no Gunzou" (a group of cats in a town), stone statues, hanging scrolls, and folding screens.

On the second floor, in addition to "Nekohama Monogatari," a representative exhibit of Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum, various other works, such as cat pasted pictures and haiku, are on display.

Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum hands-on classes

Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum offers a fun ink painting class with painter Minoru Nakahama on the second Sunday of each month from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

The fee is 1,500 yen (admission fee not included). For registration and inquiries, please contact the contact information at the end of this article.

Annual event at Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum

First Sunday in July: Cat Museum Festival
August to February of the following year: Cat Postcard Painting Contest
October: Awaji Bunka-mura Festival

Overview of Nakahama Minoru's Cat Art Museum