Otsuka Museum of Art, Naruto, Japan
The Otsuka Museum of Art was built in Naruto Park on the occasion of the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Group’s 75th anniversary. It is the largest museum in Japan, featuring life-size reproductions of virtually every representative masterpiece of Western art from antiquity to the 20th century including works by Michelangelo, El Greco, Goya, Monet and Picasso.
The museum is well presented and enables its visitors to appreciate the art of so many master artists all in one place. Besides over a thousand paintings, the museum displays reproductions of altars, tombs and entire halls, such as the interior of the Sistine Chapel.
Paintings were reproduced by copying them onto ceramic plates, a technique which is claimed to preserve their colors and shapes for as long as 2000 years. In addition to the art, the museum also has a number of outdoor spaces with expansive terraces and beautiful gardens. Overlooking these areas are a restaurant and a cafe.
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