Oyamazaki Villa was built between 1912 and 1932, and is home to an excellent collection of objects from the Mingei Arts and Crafts Movement. A modern annex designed by famous architect Tadao Ando contains original Monet water lily paintings, and is open to the public. The garden is one of the most beautiful I have seen. I visited in June, when everything was lush and green, but the garden is outstanding at cherry blossom time, and also in autumn when there are many red maple trees.
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Oyamazaki Villa Art Museum
Taisho Era house set in a beautiful garden
By Cathy Cawood
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Bonson Lam
9 years ago
The Southwestern part of Kyoto is seriously under rated. With whiskey distilleries on one side, beautiful gardens like Yoshiminedera in the mountains above Muko on the other side, and chic Taisho villas that Cathy has discovered for us, this really shows the diversity of Kyoto Prefecture less than 30 minutes from either Kyoto or Osaka stations. Well done!
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