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An early Toyo Ito public building: the store buried underground and grassed over so it reads as a hill.
About this place
Yatsushiro City Museum and Mirai no Mori Museum is a municipal museum in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture. It had been closed, but reopened on May 1, 2026. It opened in October 1991 (Heisei 3). It exhibits pottery excavated around Yatsushiro and tools of the Edo period, and introduces the history of the Yatsushiro area from ancient times to the present and the lives of its people.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1991 Architect / artist：Toyo Ito Highlights / collection：Materials of the Matsui family, Turf-covered roof, Floating vault Genre：Architecture, Antique art and Buddhist art
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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