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Overview
Seventy years of quarrying left a cathedral-scale void underground - architecture made purely by subtraction.
About this place
Oya History Museum is a museum on the Oya stone quarry site in Oyamachi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. Oya stone underground quarry site (giant underground space) In addition to the general exhibits above, cultural events such as concerts, sarugaku, film screenings, theater, art exhibitions, dance performances and seminars are held, and films, TV dramas, TV commercials and promotional videos are also shot here.
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Founded / opened：1979 Highlights / collection：Former quarry 30 metres underground, 20,000 square metres of space Genre：Architecture, Outdoor art and land art
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