Yunomachi Gallery in Misasa
Yunomachi Gallery is marked by an orange sign.
Centered around "Onsen Hondori", the gallery features shops and ryokans that have been developed as small museums.
There are about 18 galleries in the Yunomachi Gallery where curators' collections are displayed in the show windows, allowing visitors to freely explore the open spaces.
POSTED on 2025/02/19
Centered around the Onsen Hondori, the collection of owners and valuable displays become a gallery inside the showcases and shops of 18 ryokans, food shops, and souvenir shops.
Inside Kajikawa Barber Shop, which also serves as a museum, there is a retro gallery featuring rare barber tools from around the world, Victorian barber chairs, Art Nouveau barber chairs, and shaving mugs are displayed inside the shops.
Other galleries scattered throughout Yunomachi Gallery include various types of Kajika frog figures displayed at the Frog Doll Museum.
Materials from Rokuseki Kawamoto (the father of the proprietress of the Kiya ryokan), who was a close friend of the children’s writer Kenji Miyazawa, are on display at “the House of Campanella".
The “Sculpture Pavilion” exhibits unusual sculptures made from freeze-dried tofu using chef-style peeling techniques. Additionally, there is a gallery from “Fuji Shuzo".
After visiting galleries, it is recommended to take a stroll through the Onsen town.
