National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto 京都国立近代美術館

Tokyo does not enjoy, or more, of a cultural and artistic monopoly in Japan. Kyoto , which has its own MOMAK, has nothing to envy to Momat the capital. In 1967, what was once a simple appendix of the Tokyo museum became an independent institution, with presentations increasingly important. In addition to a conservation mission by turning its permanent collections, the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto exposes temporarily photographers, painters of nihon ga (Japanese traditional painting), Western artists ... His major retrospectives, like the painter KAYO Yamaguchi (1899-1984) or the ceramist Kanjiro Kawai (1890-1966), his lighting on themes cultural, like the one on the advertising poster in Japan in 2012 makes a reference beyond Kyoto. Japanese amateur artistic movements of the twentieth century, hello!

Placed in front of the path to Heian-jingu and channel that comes from Lake Biwa , the museum has a tea room with a very nice view and a library supplied, which include selling the catalogs of previous exhibitions.