Rokkaku-do was designed during the Meiji era by Tenshin Okakura, a forerunner of Japanese modern art. It is a red hexagonal building and is named “ Kanran-tei,” hich means a place of viewing big ocean waves. Tenshin and Taikan Yokoyama, a famous Japanese-style painter, spent time contemplating in the building on the steep, broken cliff.
At present, Rokkaku-do is open to the public under the supervision of Izura Institute of Arts & Culture, Ibaraki University.
Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki holding lots of Japanese art works is near the Rokkaku-do building.

Information

• LOCATION・CONTACT

  LOCATION 727-2 Izura Otsu-cho, Kitaibaraki City

  CONTACT Izura Institute of Arts & Culture, Ibaraki University TEL:0293-46-0766

  WEBSITE http://www.ibaraki.ac.jp/izura/data.html

• ACCESS

  15min by car from the Kita-Ibaraki IC of the Joban Expressway

• HOURS・CLOSED・ADMISSION

  HOURS 9:30 to 17:00

  CLOSED Mondays ( Tuesday when Monday is a public holiday.)

  ADMISSION Adults: 300 JPY, Junior High School Students and younger: Free