Nakagawa Koisago 那珂川町小砂

The cultivated countryside

 

Nakagawa Koisago, which has been designated as one of the most beautiful villages in Japan, is located in the north of Tochigi prefecture, in the Nasu district. Lost in the countryside, it is part of Nakagawa-machi, a bucolic town that has many cultural surprises in store.

 

 

Nakagawa Koisago

At Nakagawa Koisago , picture books take center stage. On top of a green hill, the Iwamura Kazuo Ehon-no-Oka Art Museum was established in 1998 by Mr. Iwamura Kazuo himself. The author-illustrator of children's books, known in France for his series of albums "La Famille Souris", has brought together his works whose stories have been greatly inspired by nature and the surrounding villages. Here too, nature and art merge and visitors, from the top of the hill nicknamed "the hill of the picture books", can admire the river and the town of Nakagawa-machi.

 

Albums de la série "La famille souris" d'imamura Kazuo

Imamura Kazuo's "The Mouse Family" Series Albums

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Address, timetable & access

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    Take the Tohoku shinkansen bound for Sendai at Tokyo Station to Utsunomiya Station (50 mins) Take the Utsunomiya Line to Ujiie (17 mins) then walk to Ujiie-ekimae bus stop and take the bus to Sakae-machi station then walk to Nakagawa (about 8 min.)

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