Kamachi Yamada Memorial Museum The museum has a collection by Yamada Kamachi, a prodigy whose life was unfortunately ended at the age of seventeen. A big collection of his sketches, diary, and poems, which have been accumulated since his early childhood, appeal to the apathetic soul of modern young people, and some of his earnest fans come all the way to visit here. On a summer day, Mr. Kamachi was killed by an electric shock while he was practicing the electric guitar at home. He was a freshman in Takasaki High School at the time. The director of the museum comments on the works by the prodigy saying, "It seems to me that his use of rich color and the sharp lines are his confession of his struggle for love, prayer and resistance, the restraints and lack of understanding of his adolescent days". Admission fee Adult 500 yen, elementary and junior high school students 200 yen/ open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (entrance closes at 5:30 p.m.) closed on Wednesdays except national holidays/ 027-324-3890 10 min. taxi ride from Takasaki station west exit or take a bus going to Kannon- sancho, get off at Kataoka 2-chome, then walk for 8 min.

Takasaki Museum of Art Walking from the west exit of Takasaki station for three minutes, you will see a 6-story modern building with glazed windows. At night, the windows are illuminated with the art works inside showing up in the light, which leads your mind to the artistic world. In this museum, the collections are divided into four or five exhibitions a year except for a special exhibition. Furthermore, the introduction of the collections, special lectures, movies as well as concerts are held for the purpose of expanding their collection, their maintenance, research, and for general education. General Exhibition The works by some artists associated with Takasaki city and their contemporaries in and out of the country, in addition to their own collections are displayed. They are replaced periodically so that visitors can enjoy the variety. Entrance fee Adult 100 yen, college and high school students 80 yen, elementary and junior high school students 50 yen, younger children, disabled persons, and senior citizens (65 and older) free Special Exhibition In this exhibition, a variety of both domestic and foreign art forms are introduced based on the museum's own projects as well as joint exhibitions with other institutions. Entrance fee varies depending on the exhibition. 110-27 Yashima-machi, Takasaki-shi/ 027-324-6125

Gunma Ongaku Center (Music Center) Gunma Music Center is the main hall for the spring festival, and also the headquarters of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra that has grown to be one of the leading orchestras in Japan. In 1945 the Takasaki citizens' orchestra was formed by young musicians who aimed to turn Takasaki into a cultural city. This was the origin of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra and the first orchestra organized in Japan other than in the metropolitan area. There was a movie introducing the orchestra, which makes voluntary visits to elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture to perform in order to spread classical music to young generations. This movie made the name of the orchestra well-known nationwide. Currently they make voluntary performances 100 times a year making the total number of children who have heard their music five million. With the newly established Gunma Symphony Hall, Takasaki is continuing to develop as a city of music. 28 Takamatsu-cho,Takasaki-shi/027-322-4527

Sogo Bunka Center (Comprehensive Cultural Center)

Suehiro-cho Takasaki-shi/027-325-0681

The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma/ Gunma Prefectural Museum of History

Take a Joshin bus to Gunma-no-Mori Park

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