Facilities of Ningenmura
In Sekigahara Ningenmura, we are working on creating an environment that enriches lives and minds of visitors. The space, where the nature and the art are harmonious, is open to locals, and anybody is welcome. Please come to feel the nature and the history of Sekigahara, and the culture of Ningenmura.
cafe mirai
‘cafe mirai’ was opened in June, 2018 as the dispatching base for culture of Ningenmura. Its target is to create an open space that allows employees, as well as local people, to use it, to have connections among people and lively information exchange.
- Location
- 2067 Sekigahara-cho, Fuwa-gun, Gifu 503-1593, Japan
- Open hours
- Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 to 16:30
- Access
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[ by train ]
Nagoya → Sekigahara ... Approximately 40 minutes by Special Rapid of JR Tokaido line (Bound for Maibara)
Maibara → Sekigahara ... Approximately 20 minutes by New Rapid of JR Tokaido line (Bound for Toyohashi or Ogaki)
※ 15 minutes on foot from JR Sekigahara Station
[ by car ]
From Sekigahara IC of the Meishin Expressway, take Route 365 direction to Nagahama. Approximately 5 minutes from Sekigahara IC
Kiyotsuka Museum
A private art museum collecting works of a copperplate print artist, Ms. Noriko Kiyotsuka. The building was build using the warmth of the wood and it harmonizes with the beautiful scenery of every season. After work you can appreciate it and relax comfortably at the cafe in the facility.
- Contact
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Location: At Sekigahara Seisakusho Ltd. 2067 Sekigahara-cho, Fuwa-gun, Gifu 503-159
Ph: +81-584-43-1212 (switchboard)
FAX: +81-584-43-1929
※This museum opens with a complete reservation system. Those who wish to appreciate, please apply to "Sekigahara Life Art Museum" by telephone, fax or mail.
- Access
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[ by train ]
Nagoya → Sekigahara ... Approximately 40 minutes by Special Rapid of JR Tokaido line (Bound for Maibara)
Maibara → Sekigahara ... Approximately 20 minutes by New Rapid of JR Tokaido line (Bound for Toyohashi or Ogaki)
※ 15 minutes on foot from JR Sekigahara Station
[ by car ]
From Sekigahara IC of the Meishin Expressway, take Route 365 direction to Nagahama. Approximately 5 minutes from Sekigahara IC
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Niizuma Museum
An art museum where you can meet artworks of Mr. Minoru Niizuma, an international sculptor who loved Sekigahara as his own hometown in Japan. This museum was built with the wish of Mr. Niizuma who passed away in 1998 to watch Ningenmura from heaven. The building is made as a garden and an exhibition space united by applying wood grain to the wall and all glassed on the east side. Please feel the thoughts of Mr. Niizuma in this place.
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Ningen Jyuku
A place for learning of Ningenmura. It is located a little away from offices and plants, it is often used for internal training and learning. The artworks of Mr. Masayoshi Kato, the contemporary artist living in Ogaki City, are lined on the walls, which brings the tranquility that you can feel one step away from the reality. If you are away from every day’s work for a while and trained while being watched over by Mr. Kato's works, you can quietly look back on yourself which will lead to a higher human consciousness.
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Niizuma Garden
It was once called "Kuribayashi (chestnut grove)" since there were many chestnut trees, it was a place to hospitize our guests. We put sculptures of Mr. Minoru Niizuma there to create more open spaces, and named it Niizuma Garden. Cutting out the view from the window on the second floor of Ningen Jyuku, it is like a painting work. It shows a beautiful landscape where seasonal nature and art blend together.
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Tatsumi Stone Carving Animal Park
The park area where the sculpture of animals of Mr. Tatsumi Sakai and the stone slide and the stone circle created by Mr. Iori Chikamochi are set widely, centering on our company dormitory "Members House". On the weekends, families come to the park enjoying watching their children to play on the slide and swings with smiles. Expressive stone animals look lively so you will want to ride on their backs.
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Yasuragi Square (Peace Square)
A place of relaxation created together with the beginning of Ningenmura. The sculpture "Humanity" nestling on a small hill sends out the preciousness of human beings and the warmth of the heart, together with the work "Gohkan" that express fraternity, give peace of mind. Every year, this place is used as a venue for the festival of Ningenmura "New Sekigahara Festival", it is a square that can be called the foundation of Ningenmura.
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Asian Garden
In the summer of 2008, the sculptors from India, Nepal and Japan gathered in Sekigahara and cooperated across cultural barriers, "Sacred Garden Asian Fountain" was created. If you close your eyes gently, you will feel that each sculpture blends with the clear blue sky and Mount Ibuki that rise far away, becoming one piece of work of art. You can see the connection between the great earth and humans.
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Open Air Museum
Sculptures of Mr. Junichiro Sugimoto who imaged water, earth, sun and moon are scattered on the green grassy square. This represents a space that is our precious world for us. When you lie down on the soft grass, you will feel the existence of the universe that accepts everything. Let's all go out for a new world trip.
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Heiwa No Mori (Forest of Peace)
In 1991, as a joint sponsorship project for the 400th anniversary of the Battle of Sekigahara (in 1600), the French sculptor Mr. Pierre Szekely and the Sekigahara Seisakusho cooperated to create a relaxing spot on the theme of peace. There is no winner at the top of the huge sculpture "Sekigahara" which was with stacked soldiers' helmets. The thought is to put the feeling in the artwork that true victory is given only to those who desire peace, not war.