If you are a art-nouveau lover, this is worth the visit. You can find anything from glass to furniture by Lalique.
If you are a art-nouveau lover, this is worth the visit. You can find anything from glass to furniture by Lalique.
If you only do one museum or gallery in the Hakone region, make this the one. The works are divine, the gallery is a manageable size, and the romantic style garden is lovely to walk in. We had afternoon tea in the Lalique-decorated railway carriage attached to the gallery,. It was a bit pricey but a lot of fun.
Really nice museum, if you like the art of Lalique
Rare collection of artifacts, in a beautiful display and pleasant place to have lunch as well.
I'd read about the top things to do in Hakone before we arrived but this wasn't mentioned. I only found out about it when we arrived at the train station in Gora. We'd caught cable car from our hotel which linked onto the rope way down to Lake Ashi. I then caught the bus to the Lalique museum which provided a great scenic ride and gorgeous view of Mt Fuji. The museum was about 20 min ride and dropped me almost right outside the museum but I had to ask for directions as there's no obvious signs. The museum is an amazing, modern building and contained quite a range of Lalique - the best I've seen. Unfortunately there's not a lot of commentary in English on the items but I was happpy to just see them. The gardens surrounding the museum are serene and there's a lovely cafe on site plus of course a shop. I thoroughly enjoyed the museum and the bus ride to it and to Gora station. You get to see quite a bit of the area. If you buy the museum ticket when you buy the bus ticket it's quite a bit cheaper.
Fantastic museum
I love every piece, especially the perfume section with original bottles.
We had a short private tour by one of the guides at the museum. It was very helpful. She chose her favourite pieces and elaborated on them.
We also met a lovely French lady, tour guide outside that help us a lot to go around and made our trip much easier.
Thank you all again!
A rainy day drove me to this museum as it was walking distance from my hotel. It was the first I visited in Hakone so wasn't sure what quality to expect. After visiting many more in the area, I found this one to be the smallest and rather over priced for what you see. Now the pieces themselves are absolutely exquisite and the museum is very well maintained, just felt like I didn't quite get value for money or real diversity, but hey what do you expect going to a museum devoted to one artist who was a master at glasswork.