This small museum in a quiet residential part of Sapporo’s Miyanomori district holds more than 1,800 sculptures, paintings, and other works by Shin Hongo (1905 – 1980), a leading sculptor from Sapporo who represents post-war Japanese art.
Facility information
- Address
- Miyanomori 4-jo 12-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
- Phone
- 011-642-5709
- Hours
10:00 – 17:00 (last admission: 16:30)
- Closed
Mondays (or Tuesday if Monday is a national holiday), the year-end and New Year’s holidays (December 29 – January 3), and periods when exhibits are changed
- Admission
Joint ticket to the Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture and the Memorial House (valid when the Museum is open):
Admission fees vary by exhibition; check information about individual exhibitions.Admissions to the Memorial House when the museum is closed:
Adults: ¥200 (¥150); 65+: ¥150 (¥120); High school and college students: ¥100 (¥50); Junior high school students or younger: Free
– Fees in parentheses indicate discount fees for groups of 10 or more.
– Group discount fees in the parentheses also apply to visitors holding a ticket stub from an exhibition held at the Sapporo Art Museum
– Admission is free for holders of a physical disability certificate, a mental disability certificate, a wounded veteran’s certificate, an A-bomb survivor’s certificate, or a medical rehabilitation handbook and for one accompanying person per holder. The admission fee exemption also applies to holders of a digital disability certificate app (Mirairo-ID), but persons who are unable to present necessary information on their smartphones may be asked to present a relevant original certificate.- Parking
- Available
- Official website
- http://www.hongoshin-smos.jp/