Floor Map
Main Staircase
Café MIMOCA
Gate Plaza
The Gate Plaza is home to the massive mural that is a major MIMOCA drawcard, joined by three intriguing art objects in a spacious, attractive area that Inokuma believed would inspire new creative ambitions, and make the museum more welcoming to children.
Information Desk (Entrance Hall)
See here for entry tickets and all inquiries. To realize Inokuma’s vision of a museum to relieve stress and soothe the souls of many, this attractive space is suffused with natural light and equipped with comfortable seats available to all. Also the place to borrow a stroller or wheelchair.
Museum Shop
Shop selling a range of Genichiro Inokuma-inspired merchandise. Inokuma was personally involved in the development and manufacture of around 200 original items including postcards, handkerchiefs, T-shirts and mugs. Exhibition catalogues also available.
Gallery A / Gallery B
Here works by Genichiro Inokuma from the MIMOCA collection are presented thematically. The works of this artist always curious about the world changed frequently over his 70-year painting career. Yet it was his unswerving desire to paint “things beautiful as pictures” that allowed him to alter the visible aspects of those works.
Gallery C
The venue for special exhibitions with a contemporary art focus, this section embodies Inokuma’s desire for the museum to demonstrate the most important, most difficult of achievements for an artist: to offer direction for the future and uncover the new.
Museum Hall
Hall used for exhibition-related talks, plus concerts and film screenings. The Art Center in front of the Hall displays works by Inokuma, best viewed while relaxing on the sofas.
Art Library
Art-themed books, magazines, and exhibition catalogues for all to browse at no charge (on-site only). Pick a collection of works by a favorite artist from the wall of shelves and peruse it at your leisure on one of the comfortable sofas, or watch footage of Genichiro Inokuma in a video booth.
Creative Studio
Inokuma loved children and their artworks, and hoped that showing children lots of beautiful and enjoyable things would help them grow into people of rich and refined sensibilities. The Creative Studio runs a range of workshops for all ages from preschoolers up to high school students, with a focus on “making/expressing,” “relating/feeling.”
Cascade Plaza
Rooftop area up the Main Staircase on the 3F, containing various art objects including a soothing water feature. When life gets you down, come here, look up at the sky and listen to the sound of falling water – it may just be the tonic you need.
1.2 (2nd row). 3.4.5.7.8.10. Photo by Yoshiro Masuda