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About 3 minutes by car from Shin-Hanamaki Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen. The Hanamaki City community bus (Tsuchizawa line) also stops right by the museum at Kenji Kinenkan-guchi. From Hanamaki Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line it is about 15 minutes by car. Parking is free (7 coaches and 40 cars).

Many of the displays are hands-on with film and sound, so it is enjoyable even if you do not know Kenji's work well. You can get a visual sense of the world of his best-known stories such as Night on the Galactic Railroad and The Restaurant of Many Orders.

The Miyazawa Kenji Fairy Tale Village and the Miyazawa Kenji Ihatov Center (free entry) are within walking distance. A free shuttle bus links the three sites in summer. Visiting them together gives a fuller sense of Kenji's world.

Open 8:30-17:00. It closes only from 28 December to 1 January and is otherwise open almost all year.

Allow about 1 to 1.5 hours to look at the displays carefully. If you also visit the Fairy Tale Village and the Ihatov Center, plan for half a day to a full day.

Adults 350 yen, university and high school students 250 yen, junior high and elementary school students 150 yen, with discounts for groups of 20 or more. Combined tickets with the Miyazawa Kenji Fairy Tale Village, the Hanamaki City Museum and the Hanamaki Nitobe Memorial Museum are also available.

There is a shop selling Miyazawa Kenji souvenirs and a tearoom space.

It is a garden on the south side of the museum with the South Slope Flower Bed and the Sundial Flower Bed, both designed by Kenji. They have been recreated from his own plans, so you can sense his eye for design as you walk.

Kenji's thought and wide-ranging activities are presented in five fields — sky, science, art, prayer and farming — through film and related material. The cello he played and manuscripts in his own hand are also displayed. QR codes give English translations.

There is free parking for 7 coaches and 40 cars.

1-1-36 Yazawa, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture

28 December to 1 January.

Adults 350 yen, university and high school students 250 yen, junior high and elementary school students 150 yen (discounts for groups of 20 or more).

Parking is available. Please check the official information for details.

About 3 minutes by car from Shin-Hanamaki Station on the Shinkansen (or right by the Kenji Kinenkan-guchi bus stop); about 15 minutes by car from Hanamaki Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line; about 20 minutes by car from Hanamaki IC.

8:30-17:00