Inside the Hakone Open-Air Museum is a Picasso Museum. I once read somewhere that Japanese museums like to collect works of famous artists even if the pieces aren’t the artist’s best work or famous in their own right. That was the impression I received at this Picasso Museum. While everything was done by Picasso, much of it seemed like “junk.”

We saw some really nice Picasso works in Denmark and Paris last summer. Each one seemed better than the best in this dedicated Picasso Museum.

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2. Man on giant hand sculputure I think this is the last picture (“God’s Hand” by Carl Milles) from inside the Hakone Open-Air Museum that I’ll show you for now. I have a couple other photos...
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5. Back to the Hakone Open-Air Museum This work of art also doubles as a play structure for kids. Think of a McDonald’s play structure in the states that has been fused with a giant beehive from...

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