Mugonkan

What it is

• Art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture.
• Established in 1997.
• Commemorates art students who died in World War II.
• Branch of the Shinano Dessan-kan museum.

What to see

• Main building, a reinforced concrete structure.
• Second exhibition hall, opened in 2008.
• Second hall named "Dome of Wounded Canvases, Olive Reading Room."

When to go

• Closed on Tuesdays.

Getting there

• 30-minute walk from Shiodamachi Station.
• Shiodamachi Station is on the Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.