A Museum Lover’s Guide to Toyama Glass Art Museum |
The city’s long relationship with glass, rooted in medicine bottles and industrial craft, continues to shape the city’s contemporary cultural identity and its namesake museum. 株式会社エスエス北陸
Northeast of Tokyo, on the side of Japan that faces the ocean, Toyama sits on Toyama Bay—an inlet of the Sea of Japan. A city generally unfrequented by tourists but treasured by those who call it home, it maintains a progressive arts scene, a rich culinary heritage and a history of traditional craftsmanship. Commonly referred to as the Glass Art City, Toyama’s origins trace back to the late 20th Century, when it became famous for its production of glassware medicine bottles for the pharmaceutical industry. During the Edo Period, early glass vials were made to order, and that industrialization of blown glass grew Toyama’s reputation as a hub for experimentation. Glass, in the hands of those who worked with it, was a visually dynamic material with infinite possibilities.
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