From Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
On the grounds of Hara Museum ARC are a number of outdoor installations, one of which is Sunspace for Shibukawa by Olafur Eliasson, a must-see for visitors since its debut in the autumn of 2009.
As you enter the silver-domed pavilion, you will see glowing bands of color cast upon a pure-white, bowl-shaped screen.
In this space, sunbeams streaming through 13 prisms embedded in the domed ceiling are transformed into spectrum of lights and fragments of rainbows.
Keep watching and you will see rainbows change shape as the sun moves, become more or less saturated as the light intensity varies, or slowly disappear as the sun moves behind a cloud.
The design of the dome is such that a perfectly round rainbow will appear for a certain period of time on each of the 24 terms of the year (nijyushi sekki) that mark a change in season. The next oval will appear in Kokuu around April 20.
Following Kokuu are Rikka, Shoman, Boshu, Geshi, etc. Why not come celebrate the next seasonal change with a beautiful oval rainbow in Sunspace for Shibukawa?
(All images are of Olafur Eliasson’s Sunspace for Shibukawa (2009)).
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HARA MUSEUM ARC SPRING EXHIBITIONS
Kankai Pavilion (traditional East Asian art)
Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
Part I: March 26 (Sat.) – April 27 (Wed.)
Part II: April 29 (Fri./ National Holiday) – June 1 (Wed.)
Contemporary Art Galleries A, B and C
Cosmos: Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates: March 26 (Sat.) – June 26 (Sun.)
Closed: Thursday (open on May 5)
* Subject to temporary closing in the event of severe weather.
Opening Hours
*Please click here for further information.（as of April 1, 2011）
http://www.haramuseum.or.jp (website)
http://mobile.haramuseum.or.jp (mobile site)
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ACCESS
◇By Train◇
By JR Joetsu・Nagano Shinkansen
Recommended timetable
・10:12 Depart Tokyo Station→11:01 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 11:11Depart Takasaki Satation→11:35 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・11:12 Depart Tokyo Station→12:03 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 12:20 Depart Takasaki Satation→12:44 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・12:24 Depart Tokyo Station→13:14 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 13:31 Depart Takasaki Satation→13:56 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
By JR Joetsu Limited Express Kusatsu
・ 9:00 Depart Ueno Station→10:37 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.31 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・10:00 Depart Ueno Station→11:43 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.3 ; during April, operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・12:00 Depart Ueno Station→13:45 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No. 5 ; during April, operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
From Shibukawa Station, take the Kan-etsu Kotsu Bus and get off at the station “Green Bokujo Mae.” http://www.kan-etsu.net/r-bus/timetable/shibu-ikaho-1.htm (in Japanese only). ARC is about 7 minute walk from the bus station.
By Car
Take the Kan-etsu Expressway to Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange. Go in the direction of Ikaho Onsen for 8 km (about 15 min.) .
Highway information:
E-NEXCO Drive Plaza http://www.driveplaza.com/ (in Japanese only)