Hakone Open-Air Museum

While in Hakone, Japan, we also visited the Hakone Open-Air Museum. In our opinion, the two most amazing pieces in the collection were both play environments for children. Children are free to play in these structures. The photos above are of a piece created by Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam in 2009 called "Knitted Wonder Space 2"

The other piece that we really liked was another children's play environment created in 1994 by Peter Pierce called "Curved Space Diamond Structure"

Steel Vessels by Tony Cragg

Alexander Calder

Naum Gabo

Hakone Museum of Art - Moss Garden

These are a few photos from our recent visit to the Hakone Museum of Art's moss garden in Hakone, Japan. Our visit was on the day before they cover the moss for the winter. We were told the color of the mosses are more drab than during the spring and summer. Even though the trees have lost their leaves and the colors of the moss are muted, the soft colors on an overcast day were incredibly beautiful.