Iwate Museum of Art in Japanese — 岩手県立美術館
Iwate Museum of Art is a museum in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. Written in Japanese it is 岩手県立美術館, read いわてけんりつびじゅつかん. Below is everything you need to get a taxi there: the characters to show, the reading, and a card you can print or keep on your phone.
Kanji
岩手県立美術館
| Kana | いわてけんりつびじゅつかん |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Iwatekenritsu Bijutsukan |
| English | Iwate Museum of Art |
| Category | Museums & galleries |
| Location | Morioka, Iwate Prefecture 盛岡市 |
How to ask for it in a taxi
- Show the driver: 岩手県立美術館
- Then point and say: ここまでお願いします (koko made onegai shimasu) — "please take me here".
- If asked which area: 盛岡市, 岩手県.
- On arrival: 領収書をください (ryōshūsho o kudasai) — "please give me a receipt".
Museums are frequently inside a larger park or cultural complex that shares its name with several other buildings. The kanji plus the ward name is what tells a driver which entrance to pull up at.
Nearby places of the same kind
- 東京国立博物館 — Tokyo National Museum, Ueno-kōen
- 東京都美術館 — Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno-kōen
- 国立西洋美術館 — National Museum of Western Art, Ueno-kōen
- チームラボプラネッツ — teamLab Planets TOKYO, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo
- 国立工芸館 — National Crafts Museum, Kanazawa
Frequently asked questions
How do you read 岩手県立美術館?
岩手県立美術館 is read いわてけんりつびじゅつかん, romanised Iwatekenritsu Bijutsukan. English-language sources usually write it Iwate Museum of Art. The kanji is what a taxi driver reads; the reading is only there so you know what you are handing over.
How do I show Iwate Museum of Art to a taxi driver in Japan?
Do not try to pronounce it. Show the driver the Japanese characters 岩手県立美術館 together with the sentence ここまでお願いします ("please take me here"). Use the button on this page to build a card with both, then save it to your phone or print it — it works with no mobile signal.
Do I also need the address for Iwate Museum of Art?
For a well-known museum the name is usually enough, but adding 住所 (the address) removes all doubt, especially where several places share a name. This museum is in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture; open the map link on this page to copy the exact address before you travel.