Onomichi City Museum of Art

Onomichi, Japan · built 1980

Onomichi City Museum of Art (Onomichi shiritsu bijutsukan) opened in Senkō-ji Park in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1980. The Museum reopened to a design by Tadao Ando in 2003. The collection includes works by Kobayashi Wasaku and Wada Eisaku. The museum has become notable on the Internet for being visited on a regular basis by two cats, whom the museum guards have to repeatedly turn away due to the museum's strict "no animals" policy. One of the cats, Ken-chan, passed away in September 2025, and the museum has produced a 2026 calendar in its memory.

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