Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum


Set on the waterfront of the Inland Sea with a sweeping view of Seto-ōhashi, this museum showcases the works of landscape painter Higashiyama Kaii (1908–99). It was Higashiyama who proposed the colour for the Seto Bridge.


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