Heavy rain and new corona are not expected to reopen
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At the museum in Chiba City, which was damaged by the heavy rain last year, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the prospect of reopening has been uncertain, and the exhibition has been canceled.
The Hoki Museum in Chiba is the only museum in Japan that specializes in "realistic paintings," and the heavy rain in October last year caused more than 100 works in the collection to be flooded.
The museum has been holding a special exhibition of popular works at an exhibition facility in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo since March this year, but due to the declaration of an emergency, it was forced to cancel at the beginning of last month.
The number of visitors who expected 80,000 people remained at about 5,600, and more than 90% of the catalogs and commemorative goods that contained the exhibited works were unsold.
Although the difficult situation continues, we will continue to prepare for the resumption, such as selling unsold catalogs on our website.
“I'm sorry I couldn't live up to everyone's expectations. I hope you can come to the museum someday,” said Hiroko Hogi, director of the Hoki Museum.
About Hoki Museum
The Hoki Museum, located in Midori-ku, Chiba, is the only museum in Japan that specializes in "realistic paintings" in which people and landscapes are drawn with a detailed touch.
The museum is a popular museum visited by about 50,000 people a year because it is possible to see the works of modern real-life painters all together.
The building was damaged by the heavy rain last October, and water flowed into a part of the exhibition room and storage room in the basement, and about 100 of the approximately 500 collection works were flooded.
In addition, the electrical equipment also is promoting the received construction damage, have delayed the construction work there is also the influence of the new coronavirus, it does not even stand the prospect of resumed just six months from the disaster.