Overview
6th Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa
Dates and Hours
Saturday, November 8 to Wednesday, November 26, 2025
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
People's Galleries A and B are open throughout the exhibition period
Last admission ten minutes before closing.
Venue
People’s Galleries A and B, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Open Daily, Free Admission
The 6th Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa includes an open-call exhibition “2025 Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa,” a forum “11th Kanazawa World Crafts Cities Conference,” and a featured exhibition “Kanazawa Kogei Now.” The open-call exhibition will showcase outstanding works selected from submissions worldwide. This edition’s Triennale also features the winning work of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025 as a special exhibition, showcasing the diverse expressions of crafts (kogei). The forum will explore the present and future of craft, discussing its potential with the open-call jurors and guests. The featured exhibition will collaborate with galleries near the venue to introduce the numerous crafts of Kanazawa.
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Access
Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
People’s Gallery A and B
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-8509, Japan
Please use the Kanazawa City Hall/Art Museum Parking Lot, located underground between city hall and the museum.
—There are two priority parking spaces located on the museum side of the parking lot on B1 and B2.
—The parking lot and nearby roads may be crowded on weekends and during busy seasons. If the parking lot is full, please use a nearby public or commercial parking lot.
—Large buses must be parked at public parking lots (e.g., the Ishikawa Prefecture Kenroku Parking Lot or the Kanazawa City Nagamachi Kanko Parking Lot). The bus stop in front of the Museum on Honda-dori near city hall may only be used for loading and unloading passengers.
Parking Capacity: 322 vehicles
Hours: 8:30 a.m.–11:00 p.m. (No entry/exit allowed between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.)
Base Fee: First 30 minutes free*
Time Charge: ¥150 per 30 minutes
Overnight Parking: ¥1,000 for 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
*Note: Visitors must validate their ticket in the museum to waive the base fee on weekdays after 17:45 and on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Visitors who fail to do so will be asked to pay the base fee (¥350 per 30 minutes) on top of the time charge. Ticket validation machines are located near the Ticket Information Counter and the museum’s underground entrance.
—Permitted Vehicle Types: Regular and light vehicles up to 5 m long, 2.1 m tall, and 1.9 m wide. No two-wheeled vehicles. There are two spaces for microbuses up to 7.2 m long and 2.3 m wide. (Parking reservations not accepted)
Parking for bicycles and the public share cycle service Machi-Nori are located on the ground level by city hall.
−Bus
Hokutetsu Local-Line Bus (Local Bus):
10-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stops no. 3 or no. 7 to the “Hirosaka 21st Century Museum” bus stop (1-minute walk to destination). OR
10-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stops no. 8–10 to the “Korinbo (Atrio-mae)” bus stop (5-minute walk to destination).
Machi-Bus:
20-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stop no. 5 to the “Kanazawa 21-Seiki Bijutsukan/Kenrokuen (Mayumizaka-guchi)” bus stop (1-minute walk to destination).
Kanazawa Loop Bus:
20-minute ride from the East Gate bus terminal from stop no. 6 to the “Hirosaka·21st Century Museum (Ishiura Jinja-mae)” bus stop (1-minute walk to destination).
−Taxi
10-minute ride from the Kenrokuen Gate (East Gate) taxi stand.
40-minute ride by the airport limousine bus. Get off at the Kanazawa Station west gate terminal and transfer to a local-line bus.
20 minutes from the Kanazawa-Nishi IC
20 minutes from the Kanazawa-Higashi IC
25 minutes from the Kanazawa-Morimoto IC
Note: For detailed information on transportation to and around Kanazawa, please see the Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide website.