Fujishiro Seiji Museum

Of all the Nasu highland museums, the Fujishiro Seiji Museum is the most quietly enchanting. It’s devoted to Seiji Fujishiro, a master of kage-e — backlit cut-paper “shadow pictures” — whose fairytale scenes glow with the saturated color of stained glass.

Why It’s Interesting

The museum is staged like a theater: you walk through dim halls where Fujishiro’s intricate cut-paper worlds are illuminated from behind, each one a luminous storybook tableau of forests, castles, and creatures. A garden leads you in past a long gatehouse and a small brick chapel of real stained glass, with a charming cat sculpture acting as your unofficial guide. It rewards slowing down — people happily lose an hour here.

Best Time to Visit

Year-round — indoor, calm, and weatherproof, at its best when you have time to let your eyes adjust to the glow.

Getting There

In the Nasu museum belt above Nasushiobara Station, simplest by car as one stop on a gallery-hopping afternoon.