Matsumoto Art Museum

At first sight Tadanaga Miyamoto's Art Museum is rather bland, verging on the industrial. But when you get closer there are some fascinating details reflecting those of Matsumoto Castle as well as the traditional local houses which remain in the merchant quarter. As with much Japanese architecture it is deceptively simple and, the longer you look at it, the more you notice not only in the detail, but also the overall structural composition. Housing some quite groovy local art works, my main criticism and one which almost gets the place blacklisted is their ban on photography. When will these wretched museum owners realise that allowing visitors to photograph the interior of their impressive buildings, is not going to lead to a flood of copycat museums springing up all over the world and just what do they lose if I photograph the building and post the images here?