[Miyagi] First in the country! ``Sensation Museum'' is a museum themed around human senses.

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When it comes to hands-on museums, people of all generations, from small children to the elderly, can enjoy them, and the Senses Museum in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture is one such hands-on museum.
It is an experiential museum that aims to restore ``comfort'' and ``emotional richness'' by honing one's sensibilities and heightening one's imagination, so it is useful for children's emotional education, and adults can also learn about the emotions of everyday life that they have forgotten. may be revived.
This time, let's introduce a "sensory museum" that you can enjoy until after you return home!

What is the Senses Museum?

The Senses Museum was founded in 2000 and is the first museum in Japan that focuses on the human senses.
The first thing that greets you when you enter the museum is Circle-n-Circle.

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Circle-n-Circle is a giant hand-powered graffiti machine created by Yuji Fukui, an artist from Miyagi Prefecture.
In this work, you lie down on a platform attached to a giant wheel measuring 3.2 meters in diameter, and by turning the pedals with your hands and feet, the wheels and gears move, allowing you to doodle with chalk.
I have also experienced this myself, and despite the simple action of turning the pedal, I could not get it to move as I wanted.
However, amidst this frustration, I sensed the creator's intentions, and before I knew it, I was hooked.

The biggest attraction of this sensory museum is that there are so many works on display that you can enjoy using all your senses!

Two exhibition zones that heighten your senses and imagination

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The museum is divided into three zones: the Dialogue Zone, which is a physical sensory space, the Monologue Zone, which is a meditation space, and the Traverse Zone, which connects these spaces.

The theme of the Dialogue Zone is physical sensation.
"Dialogue" means a conversation, and it is named because it is a virtual conversation between the experiencer and the creator.
Dialogue is how the experiencer responds to the creator's message, which is the feeling they get through the work.

The theme of the Monologue Zone is spiritual sensation.
Monologue means a monologue.
While the Dialogue Zone is where you enjoy interacting with the creator, the Monologue Zone is where you interact with your own spirit and deepen your imagination.
By coming into contact with a number of works that stimulate the imagination, visitors can sharpen their senses and immerse themselves in their own world.

A sensory museum even after returning home

When your senses and imagination increase, you can enjoy everyday life from a new perspective.
In that sense, the Sensory Museum can be said to be a museum that you can enjoy even after returning home.
If you feel like your daily life is boring, please stop by!

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