Museum dedicated to the most influential Buddhist philosopher of the 20th century, a Kanazawa native; admission 310 ¥, beautiful architecture.
The D.T. Suzuki Museum is one of the most unusual museums in modern Japan, dedicated to the life and work of Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966), the most influential philosopher and translator of Zen Buddhism in the West. A native of Kanazawa, Suzuki introduced Zen to American and European universities and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963. The museum, opened in 2011 and designed by the architect Yoshio Taniguchi (author of the MoMA extension in New York), is itself a spatial meditation: minimalist volumes of concrete and water that invite silence and reflection. The route includes Suzuki's original library and desks, his books and manuscripts, and a meditation hall. Admission costs 310 ¥ for adults (free for under-18s). Hours: 9:30-17:30, closed on Mondays. It is a five-minute walk from the 21st Century Museum, on the same Hirosaka cultural campus.
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