The day before yesterday I also visited Toyota Kuragaike Memorial Hall, The hall was built in 1974 in commemoration of Toyota's 10millionth vehicle production. It is really a coincidence that I visited here after 25 years on the day when the 100millionth car was produced from Toyota.

The hall is located on the top of hill north west of Toyota city next to Kuragaike Semi-national Park. A residence which Mr. Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Company, built in 1933 at Nagoya city was moved here and restored in the garden. In the Toyota Inauguration Exhibition room, archive pictures of people working for the start of Toyota vehicle production and many scale models of Toyota cars and trucks are displayed here.

Entrance	Kiichiro Toyoda's old residence	Toyota Inauguration Exhibition Room

At the art salon of hall, a few great and precious works by both Japanese and French masters of arts were exhibited.

Monet: Blue Water Lilies	Jutrilo: Notre Dame in Ruled	Kazumasa Nakagawa: Lake Ashinoko, Hakone

Shikanosuke Oka: Canal	Ryusaburo Umehara: Solent	Shigehiko Ishikawa: Canal with a view of Tower

When you get one hour for yourself at Toyota city, please drop in the hall. No charge for entry.

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