This gallery and museum hold 1,500 contemporary works of art including pieces by Taikan Yokoyama, a great master of Japanese modern art, as well as ceramics, art for children, etc. This is one of the most visited art museum in Japan with over 600,000 visitors a year. Moreover, the garden, which benefis from Shakkei (borrowed scenery principle) of he mountains, have been ranked by an American magazine as the best in Japan since 2003. A French travel guide book gives the museum three-star rating and it is the only facility which received such a high rating in San'in area.