The museum opened its doors on January 27, 2006, featuring an interactive exhibition in its park with poetry-related karuta (like the Uta-garuta), and animated floors, navigated through the use of special Nintendo DSconsoles.[2] The museum closed down for renovations on April 1, 2011,[6] and re-opened on March 17, 2012. It was closed for further renovations on March 21, 2017.[7] It then reopened on November 1, 2018 as the Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture (SAMAC).[8]
References
^ abcSloan, Daniel (February 15, 2001). Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry's Greatest Comeback. John Wiley & Sons. p. 182. ISBN9780470826935.
^Garcia, Hector (April 16, 2012). Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN9781462906291.
^Gorges, Florent; Yamazaki, Isao (2008). L'histoire de Nintendo: 1889-1980, des cartes à jouer aux Game & Watch (in French). Vol. 1. Pix'n Love. ISBN9782953050141.