Kusakabe Folk Museum
Kusakabe Folk Museum
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9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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Takayama’s old town district still boasts some of these merchant houses dating from the prosperous Edo period, when Tokyo was under Shogun rule.
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Merlene N
Cape Town, South Africa182 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
Fascinating museum and traditionally constructed heritage house once belonging to a merchant family. Objects and art work featured from the Edo period.
Written 9 November 2023
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Martina1888
Inverness, UK513 contributions
Oct 2023 • Solo
This small museum located in a beautiful house displays various local crafts and artifacts. Worth a visit if you're in the area.
Written 17 October 2023
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Andy F
Devizes, UK1,213 contributions
Sep 2023 • Friends
This is/ was a private house now opened to the public, alongside several other heritage houses in the same area. It's been in the same family for generations. The current owner was there to talk to us. Quite interesting, but not an awful lot to see.
Written 1 October 2023
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Francisco C
Santiago de Compostela, Spain15 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
Great experience. You can visit a traditional late 19th Japan house that has been turned up into a museum and social activity and handcraft centre. Really kind people. 100% recommendable!
Written 7 September 2023
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Nikki C
New South Wales, Australia78 contributions
Dec 2018 • Family
This is a beautiful building although sparsely furnished it still gives you a sense of life back in the day. We visited in winter so appreciated how cold these places can get! Wouldn't say this was a must see but a nice part of the visiting the old part of town. Be aware half of the museum is located up extremely steep ladder-staircases.
Written 13 January 2019
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Bella C
Cape Town Central, South Africa479 contributions
Nov 2018 • Friends
Rebuilt in 1879, after a fire, in the style of the Edo period, this merchant's house contains a fascinating collection of woodcarving, lacquer-ware, porcelain and netsuke.
Well worth a visit.
Well worth a visit.
Written 11 January 2019
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The Allennz
Auckland, New Zealand156 contributions
May 2018 • Couples
Well worth a visit if you are in Takayama. On three floors, each one has interesting display of folk art and artifacts.
Written 22 August 2018
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Sharon H
Las Vegas, NV2,082 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
The Kusabe family were successful merchants during the reign of the Tokugawa clan. Their store (Taniya) lent money to the public office. Later it was an exchange house. In 1879 it burned down and the present house was built in 1879 by Jisuke Kawashiri, an expert carpenter, in the Edo style of architecture, using beautiful Japanese cypress throughout with huge beams and pillars and delicate latticework. Seeing the house itself was amazing, but the museum also includes an amazing collection of folk art—furniture (like a “baby minder” chair), hair combs and oil pots, kimonos, ceramics, and more. It is definitely worth seeing this amazing heritage house.
Written 2 August 2018
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Jackie R
Tewkesbury, UK591 contributions
Apr 2018 • Friends
An unusual place but very interesting to see how the gentry lived in days gone by. There ae some steps to the second level but plenty to see on the ground floor with a gift shop
Written 9 June 2018
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Tyra P
13 contributions
May 2018
This merchant' house converted into a museum is a good introduction into life in old time Japan. There are steep stairs so be mindful of that. But even the ground level is a good place to see a part of the country's beautiful heritage.
Written 19 May 2018
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