Matsumoto Folkcraft Museum

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Matsumoto Folkcraft Museum was established in 1962 by a Matsumoto's craft researcher Muneyoshi Yanagi to exhibit his collection of folkcrafts. Then, the museum became the Matsumoto City's facility in 1983.
The museum exhibits a wide variety of folkcrafts, such as furniture, ceramics, fabrics, and glassware. The museum's traditional earthen-wall building fashioned in the classic "Namako-kabe", or the black and white geometric design wall, as well as its Japanese garden are also worth seeing.

Opening Hours

• 9:00 - 17:00 *admission until 30 minutes before closing

Closed

• Mondays (or the following day when it falls on a national holiday)

Price / Entrance Fee

• 300 yen (General, Adult)
• Admission Free (Child)

Access / Public Transport

• 15 minutes from Matsumoto Bus Terminal by the bus bound for Utsukushigahara Onsen. Get off at Koganei Mingeikan-iriguchi Bus stop.

Address / Location

• 1313-1, Satoyamabe, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-0221

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