Kyoto Traditional Crafts Museum

The Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts, commonly known as Fureaikan, is a great place to learn about Kyoto's incredible traditional crafts. All major traditional crafts are featured here: lacquerware, textiles, woodworking, metalwork, rattan and bamboo work, etc.

The museum has 4 floors. The first floor is where thematic exhibitions or authors' exhibitions are held. The 2nd floor is a place to display works made by students of the Kyoto School of Traditional Crafts, as well as an exhibition area of works by master craftsmen in Kyoto about traditional handicrafts. . This is a place where craft lovers can learn the delicate techniques that have been refined over a long period of time.

The 3rd floor is the exhibition area, introducing the works of artisans who have graduated from the Kyoto Traditional Craft School and are just starting to work. Here, visitors can also see first-hand demonstrations of the process of making a finished product. Depending on the day, the performance content can be different or make bamboo and rattan crafts, Buddha statue sculptures, decorative ceramics, lacquerware, metal crafts...

Finally, the 4th floor is an exhibition room called k3nord, presenting information related to design, art, and architecture.

Business hours :

Monday - Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00

* Last admission time is at 17:30

** The museum is closed on Wednesdays and New Year's holidays

Fare:

* Visitors wearing Wafuku costumes will get free admission . Wafuku are traditional Japanese costumes such as yukata, kimono, jinbei, hakama, etc.

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