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Hakata Traditional Craft & Design Museum

Fukuoka


This compact museum displays stellar examples of local crafts, Hakata-ori textiles, Hakata ningy¨­ (Hakata dolls), papier-m?ch¨¦ Daruma and lion figures, tops, arrows, and more. Videos help explain some production process. It's steps from the Kushida-jinja shrine.


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1. Kushida-jinja

0.06 MILES

The intimate Kushida-jinja, municipal Shint¨­ shrine of Hakata, traces its history to AD 757 and sponsors the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, in which¡­

2. Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan

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Spread over three machiya (traditional Japanese townhouses), this folk museum re-creates a Hakata nagare (neighbourhood unit) from the late Meiji era¡­

3. Hakata Local History Museum

0.07 MILES

On the grounds of the Kushida-jinja shrine, this old-school museum has many displays about the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri, as well as swords, ancient¡­

4. °Õ¨­³¦³ó¨­-Âá¾±

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°Õ¨­³¦³ó¨­-Âá¾± houses the Fukuoka Daibutsu, Japan's largest seated wooden Buddha (10.8m high, 30 tonnes, completed in 1992) and some impressively carved Kannon ¡­

5. Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

0.26 MILES

On the upper floors of the Hakata Riverain mall, this large museum houses the world-renowned Asia Gallery, and additional galleries for special¡­

6. ³§³ó¨­´Ú³Ü°ì³Ü-Âá¾±

0.34 MILES

³§³ó¨­´Ú³Ü°ì³Ü-Âá¾± is considered the oldest Zen temple in Japan, founded in 1195 by Eisai, who introduced Zen and tea to Japan; the nation's first tea plants are¡­

7. Kihinkan

0.37 MILES

Built in 1910, this historic French Renaissance¨Cstyle building, a nationally registered important cultural property, can be found just across the river¡­

8. ACROS Fukuoka

0.48 MILES

Inside this unique building are a tourist-information centre (1st floor), cultural-information centre (2nd floor) and craft gallery. The building itself¡­