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Toba Sea-Folk Museum

Mie · Toba · Museums

Japanese name: 海の博物館

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Toba Sea-Folk Museum
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WHAT TO DOToba Sea-Folk Museum

The building that made Hiroshi Naito's name: timber-framed storehouses standing as strongly as what they hold.

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Ise-Shima · Toba

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The building that made Hiroshi Naito's name: timber-framed storehouses standing as strongly as what they hold.

About this place

Umi no Hakubutsukan Toba City Sea Folk Museum - a folk museum in Toba, Mie Prefecture (English name: TOBA Sea-Folk Museum). Umi no Hakubutsukan - a natural history museum (natural history museum) that is a branch of the Chiba Prefectural Central Museum in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture. Galata - Museo del Mare - a history museum that opened in 2004 in the Porto Antico (Il Porto Antico, the old port) of Genoa, Italian Republic.

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Key facts

Founded / opened:1992 Architect / artist:Hiroshi Naito Highlights / collection:Wooden storehouse, 60,000 ama diver tools Genre:Architecture, Mingei (folk crafts)

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