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Oriental Folk Museum

Nara · · Culture & History

Japanese name: 一般財団法人 東洋民俗博物館

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WHAT TO DOOriental Folk Museum

A museum in Nara showing folk material from around the world, mainly from Asia.

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A museum in Nara showing folk material from around the world, mainly from Asia.

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A museum in Ayameike Kita, Nara. It displays ethnographic materials from the world, centered on the East, and touring the building feels like traveling around the world. It stands on a hill by the pond and is surrounded by flower beds. Admission is 1,000 yen for adults and 500 yen for children.

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