Value Village ／ Gifu ／ Art & Crafts

Kusakabe Folk Museum（日下部民藝館）

くさかべみんげいかん Kusakabe Folk Museum

Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0 ／ Source

A merchant house whose massive beam frame was deliberately left exposed to display the Hida carpenters' skill.

Type	Architecture
Genre	Architecture / Mingei folk crafts
City / town	Takayama
Area in the prefecture	Hida

FAQ

Where is Kusakabe Folk Museum?: It is in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at Kusakabe Folk Museum?: A merchant house whose massive beam frame was deliberately left exposed to display the Hida carpenters' skill. The focus is architecture, mingei folk crafts.
When was Kusakabe Folk Museum established?: It dates from 1879.