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Tono Municipal Museum（遠野市立博物館）

とおのしりつはくぶつかん Tono Municipal Museum

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Japan's first museum devoted to folklore, built around the tales Kunio Yanagita recorded here.

Type	Museum
Genre	Antique art / Buddhist art / Mingei folk crafts
City / town	Tono
Area in the prefecture	Southern area

FAQ

Where is Tono Municipal Museum?: It is in Tōno, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is a museum.
What can I see at Tono Municipal Museum?: Japan's first museum devoted to folklore, built around the tales Kunio Yanagita recorded here. The focus is Buddhist and ancient art, mingei folk crafts.
When was Tono Municipal Museum established?: It dates from 1980.

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