Folk History Museum

General Information

Hours ・ Holidays

Open: Everyday, 9AM - 5PM

Closed:

• Mondays (or Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday)
• The day after a national holiday
  • If there are multiple holidays following Monday, the next non-holiday day the museum will be closed.
• New Year's holiday (December 31st - January 3rd)

Entrance Fees

Individuals:

• Adults - 200 yen
• Children (through high school) - 150 yen
• Children (pre-elementary school) - Free

Groups (over 20 people):

• Adults - 140 yen
• Children (through high school) - 100 yen
• Children (pre-elementary school) - Free

※ In order to reduce crowding, please call ahead of time when planning to come in with a group.

※ Kamogawa citizens can enter for free.

Parking

Parking at the folk history museum is free. (Up to 20 spaces for cars)

Exhibition Rooms - 1st Floor

Lifestyle of Farmers

A replica of a farm house between later Edo and early Showa period shows a kitchen with earth floor, living room, and a drawing room.

Agricultural Tools

Exhibited are tools that were used before mechanization. For instance, a thresher driven by foot, pestles and a mortar used for rice-pounding, and a sieve used to sort grains according to size.

Fishing Tools

Tools used for surf-fishing, inshore and river fishing are displayed. Also exhibited is a happi coat typically worn by fishermen when they celebrate or pray for a fine haul.

Commercial Tools

Various aspects of a merchant’s home and commercial implements used between Edo and early Showa period, such as Japanese abacus, cash registers, and signboards, are exhibited.

Special Exhibition Room

A personal collection contributed by Mikio Mizuta, Kamogawa born and raised politician who later became Minister of Finance, includes items which he used regularly and various works of art he collected. 

Exhibition Rooms - 2nd Floor

Works of Ihachi, “Sculptor of Waves”

Purported as Japan’s best sculptor of waves, Ihachi, a local Kamogawa man, made his name known via his amazingly realistic wood sculptures of waves.

Folk Events

On display are equipments for various folk events such as Yabusame, an event where an archer on horseback shoots 3 arrows to predict the rice harvest for next season. These folk events are designated by Chiba Prefecture as intangible cultural assets.

Chikashi Koizumi

Works of Chikashi Koizumi, a poet from Kamogawa are displayed. His works include ones of tanka, hanging scrolls, and literary magazines.

Questions

Folk History Museum

TEL: 04-7093-3800