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Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

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Established
  
1984

Phone
  
+81 78-242-0216

Website
  
dougukan.jp

Owner
  
Takenaka Corporation

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Location
  
7-5-1 Kumochi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0056, Japan

Collections
  
Japanese and Western tools

Collection size
  
More than 30,000 items of which c. 20,000 tools

Address
  
7 Chome-5-1 Kumochicho, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture 651-0056, Japan

Hours
  
Open today · 9:30AM–4:30PMSunday9:30AM–4:30PMMondayClosedTuesday9:30AM–4:30PMWednesday9:30AM–4:30PMThursday9:30AM–4:30PMFriday9:30AM–4:30PMSaturday9:30AM–4:30PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Kobe City Museum, Hyōgo Prefectural Museum, Kawasaki World, Sōraku‑en, Shin‑Kobe Station

The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum is a museum of carpentry tools in Kobe, Japan. The museum was opened in 1984 with the objective of collecting and conserving ancient tools as an example of Japanese cultural heritage, in order to pass them on to the next generation through research and exhibitions.

More than 30,500 pieces of materials have been collected so far, and the museum has held exhibitions, lectures, seminars, classes outside of the museum, and workshops on the people who make use of the tools, as well as the resulting architecture and the culture of wood that surrounds it.

The project was designed and constructed by the Takenaka Corporation in collaboration with skilled woodworkers.

References

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Wikipedia