Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum Spots in Mie Area

  • Shikinen Sengu Memorial Sengu Museum
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    4.5
    205 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Iseshi Toyokawachou 126-1 Umiya Magata pond
    Shikinen Sengu, the 1,300-year-old festival of the Ise Jingu Shrine, is held every 20 years to renew the shrine pavilions and treasures. The Shikinen Sengu Kinen Sengukan is a museum where visitors can learn about this festival and the history of the shrine, with a full-scale model of the Geku Shoden and exhibits that recreate the festival. The museum also exhibits items made by arts and craftsmen in the process of making sacred treasures.

    A rather new building opened in 2012 to introduce the Ise Jingu rebuilding process (each 20 years) as well as ceremonies involved to a broader and general public. To do this all kind of materials...

  • Okage-za Shinwa no Yakata
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    4.0
    59 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 52 (Okage Yokochi inside)
    A place where you can experience a mythical world with videos and Japanese paper dolls, this facility is like Isenosato where Amaterasu Omikami is enshrined. It explains in an easy-to-understand way everything from the birth of Japan before time began to the descendants of the gods. It is located approximately five minutes by car from the Isewangan Expressway Ise-Nishi Interchange.

    おかげ横丁にある有料の観光施設。前回、来た時には気がつかなかったので、あるいは新しくできたのかも。「神話の館」という看板が出ているように、神話に関する知識を深められる場所。今回は、時間が限られていたので入場しなかったが、一枚だけ外観の写真を撮った。次回はぜひ中に入ってみたい。

  • Mie Prefecture Kumano Kodo Center
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    4.0
    38 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Owaseshi Mukai 12-4
    This visitor's center is approximately 10 minutes by car from the Owase Kita Interchange on the Kisei Expressway. Alternatively, it's about 10 minutes from JR Owase Station by bus. It was created in 2004 on occasion of the World Heritage registration of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range and features easily accessible displays that outline the special cultural, natural, and historic characteristics of the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route and its surroundings with a theme of People and the Road, Here and Beyond. The building has a unique wooden construction that's the first of its kind, made from 6549 locally harvested Owase cypress trees, all certified as to their origin.

    熊野古道を説明する施設で、目の前には尾鷲の海、建物は木材をふんだんに使った美しいものです。熊野古道の中でも伊勢から熊野へ通じる伊勢路は庶民にとって一般的なルートだったようで、この伊勢路を中心にわかりやすく説明・展示されています。貸切状態で観させていただいた映像がとても美しく感動しました。

  • Osatsu Ama Museum
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    3.5
    45 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Tobashi Ousatsuchou 1238
    The Osatsu Ama Museum allows guests to come in contact with the history and culture of Osatsu’s ama divers, and is full of many interesting things to see and do such as a diorama depicting the work done by ama in the past, displays of tools and work clothes, a simulation experience using tools to remove abalones from rock surfaces, as well as sculptures and paintings. It is also convenient as a base for sightseeing in Osatsu and also rents out bicycles.

    石神さん詣の駐車場で立ち寄り。 駐車場代は無料。顔ハメパネルもあったり中の展示物も楽しめる。となりにある立派な松(昇龍の松)は見応えあり。 有難うございました

  • Kawagoe Electric Tower Museum Tera 46
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
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    Mie Mie-gun Kawagoecho Kamezakishinden Asake 87-1
    This museum is located an approximately five-minute drive from Mie-Kawagoe Interchange on the Isewangan Expressway. It has learning facilities dedicated to energy and our lifestyles. The museum's theme is coexistence between humans and the Earth and our future, and it has impactful exhibitions displayed that visitors can actually see, touch and play with, while learning about their environment and energy. Outside, on the first floor, is Isewan Geoland. On the third floor are exhibitions such as a fantastic wonder machine that takes visitors on a ride through the 4.6 billion years of the Earth's history. All seven floors of the museum contain exhibitions that people of all ages, from children to adults can enjoy learning from.

    東京から帰省した孫を連れて出かけました。 中部電力によるテーマパーク仕立ての展示館ですが、エネルギーに関して楽しく学びながら遊べる電力館です。 特に、5階のハイパーシアターは大画面と手元のタッチペン式コンピューターによる色んなプログラム(私どもが入室した時間は、海の生物にお絵かきした魚たちが大画面を泳いでビックリ)で子どもだけじゃなく大人も充分楽しめます。 他にもクイズコーナーやゲームコーナー...

  • Seki Machinami Museum
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Kameyamashi Sekichounakamachi 482
    Seki Machinami Museum, located about ten minutes’ walk from Seki Station on JR Kansai Main Line, is an exhibition facility using the machiya (townhouse) architecture typical of Sekijuku for which a post town of the Edo period (1603-1868) has been reproduced. It exhibits daily items such as money boxes and traditional straw hats used at the machiya in those days and historical documents of Sekijuku. When you go to the second floor using Hakokaidan which is a stair-like storage space, you can see pictures showing changes in the townscape and a diorama of Sekijuku. From the second floor of the museum, the townscape of Sekijuku can be enjoyed.

    関駅から徒歩10分ほど。旧東海道沿いにある。 入館料は関宿旅籠玉屋歴史資料館と共通で300円。関の山車会館をプラスした3館共通入館券は500円。 資料館の建物(旧別所家)は江戸時代末期築の関宿を代表する町屋建築のひとつで、間口は狭く奥行きが長い。前面2階は漆喰塗りで虫籠窓が設けられている。室内にある箱階段や、部屋に置かれた長火鉢、銭箱などが江戸を感じさせる。主屋裏には土蔵があり、関宿に関する解説パ...

  • Matsusaka City Museum of History and Folklore
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    4.0
    22 Reviews
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    Mie Matsusaka-shi Tonomachi 1539
    This museum tells the history of Matsusaka City and is located about a 15-minute walk from Matsusaka Station. Housed in the former Iinan County Library that was built in 1912, the building was renovated to become the museum it is today. The building has been designated a registered tangible cultural property of Japan. Centered on the history of Matsusaka City, it has exhibits about Matsusaka merchants, Ise face powder and Matsusaka cotton that were mainly handled by Matsusaka merchants. On the first floor, there is a restoration exhibit of the store of a Matsusaka merchant using large imitation leather and tobacco container signboard.

    松阪城跡の中にある歴史民俗資料館。建物は明治45年1912年に建てられた旧飯南郡図書館で、国の登録有形文化財にも指定されている歴史的建築物。2階が松阪出身の映画監督、小津安二郎の記念館になっていて、小津ファンには見逃せないところです。

  • Sekijuku Hatago Tamaya Historical Museum
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    4.5
    18 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Kameyamashi Sekichounakamachi 444-1
    Sekijuku Hatago Tamaya Historical Museum located about eight minutes’ walk from JR Seki Station is the first hatago museum in Japan and situated almost in the middle of the Sekijuku region where the townscapes of the Edo period (1603-1868) remain strong. Hatago means the accommodation which samurai and common people used in the Edo period. Particularly, Tamaya is a large hatago so typical of Sekijuku that it was said if you stayed in Seki, Tsuruya or Tamaya was the place. It is restored today and has become a museum where you can see items such as bedding and cutlery used at the time, historical documents about travel by the common people, and ukiyoe (woodblock prints) by Hiroshige Utagawa.

    関駅から徒歩10分ほど。 入館料は関まちなみ資料館と共通で300円。関の山車会館をプラスした3館共通入館券は500円。 玉屋(旧村山家)は関宿を代表する大旅籠のひとつ。1階が店・帳場・主屋で2階が客室、その奥に離れがあり、中庭を挟んで土蔵がある。室内には当時使われていた食器、宿帳、旅道具などを、土蔵には浮世絵などを展示している。 大旅籠とはいえ、最大200人も宿泊したということは一人当たりのスペー...

  • Kumano Kiwa Mine Museum
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Kumanoshi Kiwachouitaya 110-1
    This museum is on National Route 311 in Itaya, Kiwa-cho, Kumano City. It displays materials related to the copper mining that was the area's primary industry from the Nara period until 1978, when the mine was closed. They have actual minecarts and tools used in the mines, as well as a recreation of a shaft elevator to observe.

    日本の近代化に貢献した金属鉱山の歴史を残す施設です。トロッコに乗って作業員が坑内に入り、銅を手掘りしていた様子がわかるようになっています。説明を聞きながら回るほどは時間的に余裕がなかったので、自由に見学しました。実際のトロッコなどが展示されていて、鉱山に入ったような気分になれました。

  • Kuwana City Ishidori Kaikan
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
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    Mie Kuwana-shi Kyomachi 16
    "This museum stands on the old Tokaido highway in Kyo-machi, Kuwana City. The museum's exhibits present the Ishidori Festival, a designated National Important Intangible Folk-Cultural Property held by the Kuwana Sosha (also known as Kasuga Shrine) in the city every summer. The festival involves a procession of over 40 huge traditional festival floats and has been dubbed the ""noisiest festival in Japan."" Through videos and rare historical artefacts such as a festival float built in the late Edo period, visitors can experience the thrills of the festival. The museum operates out of the former Kuwana Credit Union Kyo-machi Branch building, a designated National Tangible Cultural Property."

    こちらの建物が《国登録有形文化財》であり、《石取祭》が《国指定重要無形民俗文化財》《ユネスコ無形文化遺産》であることから 訪問しました。実際の《石取祭》では 43台[令和4年(2022)8月開催]の祭車が使われたようですが [石取会館]内に 祭車一台のみ展示されています。一般的な祭車は4輪ですが 《石取祭》の祭車は3輪であることが 面白い点です。 一方で 祭車1台の大きさが大きくないので 1台だけ...

  • Iga Kumihimo Kumi no Sato
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Igashi Uenomarunouchi 116-2
    This store of traditional Iga braid-making is located on the eastern side of Iga Ueno Park. You can experience kumihimo braiding first-hand at the facility. If you make a reservation, it is possible to make either a key holder or bracelet. Using a marudai (round stand frame for making kumihimo), you will be able to make your own Iga kumihimo in about 20 to 30 minutes. On the second floor, there are historical materials that introduce traditional crafts that represent Mie Prefecture such as Iga-yaki ware and Ise-katagami (type of paper stencil for dyeing textiles). In addition, they also exhibit and sell original kumihimo goods including sashes for kimono, scarves, and dolls made from kumihimo.

    Was here Iga for a minimum conference so a visit to the museum was a must. Lovely space for someone not familiar with the craft of Japanese braiding. The gift shop has some lovely examples of...

  • Ise Furuichi Sangu-Kaido Museum
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Iseshi Nakanochou 69
    Ise Furuichi Sangu Kaido Museum is located in Nakano-cho in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture. It displays the appearance and history of the Furuichi area in panels and photographs. It also contains materials about Ise Kabuki, one of the entry points for Kabuki actors, and the Furuichi Brothel, which was considered one of the three largest in Japan. These exhibits include costumes and wigs actually used in performances of Ise Kabuki and the shamisen (a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo) used in performances. With its other valuable items, such as old advertisements for Mankintan, believed to be Ise Jingu Shrine's miracle drug for every ailment, and the implements used in making it, the museum offers visitors a look of old-time Furuichi.

    今回 こちらを訪問し 初めて《御師》が伊勢信仰の全国的な普及に寄与したことを知りました。 江戸時代の御師最盛期 山田地域:615家、宇治:271家 約900家 程度あり 明治4年(1871)御師制度は廃止されるも 現在でも 唯一[丸岡宗大夫邸]が《御師》邸宅として 唯一残っていること知りました。 [丸岡宗大夫邸]が 現在 修復工事中ですが 工事が完了し 一般公開が開始されれば[丸岡宗大夫]邸を訪問...

  • Ama House Gozaya
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    5.0
    5 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Tobashi Ousatsuchou Shinmei Shrine entrance 1406
    This is a veritable “ocean library” that has a collection of books, picture books, and photo collections based on the theme of ama (professional women divers) and the ocean. The rest area Ama-no-Kataribeya where one can hear the stories of the ama and make tokoroten (gelidium jelly strips) and the Ama House Gozaya shop are a shop and rest area made of a remodeled old home. In the shop are products based on the theme of the ocean as well as products that pack in the goodness of Toba, and they also carry incense that is a collaboration with Kyoto’s long-established incense shop Shoyeido.

    神明神社の参拝後に、休息がてらに立ち寄りました。 一階が海女関連の商品を販売、二階が喫茶店です。 私も知人達全員、珈琲を注文したのですが 各々器が異なっています。 柄を楽しみながら珈琲を味わいました。

  • Ise Katagami Museum
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    3.5
    7 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Suzukashi Shirokohonmachi 21-30
    This museum presents a collection of items related to Ise Katagami paper stencils. It's a five-minute walk from the east exit of Kintetsu Nagoya Line's Shiroko Station. Ise Katagami is one of the methods used for dying patterns on kimono. It's made with a variety of techniques involving shibugami, paper treated with astringent persimmon juice. Designs are then cut into the paper to create the stencils. The restored building that houses the museum was built in the late Edo Period. It was the home of Terao Saibee, a prominent Shiroko katagami wholesaler. It's been designated a Suzuka City Historic Site. In addition to the katagami stencils, the museum also displays kimono dyed using them and the tools used to make them. You can try making bookmarks using shibugami paper and small shikishi (fancy paperboard squares) too.

    団体で行きましたので説明員の方が付き、歴史や様々な技を映像などでひととおり見た後、実際に職人さんの実演を見せていただきました。 和紙を何枚も重ねて型紙にすること、模様にあわせて道具も一から手作りであること、そして根気のいる作業、と何から何まではじめて知ることばかりで驚きました。 継承には苦労も多いそうですが、このような場を通して広くPRしていただきたいです。

  • Natsumi Temple ruins/Natsumi Temple Ruin Museum
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Mie Nabari-shi Natsumi 2759
    This is a nationally designated historical site and museum located in Nabari Central Park in Nabari City, Nabari Prefecture, and is the site of a temple built between the late 7th and early 8th centuries. The exhibition hall displays excavated artifacts, a reconstruction of a Buddha, and other materials.

    名張市は県境の町。奈良県に接し、京都府や滋賀県にも近い。昔から交流があったはずだがエリアを越えた文化的な交流は今は寂しい。 壬申の乱など一連の殺し合う一族の争いは一帯の山野に及んだはずであるが、夏見の寺の存在も塼(せん)仏という作法もほとんど知らなかった。この時代は混乱は仏教だけではなかったはず。 夏見廃寺を知ったのは2021年7月6日の報道。奈良県橿原考古学研究所の「毛原廃寺の発掘」。 大規模...

  • Kumano City History & Folk Museum
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    3.0
    2 Reviews
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    Mie Kumano-shi Arimacho 599
    This museum is located in Arima-cho, Kumano City. The museum displays historical and folk items, including artefacts exhumed from the Jomon and Yayoi period sites dotting the city; and tools and utensils used as part of everyday life in the area from the Edo period onward with a particular focus on the period when the area flourished as a center of local government with the building of the Kishu Domain Oku-Kumano Daikansho governor's office. Here visitors can learn about the history of Kumano and how people's lives changed over the centuries.

    市教委の施設らしい。花窟神社の南西近く、地区公民館の隣にある。 よくわからないが、次の企画展の準備なのかもしれない。 ふだんは月曜・木曜休館で9-16時は開いているらしい。

  • Shima City Museum of History and Folklore
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Mie Shima-shi Isobecho Hasama 878-9
    This museum is located in Hasama, Isobe-cho, Shima City. The museum displays artefacts exhumed at archeological sites in the city; exhibits on the Isobe no Omita and Anori puppet theater, local traditional performing arts which have been designated National Intangible Folk-Cultural Properties; and tools, appliances, and utensils used as part of everyday life in Japan's Showa period (1926-1989).

    志摩市の支所・図書館の建物の中にあります。駅から歩くには少し遠い。駐車場は広いです。志摩市の歴史について、詳しく解説されています。

  • Nabari-shi Kyu-Hosokawa-tei, Yanaseshuku
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Mie Nabari-shi Shinmachi 136
    "This historic structure is situated on Prefectural Route 567 in Shin-machi, Nabari City. A townhouse built between the end of the Edo period and the start of the Meiji period to serve as a branch establishment for the Hosokawa, a medicine wholesale family from Nara, it has been designated a National Tangible Cultural Property. Today, it can be rented out for exhibitions, meetings, and all kinds of events. It is also used to host special ""one day"" restaurants in which the restaurant using the building changes daily."

    名張市のまちなか散策の案内所となっている施設。もともと薬商の細川家の町屋だった建物をリニューアルして使用されています。日替わりでいろいろなレストランが料理を提供するワンデイレストランとのこと。訪問時は蕎麦が食べられると聞いて昼過ぎに立ち寄りましたが、あいにく売り切れで食べることができず残念でした。

  • Japan Salamander Center
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    Mie Pref. Nabarishi Akamechou Nagasaka
    Japan Salamander Center is a breeding and exhibition facility, one of the few of its kind in Japan, located 10 minutes by bus from Akameguchi Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line at the entrance to the 48 Falls of Akame. Called a living fossil, the giant salamander is a National Special Natural Monument that has survived in almost unchanged form for more than 30 million years. Visitors can carefully observe the unique forms and biology of giant salamanders and clouded salamanders born in the Akame area. They may also see sword-tail newts and other newts or axolotl walking fish.
  • Boosai Shiryookan (Aqua Plaza Nagara)
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    Mie Kuwana-shi Nagashimacho Tokadomo 139
    This museum is located in Tokadomo, Nagashima-cho, Kuwana City. Adjoining the Nagara River Estuary Weir, the museum contains exhibits on the wildlife and ecology of the Nagara River as well as the workings of the weir. Visitors can watch a movie on the weir, look at examples of insects which live on the lower reaches of the Kiso Three Rivers (the Kiso RIver, Ibi River, and Nagara River), and see a live video feed of the weir's fishway.

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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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