Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum Spots in Iga / Ueno Area

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.
  • Iga Koshi Museum
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    2.5
    7 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Iga-shi Otacho 1321

    「伊賀越資料館」をご存じでしょうか? 城下町伊賀を旅しここにきましたが今年4月から休館していました。当分の間休館となっていましたがまた再開して欲しいですが利用者が少ないのかもしれません。隣にあった神社でお願いをしてきました。

  • Hatusekaidokoryunokantawaraya
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Igashi Ao 1418
  • Suzurandai Civic Center
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Nabari-shi Suzurandaihigashi 3 Bancho

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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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