Naha City Traditional Arts and Crafts Center

Art Gallery / Gallery
The Naha City Traditional Arts and Crafts Center is located on the second floor of the Tenbusu Naha Building on Kokusai Street, around four minutes’ walk from Makishi Station on the Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yuirail) line. The Center boasts an impressive selection of works by Living National Treasures and examples of Naha’s traditional handicrafts. Monitors display video footage which shows the creation processes for different items in an easy-to-understand way. Visitors can also try their hand at five traditional crafts—Ryukyuan glass-blowing, Ryukyuan Bingata dyed cloth-making, Shuri cloth-making, Tsuboya-ware making, and Ryukyuan lacquerware-making. Visitors can also purchase works by leading Ryukyuan handicraft designers.
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Address
Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 3-2-10 Sturgeon Naha 2F map map Map
Phone
0988687866
Hours
[Exhibition room] 9:30-17:30
[Experience workshop] 10:00-17:00
[Sales area] 10:00-19:00
*Changes to business hours due to measures against new coronavirus infections There may be cases, so please check the website.
Closed
Wednesday
Fees
[Special Exhibition Room Admission fee]
[Adult]310yen
[High school student]200yen
[Elementary and junior high school students]100yen
Parking Lot
Available
※Fee
Credit Card
Available (sales area only)

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  • Ryukyu glass experience
    5.0 Reviewed : 2018.03.07
    At the Naha City Traditional Craft Centre you can choose from a variety of craft experiences. Under the guidance of craftspeople I helped create a beautiful drinking glass - a beautiful souvenir of...
  • Excellent Hands-On Experience
    5.0 Reviewed : 2017.05.19
    The Arts and Crafts Center is a combination of small museum, gift shop, and hands-on craft center where visitors can do weaving, pottery, dyeing, and glass blowing. The museum is small but...
  • ワークショップ
    4.0 Reviewed : 2020.02.22
    てんぶす那覇の2階にある那覇市伝統工芸館。有料の展示館と体験のできるワークショップ窓口があります。シーサーの作りやガラス細工・紅型などの体験ができる施設です。時間がない人(私たちも)は裏手に回ると作業をしている様子を伺うこともできます。

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