Bengarakan

4.0

"A 40-minute drive from the Niimi Interchange on the Chugoku Expressway. A museum operating out of a renovated Meiji period ferric oxide (known by the Dutch-derived term ""bengara"" in Japanese) factory in Fukiya Furusato Village. Fukiya Furusato Village was designated a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 1977 and it was ferric oxide production which created the village's foundation. The museum presents how the factory made ferric oxide, which was developed as a red pigment. The elegant museum building's walls are painted with ferric oxide paint; inside visitors can get a taste of the village's heyday when ferric oxide production was at its height and experience the quiet passage of time through the surrounding old townscape."

Spot details

Address: Okayama Pref. Takahashishi Nariwachoufukiya Map
Area: Takahashi / Fukiya Area
Phone: 0866292136
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (Dec.- Mar. until 16:00)
Closed: Dec.- Mar.'s Tuesday-Friday(Public holiday is business), 12/29-1/3
Fees: [Adult]300yen
[Children]150yen
Parking Lot: Available(15spaces)

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

ベンガラの精製工程が分かります

Reviewed : 2022.10.01

ベンガラを精製しているいわば工場群といったところです。とは言え当時のこと随分と人力が必要のようです。駐車場も広いので行き易いと思います。
幾つかある建物は全て赤色

Reviewed : 2019.07.16

かつての弁柄工場を復元して、観光用に公開している施設です。ふるさと村からは約３ｋｍ離れており、割と静かな環境が保たれています。かつての雰囲気を味わうには良い施設ですね。
ベンガラ工場を復元した所です

Reviewed : 2019.04.10

赤いベンガラを作る製造工程が非常に大変だったかがよく分かりました。ただ製造するのは環境にも悪かったんだろうと思います。