Shiiba Museum of Folk Performing Arts

This museum is located a three-minute drive from Shiba Village Hall. Modeled after a traditional Japanese home, the museum consists of four floors aboveground and one below, and displays items and exhibits concerning the manners, customs, and folk culture of Shiba Village. The museum is also an institution which looks not just at the folk customs of Shiba Village but also the folk entertainments of the Kyushu region, Japan, and the rest of Asia. Notably, all of the museum's exhibits have English translations, and all of the exhibit titles are translated in English as well as Chinese and Korean. Shiba Village is famous for a folk song called the Hietsukibushi, and for kagura traditional Shinto music and dancing, and in this museum visitors can come in contact with the village's folk entertainments as well as the ways in which people live and lived in the area.

Spot details

Address: Miyazaki Higashiusuki-gun Shiibason Shimofukura 1822-4 Map
Area: Shiiba / Gokase Area
Phone: 0982687033
Hours: 9:00-17:00(Last entry16:30)
Closed: Monday (The next day for Public holidays), New Year's holiday
Fees: [Admission fee]Adults300yen (Common ticket with Tsurutomi Yashiki is Adults430yen)
Parking Lot: Available(10spaces)
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Available(MIYAZAKIFREEWi-Fi)
English Menu: Available
Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day: Yes
Estimated stay time: 0-30 minutes
Wheelchair accessible: Available
Infant friendly: Available