Chita City Museum

What it is

• A museum in Chita City, known as Futory Chita.
• Collects and exhibits materials on Chita's history and culture.
• Predecessor was Chita Town Folk Museum, founded before 1970.
• Renovated and renamed in 1999.

What to see

• Chita Peninsula fishing tools, a national cultural property.
• Chita cotton production tools, a prefectural cultural property.
• Fujii Maru boat, a city cultural property.
• Exhibition building, completed in 1978.
• Building received the 7th Aichi Machinami Architectural Award.

When to go

• Open 9:00 to 17:00.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.