Kurashiki Museum of Folkcraft

What it is

• A museum preserving and exhibiting folk crafts.
• Opened in 1948, Japan's second folk craft museum.
• Located in the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter.

What to see

• A renovated Edo-period rice granary building.
• Approximately 800 items from a 15,000-item collection.
• Ceramics, textiles, and woodwork.
• World-class collection of baskets.
• Korean folk paintings.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.