Tonami Sankyoson Museum

What it is

• Public museum in Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture.
• Core facility of the Tonamino Rural Space Museum.
• Opened in stages, starting June 2006.
• Comprises four independent buildings.

What to see

• Information, Tradition, Exchange, and Folk Tools buildings.
• Tradition building: a restored 1915 house.
• Exchange building: a renovated Taisho period house.
• Folk Tools building: part of a former elementary school.
• About 13,000 folk tools from the Meiji period to 1955.
• 6,900 folk tools are Important Cultural Properties.

When to go

• Closed Wednesdays and third Thursday of each month.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.