Kusakabe Folk Museum
日下部民藝館
The former residence of the Kusakabe family, purveyors to the shogunate. Its Edo-style machiya was rebuilt in the early Meiji era, and it was the first private house in Japan designated a National Important Cultural Property.
The Kusakabe family were merchants serving the shogunate during the Edo period and ran a financial business. The current buildings date from a rebuild in 1879 and preserve the machiya style of the Edo period. In 1966 the house became the first private residence in Japan designated a National Important Cultural Property. Its thick beams and posts are worth a close look, as are the Hida folk crafts, lacquerware and antique ceramics displayed around the irori hearth and in the storehouse. Admission includes a cup of tea with senbei rice crackers. Admission is about ¥500. It sits right next to the Yoshijima House and is about a 3-minute walk from the Miyagawa Morning Market. Closed on some winter days.
Opening hours
09:00–16:30 (closed Tue Dec–Feb)
Nearby sights
- Yoshijima Heritage House
- Hida Takayama Showa-kan
- Miyagawa Morning Market
- Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine & Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall
- Takayama Museum of History and Art
- Hida Kokubun-ji
- Sanmachi Suji Old Town
- Nakabashi Bridge