Tottori Folkcraft Museum
鳥取民藝美術館
A museum in Tottori, a hub of Japan's folk craft movement, founded by Yoshida Shōya, with domestic and foreign pottery, woodwork and dyed and woven folk crafts.
The Tottori Folkcraft Museum was founded in 1949 by Yoshida Shōya, a doctor and driving force behind the folk craft movement. It is one of Japan's earliest folk craft museums, and its white-walled warehouse-style building is itself a nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property. The collection includes ceramics, lacquerware, furniture and textiles from Japan and abroad, gathered by Yoshida. The adjoining craft shop sells Tottori folk crafts such as Inshū Nakai ware. The neighboring restaurant, Tottori Folkcraft Kappō Takumi, pioneered shabu-shabu (swish beef). Admission is about 500 yen, and it is closed on Wednesdays. It is about a 5-minute walk from Tottori Station.
Opening hours
10:00–17:00; closed Wednesdays
Nearby sights
- Kannon-in Garden
- Jinpukaku
- Tottori Castle Ruins (Kyusho Park)
- The Sand Museum
- Tottori Sand Dunes
- Tottori Port Seafood Market Karoichi
- Uradome Coast
- Hakuto Shrine