The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum was opened in 1984 in Nakayamate, Kobe, as the only museum of carpentry tools in Japan, with the objective to collect and conserve such disappearing tools as a cultural heritage, and to pass them on to the next generation through research and exhibitions.
News 2024.5.3 May 21, 2024 (Tuesday) will be a free admission day in support of “International Museum Day.”
2024.3.17 【Exhibition“Crafting the Kanna-Dai”】A video of the exhibition hall is now available.
2024.3.2 【Exhibition】”Crafting the Kanna-Dai : The Formation and Evolution of Plane Body Artisans in Tokyo” has started.
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Crafting the Kanna-Dai : The Formation and Evolution of Plane Body Artisans in Tokyo

The wooden bodies of hand planes are consumed so...
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WS3: Try your hand at planing with a Japanese carpenter!

A workshop directed by a master carpenter, where you can enjoy wooden scents by shaving pieces of wood with...
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7-5-1 Kumochi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0056, Japan
TEL 078-242-0216 / FAX 078-241-4713

Closed :

Mondays (The following day when Monday falls on a national holiday)
New Year’s Holiday December 29 – January 3

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9:30 – 16:30 (last admission 16:00)
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