Kawatsura Lacquerware
Traditional Crafts Center
Located in Yuzawa City, Akita prefecture, a region abundant in tourist resources.
We encourage you to visit the museum while exploring the nearby attractions.
1st Floor Shop
The exhibition and shop space, featuring products produced by members of our cooperative, has a wide variety of items, with over 800 pieces available at all times. From tableware such as chopsticks and bowls, to trays, tables, and chests of drawers, you are sure to find the piece you’ve been looking for.
2nd Floor Historical Museum
This exhibition area allows you to experience the history of Kawatsura lacquerware and its techniques that have been passed down through the generations for 800 years. Admission is free.
Hands-on Experience
Workshops
The Kawatsura Lacquerware Traditional Crafts Center offers hands-on experience workshops of chinkin and maki-e. Everyone, from children to adults, is welcome to participate in these workshops. Please enjoy making a one-of-a-kind original piece.
Chinking Hands-on
Experience
Workshop
Workshop Fee
For 2 people: 3,500 yen per person
For 3 people or more: 2,750 yen per person
*The workshop is better value for groups of three or more.
Workshop Fee
For 2 people: 3,500 yen per person
For 3 people or more: 2,750 yen per person
*The workshop is better value for groups of three or more.
Maki-e Hands-on
Experience Workshop
Workshop Fee
For 2 people: 3,500 yen per person
For 3 people or more: 2,750 yen per person
*The workshop is better value for groups of three or more.
Workshop Fee
For 2 people: 3,500 yen per person
For 3 people or more: 2,750 yen per person
*The workshop is better value for groups of three or more.
Akita Lacquerware Industrial Cooperative
Kawatsura Lacquerware boasts the 800-year history, and here you can explore the inherited techniques and history.
Brand Developed by the Cooperative
IBURIWANCO
This is an original brand of the lacquerware cooperative created by new product development approached from various perspectives.
Access
Address
142-1 Aza-Odate Nakano, Kawatsura-cho, Yuzawa-shi, Akita, JAPAN,inside the Yuzawa City Kawatsura Lacquerware Traditional Crafts Center
Access
By car: It is approx. 15 minutes by car from Yuzawa IC on the Yuzawa Yokote Road
Opening
Hours9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed
From December 31 to January 5 (New Year holidays)
Parking
Parking is available (free)
2 spaces for large buses / 2 spaces for persons with disabilities / 17 spaces for standard-size carsAdmission
Free admission
Workshop fee: 2,750 yen per person
(for groups of three or more)
Please make a reservation via our website or by telephone.
