Obara Paper Art Museum
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Obara Washi no Furusato, the Obara Paper Art Museum, is a museum dedicated to the traditional craft of Obara Washi, a particular type of strong, durable handcrafted paper unique to the Obara district of Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. The versatile paper was often used for umbrellas and the shoji sliding screens particular to Japanese houses. Visitors to the popular museum can try their hand at making their own sheets of washi, purchase washi products and enjoy creative exhibits of washi paper art from across Japan in the museum’s gallery. The Obara Paper Art Museum’s grounds are surrounded by by lush green nature, including vegetation used in the ancient papermaking processes along the pleasant walking trails.
Website | https://www.tourismtoyota.jp/en/foods/detail/62/ |
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Publication time Opening Hours | Opening days / hours:9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Holidays Monday (It opens on National Holidays), and from Dec. 28 to Jan. 4. |
Contact address | 216-1 Eitaro-cho, Toyota City, Aichi From Nagoya Station take the Higashiyama subway line to Fushimi Station and transfer to the Tsurumai subway line (connecting to the Meitetsu Toyota Line from Akaike). Get off at Meitetsu Toyota-shi Station. From Toyota City Station or Umetsubo Station on the Meitetsu Mikawa line, change to the Toyota Oiden Bus Obara Toyota line bound for Kaminigi, and get off at the Washi no Furusato bus stop. Immediately on foot. |