The Toba Sea-Folk Museum (鳥羽市立海の博物館 Toba shiritsu umi no hakubutsukan) is located in Uramura, just outside of Toba, Mie Prefecture. It houses a collection of over 60,000 exhibits about the history, culture, and traditions of the people living along the coast of Ise-Shima and their relationship to the sea and its creatures. The museum is dedicated to understanding the traditions of Toba's fisherfolk and ama divers and has collected and preserved the antique fishing equipment of Mie's fishing villages; 6,879 exhibits are tangible cultural assets of national significance.
The museum was founded in 1971 as a non-public repository for cultural assets. In 1985, it was awarded 'Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties' by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. It took over six years to plan and build the museum, and it finally opened to the public in 1993. Hiroshi Naito Architect & Associates designed the museum's buildings and won several architectural awards between 1992 and 2005. Exhibition Halls A and B and the repository of wooden boats are huge wooden barns whose interior resembles giant boat hulls.
The museum shows an introductory video about the Ise-Shima coast and the culture of the ama divers (available also in English). Visitors can also bring their dogs (as long as you carry them inside the museum buildings).
More photos in our Toba Sea-Folk Museum album.
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The museum was founded in 1971 as a non-public repository for cultural assets. In 1985, it was awarded 'Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties' by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. It took over six years to plan and build the museum, and it finally opened to the public in 1993. Hiroshi Naito Architect & Associates designed the museum's buildings and won several architectural awards between 1992 and 2005. Exhibition Halls A and B and the repository of wooden boats are huge wooden barns whose interior resembles giant boat hulls.
The museum shows an introductory video about the Ise-Shima coast and the culture of the ama divers (available also in English). Visitors can also bring their dogs (as long as you carry them inside the museum buildings).
Exhibition Hall A: Sea Folk Traditions
Exhibition Hall B: the ama divers and fishers of Shima
More photos in our Toba Sea-Folk Museum album.
Video:
Address: 1731-68 Daikichi, Uramuracho, Toba, Mie 517-0025; phone: 0599-32-6006
Admission and opening hours: 800 JPY (adults), 400 JPY (children under 17); group discounts available.
09:00-17:00 (21 March - 30 November)
09:00-16:30 (1 December - 20 March)
Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.
Closed 26-30 June and 26-30 December.
Access: by car 40 minutes from Ise Expressway Ise Interchange.
By train and bus from JR and Kintetsu Line Toba Station, by Kamome Bus, 35 minutes via Pearl Road. Get off at the "Umi no Hakubutsukan" stop, a one-minute walk from the bus stop.
Admission and opening hours: 800 JPY (adults), 400 JPY (children under 17); group discounts available.
09:00-17:00 (21 March - 30 November)
09:00-16:30 (1 December - 20 March)
Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.
Closed 26-30 June and 26-30 December.
Access: by car 40 minutes from Ise Expressway Ise Interchange.
By train and bus from JR and Kintetsu Line Toba Station, by Kamome Bus, 35 minutes via Pearl Road. Get off at the "Umi no Hakubutsukan" stop, a one-minute walk from the bus stop.
Link:
鳥羽市立 海の博物館 TOBA SEA-FOLK MUSEUM ～漁村と海女文化を伝える～
海の博物館は、「海民(かいみん)」と呼ばれる漁師さん・海女・船乗り・そして海辺に住む人が、海と親しく付き合ってきた歴史と現在、さらに未来をみなさまに伝える『海と人間』の博物館です。
www.umihaku.com
