Sado Hangamura Museum
"Engrave Sado in Woodblocks" (the motto of Hangamura, a woodblock-print village)
Sado Hangamura Museum exhibits a collection of woodblock prints, which are the crowning achievements of the woodblock engraving movement led by late Shinichi Takahashi, a woodblock-print artist and high school teacher. Approximately 300 pieces, centering around Mr. Takahashi's posthumous works and works by amateur artists living in Sado, are on permanent display. You will encounter a variety of print art, including woodblock, copperplate and silk screen prints. The museum also hosts monthly exhibitions and woodblock print workshops (for a fee). The museum building is housed in the former Aikawa Summary Court, the architecture of which contains traces of the Meiji Period.
- Museums, Art Galleries and Resource Centres
- Address
- 38-2 Aikawa Komeyamachi, Sado, Niigata 952-1533
- Telephone Number
- +81-0259-74-3931
- Official site
- Payment Methods
- Credit cards not accepted:
- Assistance in Foreign Languages
- Not available
- Opening Times
- 9:00 - 17:00
- Closed
- Closed Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the museum will be closed on Tuesday instead.)
Closed from December to February
- Admissions
- Adult: 400JPY / Child: 200JPY
- Booking
- Required （Reservations required for woodblock print workshops one week in advance.）
- Facilities and Service
- Seminar room, training room, gift shop, woodblock print workshop (Approx. 2 hours. Woodblock: 1,800 JPY / Handcut rubber stamp: 2,000 JPY)
- Internet
- Not Available
- General Accessibility
- Available
- Transport Access
- Ryotsu Port Approx 50 by car
- Nearest bus stop
- Sado Hangamura（Honsen (Main Line)、Nanaura Kaigansen Line） Approx. 1 minutes on foot from bus stop
- Parking
- 8
