Aikawa Gino Densho Tenjikan (Aikawa Traditional Skills Museum)
Experience pottery making and rag-weaving in Aikawa!
Aikawa Gino Densho Tenjikan offers opportunities to learn about traditional art handed down from generation to generation in Aikawa. The museum offers hands-on experiences of Mumyoiyaki, an art which uses potter's clay produced in the gold mine, and rag-weaving on a traditional back-strap loom with careful instruction by staff members. Pottery by artists in Sado, rag-weaving works, and Bunya puppets are on display. The museum sits right in the middle of the tourist area with Kitazawa Flotation Plant and Aikawa Folk Museum.
- Craft Experiences
- Museums, Art Galleries and Resource Centres
- Address
- 2 Aikawa Kitazawamachi, Sado, Niigata 952-1539
- Telephone Number
- +81-0259-74-4313
- Official site
- Web URL
- Payment Methods
- Credit cards not accepted:
- Assistance in Foreign Languages
- Not available
- Opening Times
- 8:30 - 17:00
- Closed
- Closed at year-end and New Year's (29 December - 3 January) / Reservations only December-February
- Hands-on Experience Prices
- Rag-weaving (sakiori) workshop: 1,800JPY / Mumyoiyaki pottery making workshop: from 1,330JPY
- Booking
- Required （Please reserve at least three days in advance for rag-weaving and Mumyoiyaki pottery making workshops.）
- Facilities and Service
- Training room, exhibition room, shops, etc.
- Internet
- Not Available
- General Accessibility
- Not Available
- Transport Access
- Ryotsu Port Approx 50 by car
- Nearest bus stop
- Aikawa Hakubutsukanmae（Honsen (Main Line)、Nanaura Kaigansen Line） Approx. 1 minutes on foot from bus stop
- Parking
- Cars：50, Buses：20
