Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum
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This living folk culture museum opened in 1980. The former villa of a wealthy farming family has been reproduced here, with the rear house, main house, and a bamboo house featuring a thatched-roof with wooden construction. The Asuke Mansion reproduces handmade items that were a part of mountain life in the region, among them charcoal brazier cooking, traditional paper making, and weaving. Ten different handicrafts are demonstrated before your eyes by skilled artisans—some you can even try for yourself!
Enjoy an array of hands-on activities!!
◆Weaving (at the Kaede Gate)
Bamboo strip coasters (3):
• Price: JPY 1,500
• Time required: 30 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 15 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
Bamboo strip table runner:
• Price: JPY 3,000
• Time required: 1 hr.
• Maximum participants at one time: 3 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
Woven fabric table runner:
• Price: From JPY 3,000
• Time required: 1 hr. or longer
• Maximum participants at one time: 3 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
◆Indigo dyer (bring your own apron and rubber gloves)
Indigo-dyed handkerchief (large):
• Price: JPY 1,200
• Time required: 30 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 10 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
Indigo-dyed handkerchief (small):
• Price: JPY 900
• Time required: 30 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 10 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
Indigo-dyed shawl:
• Price: JPY 2,800
• Time required: 30 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 8 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
Indigo-dying:
• Availability the day of: Unavailable (reservations required three days in advance)
Dye your own cloths or clothing (Natural fibers only. 1 g/JPY 20.)
◆Bamboo crafts
Bamboo helicopter:
• Price: JPY 600
• Time required: 30 min. for the easy course
• Maximum participants at one time: 10 people
• Availability the day of: Available
Bamboo button whirligig:
• Price: JPY 600
• Maximum participants at one time: 5 people
• Availability the day of: Available
◆Straw crafts
Straw sandals:
• Price: JPY 3,000
• Course hours: 10:00 am–4:00 pm
• Maximum participants at one time: 3 people
• Availability the day of: Unavailable (reservations required three days in advance)
Cloth sandals / Traditional straw shoes:
• Price: JPY 3,000
• Course hours: 10:00 am–4:00 pm
• Maximum participants at one time: 3 people
• Availability the day of: Unavailable (reservations required three days in advance)
◆Hinoki Chaya Restaurant (bring your own apron and towel [handkerchief])
Grill your own gohei mochi; a grilled rice cake on a stick, covered in a sweet miso sauce (available to groups of 5 or more):
• Price: JPY 600/rice cake
• Time required: 45 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 5–30 people
• Availability the day of: Unavailable (reservations required three days in advance)
◆Bamboo basket
Pinwheel:
• Price: JPY 700
• Time required: 30 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 5 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
Ring:
• Price: JPY 700
• Time required: 20 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 4 people
• Availability the day of: Available (preference given to those with reservations)
Trivet:
• Price: JPY 3,000
• Time required: 90 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 4 people
• Availability the day of: Unavailable (reservation only)
◆Blacksmith
Reservations and inquiries:
Phone: 090-1834-6058 (Hirose Shigemitsu Cutlery)
Long nail letter opener (with leather case):
• Price: JPY 2,500
• Time required: 40 min.
• Maximum participants at one time: 5 people
• Availability the day of: Unavailable
Original knife:
• Price: JPY 18,000
• Time required: 3 hr.
• Maximum participants at one time: 2 people
• Availability the day of: Unavailable
Kitchen knife:
• Price: JPY 18,000
• Time required: 2 hr.
• Maximum participants at one time: 1 person
• Availability the day of: Unavailable
If you're coming to the city of Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum offers nature and outdoor experiences, hands-on experiences, delicious cuisine experiences, and so much more.
• Experience details: Make your own spinning top
Design a top with a hand-cranked lathe
• Price: JPY 600 (admission to Sanshu Asuke Museum requires a separate JPY 300)
• Time required: 30 min.
• Recommended ages: Ages 5 and older
Basic Information
| Address | 〒444-2424 36 Iimori, Asuke-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi |
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| Cost | Adults: JPY 300; children (elementary, middle, and high school students): JPY 100 |
| Business hours | 9:00 am–5:00 pm (doors close at 4:30 pm) |
| Parking | Korankei Gorge parking lot (paid): JPY 500 (1,000 JPY per vehicle in November) |
| Closed | Thu (or following day if coinciding with a national holiday), year-end/New Year holidays (Dec 22–Jan 2), and other irregular closings/openings |
| Directions by public transportation | • From the Meitetsu Toyota Line, get off at Josui Station and board the Toyota Oiden Bus's Sanage Asuke Line (bound for Hyakunenso, about 60 min.). Get off at the Korankei Bus Stop. Approx. 10-min. walk. • From the Aichi Loop Line, get off at Shigo Station and board the Toyota Oiden Bus's Sanage Asuke Line (bound for Hyakunenso, about 50 min.). Get off at the Korankei Bus Stop. Approx. 10-min. walk. • From the Meitetsu Mikawa Line, get off at Toyotashi Station and board the Meitetsu Bus's Yanami Line (bound for Asuke, about 45 min.). Get off at the Korankei Bus Stop. Approx. 10-min. walk. • From the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, get off at Higashi Okazaki Station. Board the Meitetsu Bus on the Okazaki-Asuke Line (bound for Asuke, about 70 min.). Get off at the Meitetsu Korankei Bus Stop. Approx. 10-min. walk. |
| Directions by car | • Approx. 15 min. from Chikaraishi Interchange on Sanage Green Road. • Approx. 20 min. from Toyota-Kanpachi Interchange on the Tokai-Kanjo Expressway. |
| Related links |
Sanshu Asuke Yashiki website (Japanese)
TOYOTA Asuke Tourist Association Sanshu Asuke Yashiki page (Japanese) |
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