Kyoto Trip Overview
Kyoto is the center of Japanese culture and it used to have many craftsmen. To inherit these techniques and let the world know about these techniques, Kyoto has many specialized art museums.
You will visit not so famous but worth visiting spots among those museums on this tour such as an art museum specializing in a special tea kettle essential to the Japanese traditional tea ceremony, one specializing in “Netuske”, a sort of a strap people use when wearing a kimono, one exhibiting work of art made from Japanese dying technique, one specializing in ukiyo-e picture, and so on!
Don’t forget to book your tour to appreciate the art and technique of craftsmen, with your otomo guide!
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Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Starts: Kyoto, Japan
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto is the center of Japanese culture and it used to have many craftsmen. To inherit these techniques and let the world know about these techniques, Kyoto has many specialized art museums.
You will visit not so famous but worth visiting spots among those museums on this tour such as an art museum specializing in a special tea kettle essential to the Japanese traditional tea ceremony, one specializing in “Netuske”, a sort of a strap people use when wearing a kimono, one exhibiting work of art made from Japanese dying technique, one specializing in ukiyo-e picture, and so on!
Don’t forget to book your tour to appreciate the art and technique of craftsmen, with your otomo guide!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Kyoto Ukiyo-e Museum, 365 Naramonocho Shijodori Teramachi Nishi Iru, Shimogyo-ku Kirihata Bldg. 2F, Kyoto 600-8004 Kyoto Prefecture
A relatively small museum where you can appreciate the works made by legendary artists such as Hokusai Katsushika. There are not many works here but you can concentrate on each works knowing the background of them!
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Musée de Somé Seiryu, Yamabushiyamacho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8156, Japan
when you hear the word “dying technique”, don’t you imagine a piece of a cloth dyed in a single color? With the Japanese dying technique, you can make a piece of art like a painting. This spot specializes in such kind of dying technique!
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Onishi Seiwemon Museum, 18-1 Kamanzacho Sanjodori Shimmachi Nishiiru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8241 Kyoto Prefecture
A museum specializing in tea kettles used in a Japanese traditional tea ceremony. This place is run by a craftsman of tea kettles who inherits the technique from 400 years ago! They also have a tea ceremony room and you can watch the tools placed in the room. Feel the Japanese sense of beauty!
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Stop At: Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum, 46-1 Mibukayogoshocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8811 Kyoto Prefecture
Have you ever heard of “netsuke” which is a small elaborate figure and used as a key strap when wearing a kimono? This is a museum specializing in netsuke made from craftsmen’s technique. The building is also worth watching since it used to be a samurai residence!
Duration: 50 minutes
