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Inami Woodcarving Museum

Inami Woodcarving Museum

井波彫刻総合会館

Toyama · Chubu

The Inami Woodcarving Museum is the exhibition hall of the Inami carvers' cooperative, holding more than two hundred pieces of the town's wood sculpture. The display covers ranma transom panels, folding screens, deity figures and lion-head masks, alongside historical work showing how the techniques developed over some two hundred and fifty years. A Japanese-style room and rotating exhibits sit within the same building, and the carvers' workshops line the street outside. The hall closes on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month.

Why it's hidden

The carving workshops on Inami's Yokamachi street are working studios rather than attractions, and the one place that gathers and explains the craft is a plain municipal hall almost no foreign visitor finds.

Crowd level
Hidden gem
Rating
4.1· 205 reviews
Opening hours
Daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.

Admission
Adults 500 yen; elementary and junior high school students 250 yen. Groups of 25 or more 400 / 200 yen. Last admission 4:30 PM.
Nearest station
Fukuno Station
Website
inamichoukoku.jp

Today

9:00–17:00

Stored weekly hours

Daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

How to get there

From Nagoya Station · ~2h 59m by car

Tags

museumartculturecraftshidden gemhistory

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