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Kihōin Shūshūkan
喜宝院蒐集館Okinawa
A small private museum on Taketomi Island attached to Kihōin — billed as Japan's southernmost Buddhist temple — displaying roughly 3,000-4,000 everyday and ceremonial artifacts collected from Taketomi households, including farm tools, funeral implements, and the island's last surviving tax-measurement scale.
- Crowd level
- Moderate
- Opening hours
- Mon–Tue 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Wed Closed Thu–Sun 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Admission
- adult 300 yen, child (elementary-jr high) 150 yen, unstaffed honor-system payment box; closed during Tanadui festival
- Nearest station
- Taketomi Port · ~20 min on foot or ~10 min by rental bicycle
Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.
Today
9:00–17:30Sun closedStored weekly hours
Mon–Tue 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Wed Closed Thu–Sun 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
How to get there
small private museum attached to Kihoin temple in village settlement, open 9:00-17:00
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