Miyajima Traditional Craft Center

Miyajima Wood Crafts - The Biggest Wooden Rice Scoop - Elegant Woodwork Souvenirs for Pilgrims

Miyajima Wood Crafts -The Biggest Wooden Rice Scoop - Elegant Woodwork Souvenirs for Pilgrims

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Miyajima Zaiku cooperative association
Address: 〒739-0588
1165-9, Miyajima Town, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Miyajima Kyoto Museum of Traditional Industry
TEL: 0829-44-1758
FAX: 0829-44-1758
E-mail: info@miyajimazaiku.com
Website:


Miyajima Zaiku is a traditional craft of Miyajima has the history for 200 years.
There three types of Miyajima Zaiku: Miyajima- Shakushi (Rice Scoop), Miyajima-Rokuro Zaiku (Turnery) and Miyajima-bori (Wood Carving).
More prosaically, Hatsukaichi City is also a collection and distribution center of timber, making it easy to procure quality materials and a good location for a local woodworking industry.
The Miyajima Museum of History and Folklore aims to illustrate the history of Miyajima, both in its larger historical context and in the commonplace details of Miyajima residents' daily lives.
Works of art and artifacts relating to the Miyajima Zaiku of island's shrine and its ceremonies are put on display alongside common tools used by local inhabitants in their day to day lives.




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Shakushi Making Experience

Shakushi Making Experience(Fee:756)
(Approximate time required: 1 hour)
A shakushi is a Japanese rice scoop. Today they are made from a wide range of materials and many households use simple plastic scoops. However, one of the traditional crafts of Miyajima is carved wooden shakushi.

Miyajima Traditional Crafts Center（Miyajiman Workshop）
Address：Miyajima Traditional Crafts Center, 1165-9 Miyajimacho Hatsukaichi-shi,Hiroshima
Tel/Fax：0829-44-1758
Opening Hours: 8:30 - 17:00
Closed: Mondays (Tuesday, if a national holiday falls on a Sunday)
12/29～1/3
Entrance Fee:Free （workshops require a separate fee）