The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

East Asia Culture of Japan

Culture of Japan
【Themes】
  • ●Japanese festivals and performing arts
  • ●Japanese dwellings
  • ●Tools for farming and transportation
  • ●Hunting and forestry
  • ●Footwear and headdresses
Culture of Japan

As well as showing the relationship between festivals and the performing arts in different places, this exhibition makes a comparison of the worlds of festive life (hare) and everyday life (ke). It also shows a variety of lifestyles of low-land, mountain and fishing villages from across the country.