Sea-Folk Museum, Toba

Name: Sea-Folk Museum
Address: Toba-shi, Uramurachō, 大吉１７３１−６８, Toba, 〒517-0025, Japan
Telephone: +81 599-32-6006

#2 among attractions in Toba

Natural history museum, Museum

Gallery (1)

Map

Facts and practical information

Toba Sea-Folk Museum is a museum dedicated to the area's fishing traditions in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Having first opened as the private Sea-Folk Museum in 1971, the museum reopened in its current location in 1992, and in 2017 was reestablished as a public, municipal museum under its current name. In 1998, the museum buildings, designed by Naitō Hiroshi, were included amongst the 100 Select Instances of Public Architecture by the then Ministry of Construction. The collection, numbering some 61,840 items as of 31 March 2018, includes some ninety wooden boats from all over Japan, the nation's most comprehensive assemblage of materials relating to the Ama, and a grouping of 6,879 pieces of Ise Bay, Shima Peninsula, and Kumano Sea Fishing Equipment that have been jointly designated an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property. The displays are organized around seven themes: traditions of sea-folk, sea-folk faith and festivals, sea pollution, Ama divers in Shima, fishing in Ise Bay, fishing in Shima and Kumano, and wooden boats and navigation. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 34°26'57"N, 136°53'60"E

Address

Toba-shi, Uramurachō, 大吉１７３１−６８Toba 〒517-0025 Japan

Contact

+81 599-32-6006

Website

Social media

Add

Toba

Day trips

Sea-Folk Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Toba Aquarium, Sakatejima, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Sugashima Lighthouse.

3.8 miNW
Aquarium, Park, Zoo
Toba Aquarium, Toba
97 min walk • Toba Aquarium is a public aquarium, which is located in Toba, Mie, Japan. The aquarium houses 12 zones which reproduce natural environments, housing some 25,000 individuals representing 1,200 species.
3.5 miNW
Area
Sakatejima, Ise-Shima National Park
91 min walk • Sakatejima also known as Sakate Sima, Sakate-jima, or Sakate-shima, is an island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture.
3.8 miNW
Island
Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba
98 min walk • Mikimoto Pearl Island is a small island in Ise Bay, offshore Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The island is known as the birthplace of cultured pearl aquaculture.
3.5 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Sugashima Lighthouse, Sugashima
91 min walk • Sugashima Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the island of Sugashima, in Ise Bay off the shores of the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located within the borders of the Ise-Shima National Park.
5.1 miN
Island
Tōshijima
129 min walk • Tōshijima is an inhabited island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. It is the largest of the outlying islands of Toba.
~0 ftN
Museum
Haino bo wu guan, Ise-Shima National Park
1 min walk • Toba Sea-Folk Museum is a museum dedicated to the area's fishing traditions in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Having first opened as the private Sea-Folk Museum in 1971, the museum reopened in its current location in 1992, and in 2017 was reestablished as a public, municipal museum under its current name.
4.8 miNW
Universities and schools
Toba National College of Maritime Technology, Ise-Shima National Park
122 min walk • Toba National College of Maritime Technology is one of five maritime colleges in Japan. Established in 1881, it is the oldest continuously-operated national maritime college in the country.