Urayasu City Folk Museum

The Urayasu City Folk Museum is a local museum in Nekozane with indoor galleries and outdoor grounds. Reconstructed buildings from the early 1950s stand there, showing how the fishing community lived and worked.

The museum was founded in 2001 to preserve memories of Urayasu's transformation from a small fishing settlement to a modern city. This change happened over several decades as the region developed and grew.

The museum displays traditional boat-building skills and fishing methods that shaped daily life in this seaside community. These practices were central to how families survived and worked together in the former coastal settlement.

The museum is open from Tuesday through Sunday with free admission and parking near City Hall. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes since you will walk through both indoor galleries and outdoor grounds.

The grounds feature an original tobacco shop from 1926 and wooden houses arranged along streets paved with seashells. This unusual construction method used materials that fishers had readily available from their daily work.

Location: Nekozane

Official opening: April 1, 2001

Address: 1 Chome-2-7 Nekozane, Urayasu, Chiba 279-0004

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 09:30-17:00

Phone: +81473054300

Website: https://city.urayasu.lg.jp/kanko/kyodo

GPS coordinates: 35.65517,139.90114

Latest update: December 12, 2025 09:02