Yatsushiro Municipal Museum

The museum building features a glass pavilion with a steel canopy and a horizontal half-cylinder roof designed by architect Toyo Ito.

The museum exhibits numerous belongings of the Matsui family, who governed Yatsushiro Castle, along with artifacts from ancient tombs and castle ruins.

The exhibition halls display local crafts including Yatsushiro pottery, also known as Koda yaki, and traditional Miyaji washi paper manufacturing techniques.

The museum charges an entrance fee of 310 yen for adults, 200 yen for students, and provides free access to children under junior high school age.

The museum structure integrates with the landscape through an elevated earth mound, creating an appearance of a single-story building despite its larger volume.

Location: Yatsushiro

Architects: Itō Toyoo

Official opening: October 1991

Address: 熊本県八代市西松江城町12-35

Website: http://city.yatsushiro.kumamoto.jp/museum

GPS coordinates: 32.50826,130.59659

Latest update: March 7, 2025 23:03