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伝統産業会館

BEPPU CITY TRADITIONALBAMBOO CRAFTS CENTER@MusＴakezaiku

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Address: 8-3, Higashisoen Beppu City, Oita Pref. 874-0836, JAPANㅤㅤPhone：0977-23-1072 ㅤE-mail：takezaiku@takezaikudensankaikan.jp

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National Route 10and Dec.29 through Jan. 3■Entrance Fee High school students and older:390 yen (tax included）

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Hands-on Experience
Nowadays, handmade products using natural materials have become more andmore appreciated. This Center provides a hands-on experience so that visitors
can become more interested in bamboo crafts in a short amount of time.

Shikainami (flower basket)

Bamboo bell

Fee for hands-on experience：2,000 yen
Required time：Approx. 60 min.
Intended participants：
Junior-high school students and older

Fee for hands-on experience：500 yen
Required time：Approx. 40 min.
Intended participants：
Middle years students of elementaryschool and older

Note: Please make a reservation for hands-on experience at least a week in advance.
However, your reservation might be declined depending on the schedule of the Center.

【by Bus】●From JR Beppu Station West Exit:
Take Kannawa Line (No. 2), APU Line (No. 5),
Beppu Rehabilitation Line (No. 7), or Safari Line (No. 41),
get off at “Hikari no Sono”, and walk for 10 mins.
●From JR Beppu Station East Exit or Kitahama Bus Terminal:
Take Kannawa Line (No. 25)
and get off at “Bamboo Crafts Center”.
【by Taxi】●From JR Beppu Station West Exit:About 10 mins.

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Junior-high school and elementary school students:130 yen(tax included）■Group Rate High school students and older/20 persons or more：330 yen each
Junior-high school and elementary school students/20 students or more：91 yen each■Reservation Reservation is necessary for groups and hands-on experience.
Please contact us in advance.

Bamboo Class
The Bamboo class isheld twice a week toensure that the techniques
and tradition of bamboo
craftsmanship will beproperly handed down tonext-generation Beppu
bamboo artisans.
Many trainees learn inthis class and generalvisitors can also viewthe class while skilled
instructors offer guidance
for the trainees.
The Center holds an
exhibition to present theirachievements every Marchand many people visit
the Center then.

Origin of Beppu Bamboo Ware

Techniques to Be Handed Down

The origin of “Beppu Bamboo Ware” can be traced
back to the time of the 12th Emperor Keikoh (13 B.C.
– 130 A.D.) While he was visiting Beppu on his way
back from his subjugation of Kyushu Kumaso, one ofhis subordinates (in charge of cooking) found that
there were many quality bamboos suitable for creatingbaskets, containers and utensils. It is said that this was
the beginning of Beppu Bamboo Ware.
At the beginning of Edo Period (1603-1868), Beppu
had already gained a reputation as a good spa acrossJapan and visitors seeking hot-spring cures began tobuy kitchen utensils, such as miso strainers, rice bowls
or baskets for drying rice, as souvenirs.
Consequently, market places for bamboo ware began
to flourish, firmly establishing themselves as a local
industry in their own right.
An apprentice’s school (predecessor of the current
Oita Prefecture Technical High School) was establishedin 1902 to nurture artisans for modern bamboo crafts,
leading to the production base of the current masterfulbamboo artworks.

Using the superior quality of bamboo, madake, as theirmain material, for which Oita Prefecture boasts thelargest output in Japan, Bamboo artisans in Beppu also
adopt other types of bamboo such as black bamboo(kurochiku), speckled bamboo(gomadake), hachiku andmedake, according to their preference. All the bamboo
crafts are manually produced from the weaving process
to the finish and a wide variety of splendid works havebeen created with designs refined by traditional
techniques over hundreds of years. These bamboo
products with traditional beauty –from tableware andother utensils to fine arts and crafts−have been put toregular use.
Several craftsmen have attained higher levels of techniqueand mastery and Mr. Shono Shounsai in particular
has been designated as a Living National Treasure.
Since their crafts were designated as “Traditional Worksof Art” in 1979 by the Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Beppu’s bamboo artisans have been working on various
projects, such as nurturing and preserving traditional
bamboo craftsmanship and finding further practicaluses of their creations.

Exhibit Room 1
Exhibit Room 1 is divided into several
divisions including “History,” “Materials,”“Craftsmanship,” “Daily Life,” and “Future,”
all of which express the relationship between
man and bamboo in a comprehensive way.
At the “Master Craftsman” division, many
artworks, which have been produced withmaster craftsmens’ superior techniques, aredisplayed, and innovative interior products
suitable for the modern life style also can befound here.

Training RoomFloor Map
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Training
Room 2HallWCWC

Training Room 1
salon ofthe craft center

Training Room 1 is used for bamboo classes
or as a salon of the craft center where
young craftsmen improve their skills andacquire techniques. A number of hands-on
experience sessions are also held here forordinary people and students.
Training Room 2 is also available for eachtraining workshop of design and other craft
categories.

Second ﬂoor

２FFirst ﬂoor

Storage forbamboo materials

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StorageResearch Building
Training
Room 3

Exhibit Room 2
We hold several exhibitions every year atExhibit Room 2. Detailed information isavailable on our website.

ExhibitRoom 2

Exhibit Room １
Videoroom
Storage forvirtual collections

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peopleEntrance
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Oﬃce
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At this shop, we sell various bamboo productsthat can add color to your food, clothing andhousing. There is also a café where you canrelax over a cup of coffee or Japanese green
tea, having a beautiful view of bamboo grove.

Cup and Saucerof Onta Pottery

Seventy-seventh Artists Exhibition, 2018

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