The Saitama Folklore Museum was founded as a composite facility regarding local folk culture by the Saitama Prefecture Mid-term Project and open on November1, 1980. The purpose of our museum is to develope a greater understanding and knowledge in folk plays and folk crafts which are handed down from generation to generation and finally to make progress in education, science and culture through collecting of materials, preservation, performanes, exhibitions, seminars etc.
Folk plays involve dances, songs, dramas and entertainments and similar cultural activities.
And also folk crafts may poit out professional skills centering on handicrafts. In each section, they will be introduce with models, materials, photos and explanations. Ordinarily, folk plays will be performed in a hall for 300 persons. Folk crafts will be shown by invited handicraftsmen. Many kind of seminars are taking place so as to develope knowlege of and understanding for local folk plays and crafts among people.