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The Kawara Museum is located in Takahama City, the production heartland of Mikawa kawara (roof tiles), boasting the highest scale production in Japan. The museum exhibits Chinese and Korean roof tiles as well as Japanese ones. It offers pottery making experiences where you can experience bisque-painting or make pottery with a wheel. On the museum premises is Morimae Park; themed on the ocean with waves and fish, and also a restaurant offering the chance to eat lots of vegetables.
SPOT OVERVIEW
| Location | : 〒444-1325 9-6-18, Aoki-cho, Takahama-City, Aichi |
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| Fee | : <Permanent exhibition> Free <Special exhibition> For high school age and over the fee varies depending on the exhibition, junior high school age and under free. * (Fee indicated in the parenthesis are for groups of 20 persons or more) |
| Opening days / hours |
: 9:00 to 17:00 |
| Parking | : 2 bus parking spaces, 100 passenger car parking spaces |
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| Holidays | : Monday (the following day if Monday is a public holiday), December 28 to January 1 |
| Phone number | : Kawara Museum of Takahama City：0566-52-3366 |
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ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- ・From Nagoya Station, take the Meitetsu Main line. Alight at Chiryu Station and take the Meitetsu Mikawa line. Alight at Takahama-Minato Station and walk 10 minutes.
*: There is a bus transfer place nearby, but there are very few transfer points and it is not highly convenient from the station.
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- Access by car
- By car: approx. 15 minutes from the Chitahanto Road Agui I.C.
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