Tono Folktale Museum
A new experience using the senses with sound and images from The Legends of Tono!
The Tono Folktale Museum is a facility that can be enjoyed by both adults and children. It features the Hall of Stories where you can experience the world of folk tales through introductions of the Zashiki Warashi spirits, Yuki Onna (Snow Woman), and other tales through the use of kiri-e papercutting art, illustrations, videos, and more. There is also the Kunio Yanagita Exhibition Hall, a relocated building associated with Kunio Yanagita, the author of The Legends of Tono, as well as the Tono Theater where visitors can enjoy folk tales and local performing arts, the Itoke restaurant, and the Akabane-gura souvenir shop.
Performances of folk tales by storytellers are conducted in the Tono Theater.
April-November: Every day at 11:00, 13:00, and 14:00
Mid-July to the end of August: Every day at 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 14:00, and 15:00
December-March: Saturday, Sunday and national holidays only at 13:00
General Information
- Prices
- ▼Shared ticket (Tono Folktale Museum and Tono Castle Town Museum) Price includes folk tales. Reservations required for groups.
General ¥510 / High school students and younger ¥210
[Groups (20 people or more)] Admission: General ¥460, high school students and younger ¥160
○The same number of caregivers as disabled persons will be admitted free of charge. (A disability certificate is required.) - Opening Times
- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (last entry 4:30 p.m.)
- Closures
- Open all year (closed for maintenance on some days in mid-February)
- Duration
- 40 minutes
- Notes
- There is no official website, but there is an introduction page on the Tono Tourism Association website.
https://tonojikan.jp/kanko/mukashibanashi.php
Contact
- Contact
- Aeria Tohno
